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Listening to the Difference


The following examples illustrate some
difficulties that Portuguese speakers
have in correctly pronouncing sounds
in English.


Play the sounds below. Several phonemes are compared.


Man
Men







Pan
Pen







Cap
Cup







Sheep
Cheap







Shin
Chin







Rope
Hope







Sax
Sex







Real
Heal







Check-Up: Match each audio clip to the correct image.

Pen/Pan
Wrong
Right





Leather/Lather
Right
Wrong





Cat/Cot
Wrong
Right





Rat/Wrath
Wrong
Right





Three/Tree
Right
Wrong




Fans/Fangs
Wrong
Right




Port/Porch
Wrong
Right




Red/Head
Right
Wrong




Bend/Band
Right
Wrong




Hose/Rose
Wrong
Right




Sax/Sex
Right
Wrong




Hail/Rail
Wrong
Right


Can you say this?
I guess the men said that this thin bed is really bad.


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Ruby said that many men had sent her a variety of pretty roses.

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Phrase...

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