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Activity 3. Control practice
Minimal pairs. Listening the following words and choose the one with sound ʒ
Badge
junk
edge
ridge
lunge
batch
chunk
etch
rich
lunch
Activity 4. Guided practice.
Choose the correct word for each sentence.
1) sugar 2) vision 3) pressure 4) Pleasure 5) Asia 6) ashes 7) beige 8) Bash
a- There was cigarette’s _____ on the floor.
b- Japan is in _____, not Europe.
c- He puts a lot of _____ in his coffee.
d- She can't see well because she has a problem with her _____.
e- _____ is my favorite color.
Extra activity: Create a short story using the words above and record it in your cell
phone .
Activity 5. Communicative practice
Read the following text to find the sound [ʒ], then read aloud the text to practice your sound
production
Tonight, we have some unusual stories:
Tourists on a pleasure trip discovered valuable Persian rugs. The rugs dated
back to ancient Persia
An explosion took place in a garage in First Avenue. Seizure of a bomb was
made after much confusion.