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Rhythm: Number of
Syllables
How many syllables are in the word?
Sandwich
2
How many syllables are in this sentence?
Send a witch
3
Counting Syllables
The basic unit of English rhythm is the syllable.
For the following words, clap or tap the desk for
each syllable. How many syllables are in each
word, question, or sentence?
One
Two
Three
Four
Ease
Willing
Happiness
Identify
Care
Focus
Direction
Analysis
Name
Careful
Emphasis
It’s important.
Called
Send which?
Send a which?
He wants a book.
The Past Tense
Sometimes the ‘ed’ is pronounced as an extra
syllable, and sometimes it is not.
Plant / Planted – 1 / 2 (extra syllable)
Laugh / Laughed – 1 / 1 (no extra syllable)
Fold / Folded – 1 / 2 (extra syllable)
Watch / Watched – 1 / 1 (no extra syllable)
What is the past tense of the following
verbs? Which past tense verbs have the
extra syllable?
Base Form
Past Tense
Paint
Painted – 2 (extra syllable)
Decide
Decided – 3 (extra syllable)
Practice
Practiced – 2 (no extra syllable)
Represent
Represented – 4 (extra syllable)
Intend
Intended -3 (extra syllable)
Dislike
Disliked – 2 (no extra syllable)
Have you figured out the
rule for the extra syllable?
Rule: If the last sound of a regular verb is T or D,
the past tense has an extra syllable.
Paint (1 syllable) = Painted (2 syllables)
Need (1 syllable) = Needed (2 syllables)
Call (1 syllable) = Called (1 syllable)
Dropped Syllables
What do you notice about the pronunciation of these words?
Opened
Don’t pronounce the second ‘e’
Walked
Don’t pronounce the second ‘e’
Chocolate
Don’t pronounce the second ‘o’
Which syllable is
dropped?
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
Walked
Chocolate
Vegetable
Laboratory
Planned
Several
Interesting
Elementary
Closed
Business
Talked
Wednesday
Every
These are common pronunciations in North America, but some
English speakers may say these words differently.
Love and Relationships
What is a relationship?
What are some different
types of relationships?
Romantic
Family
Business/ Professional
Friendship
What are some of the
relationships in your life?
500 Days of Summer
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't
believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for
her.
500 Days of Summer
(2009)
In this quirky romantic comedy about love and
fate, a young greeting card writer, Tom, is
hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of
his dreams…and his new co-worker, Summer
Finn, may just be “the one.” But the 500 days of
their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular
order) that the road to happiness can be
unpredictable, uncontrollable – and unbelievably
funny!
Summer
Tom
Does not believe in true love
Believes in true love
Confident
Hopeless romantic
Independent
Love at first sight
Realist
Idealist
Activity 1
Break it down
Make it easier for
someone to understand
Step by step process
Explain in smaller pieces
Activity 1
Mad
Angry
Call it a day
Done for the day, tired
To end
Figure out
Understand
Usually goes with the word “problem”
Activity 1
Seeing someone
Dating
Meant to happen
“written in the stars”
Fate
It is going to happen, no doubt about it
Activity 1
To work out/ To not work out
Positive – to work out
the couple is still together
Negative – to not work out
the couple broke-up
Activity 1
Soul mate
The one person you’re meant to spend the rest of
your life with
Do you believe in soul mates?
Activity 1
To freak out
Panic, worry
Make a big deal out of nothing – overreact
Align
To line up
Stars align
Activity 1
Organized
Orderly, neat
Broke up
A couple that is no longer together
Activity 2
You did the right thing!
Rachel
Good thing, Needed to happen
I think we should stop seeing each other.
Summer
Break up, No longer be in a relationship
Activity 2
I mean, we’ve been like Sid and Nancy for months
Summer
We’ve been in a bad/destructive relationship
Sid stabbed Nancy 7 times with a kitchen knife. I
mean we have some disagreements, but I hardly
think I’m Sid Vicious.
Tom
See Next Slide
Sid and Nancy (1986)
A movie about Sid Vicious,
bassist of the punk rock
band the Sex Pistols, and
his girlfriend Nancy
Spungen.
When the Sex Pistols
break up, Vicious attempts
a solo career. One
morning, Nancy is found
stabbed to death and Sid
is arrested for her murder.
Activity 2
You’ve broken up with girls before … and girls have
broken up with you before.
Rachel
That’s life, You’ve experienced it before
Point is you’re the best guy I know. You’ll get over
her.
Mackenzie
Move on, find someone new
Activity 2
There’s plenty of fish in the sea.
Paul
Lots of women out there to date/marry.
I don’t want to get over her.
Tom
Still loves her. Still wants to be with her.
You Make My Dreams
Come True – Hall & Oates