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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.