4.3 Consonant letters数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Unit 4 English Sounds and Spellings 4.3 Consonant letters 3. Sound-spelling regularities Complex consonant letters – Letter ‘c’ Some consonants can be classified as complex consonants because they have more than one possible pronunciation. 3. Sound-spelling regularities Complex consonant letters – Letter ‘q’ Letters Position Sound Words qu- initial or mid /kw/ queen, equal, consequently -qu+ silent ‘e’ final /k/ technique, unique 3. Sound-spelling regularities Complex consonant letters – Letter ‘t’ Letters Sound Words -ture /ʧ/+/ə/ pic ture, future -tious, -tion, -tial /ʃ(ə)s/, /ʃ(ə)n/, /ʃ(ə)l/ ambitious, information, initial 3. Sound-spelling regularities Complex consonant letters – Letter ‘x’ Letter Position Sound Words next to a consonant /ks/ extra, mixture at or near the end /ks/ fi x, telex, taxi, galaxy x between two vowels /ɡz/ exam, exempt at the beginning /z/ xenophobic, xylophone 3. Sound-spelling regularities Consonant grammar – Regular plural nouns Nouns Words ending in vowels boy / bɔɪ / → boys /bɔɪz / Voiced consonants dog /dɒɡ/ → dogs/dɒɡz/ Voiceless consonants cat /kæt/ → cats /kæts/ 3. Sound-spelling regularities Regular past tense and past participle Words ending in Present Past Vowels play /pleɪ/ played /pleɪd/ Voiced consonants live /lɪv/ lived /lɪvd/ Voi