Exercices de Prononciation Americaine

Repetez chaque serie 5 fois, en exagerant le R. Enregistrez-vous pour comparer.

Serie A — R initial :

red → read → right → run → rain → room → rock → real

Serie B — R final :

car → door → four → star → fear → near → more → sure

Serie C — R entre voyelles :

very → sorry → carry → mirror → story → hurry → Mary → worry

Serie D — R + consonne :

park → work → bird → turn → girl → world → heart → smart

Prononcez les deux mots de chaque paire. Le sens change completement !

Prononcez ces mots avec le Flap T americain (le T sonne comme un D rapide) :

1. water → "wader" | 2. better → "bedder" | 3. city → "cidy"

4. little → "liddle" | 5. party → "pardy" | 6. writer → "rider"

Phrases d'entrainement :

"I need a little bit of water." → "I need a liddle bid of wader."

"The city is getting better and better." → "The cidy is gedding bedder and bedder."

Prononcez chaque phrase en avalant les mots non accentues :

1. "I'm going to go to the store." → "I'm gonna go da the store."

2. "Do you want to come with us?" → "D'ya wanna come with us?"

3. "I have to leave at five." → "I hafta leave at five."

4. "What are you doing?" → "Whadaya doing?"

5. "Give it to him." → "Give it to 'im."

A. Descendante (affirmations et questions WH-) :

1. "I work in marketing." ↘ (voix descend sur le dernier mot accentue)

2. "Where do you live?" ↘

3. "The meeting starts at nine." ↘

B. Montante (questions oui/non) :

1. "Do you like coffee?" ↗

2. "Is this seat taken?" ↗

3. "Have you been to New York?" ↗

C. Listes (montant sauf dernier) :

"I bought apples ↗, bananas ↗, oranges ↗, and grapes ↘."

Prononcez lentement, puis accelerez. Enregistrez-vous !

Pour le R :

"Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry."

"Around the rugged rocks, the ragged rascals ran."

Pour le TH :

"The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday."

Pour les voyelles :

"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Pour le Flap T :

"Betty Botter bought some butter. 'But,' she said, 'the butter's bitter.'"

Soulignez le(s) mot(s) qui devrai(en)t etre accentue(s) :

1. I NEED to TALK to the MANAGER.

2. She BOUGHT a NEW CAR last WEEK.

3. WHERE did you FIND that BEAUTIFUL DRESS?

4. The WEATHER is REALLY NICE TODAY.