Ces exercices de prononciation se font idéalement à voix haute : lis chaque mot avant de répondre. Tu travailles d’abord les sons /ʧ/ et /ʤ/, puis les accents du monde anglophone, et enfin la place de l’accent tonique.
Les exercices
Exercices de prononciation : sons, accents et syllabes
Exercice 1 : /ʧ/ ou /ʤ/ ?Indique si le son en début ou en fin de mot est /ʧ/ (comme church) ou /ʤ/ (comme judge).
- chocolate
- jacket
- bridge
- catch
- giraffe
- teacher
- orange
- future
Classe les mots selon la prononciation de ch : /ʧ/, /k/ ou /ʃ/.
- chair
- school
- chef
- lunch
- chemistry
- machine
- children
- stomach
Choisis le mot qui correspond au sens de la phrase.
- My uncle drives an old army (cheap / jeep).
- He told us a really funny (choke / joke).
- This T-shirt was very (cheap / jeep), only five pounds.
- Be careful, don’t (choke / joke) on that sweet!
- She is very (rich / ridge): she owns three houses.
Choisis le bon mot. Attention, les deux mots se prononcent presque de la même façon.
- Can I have fish and (ships / chips), please?
- I can’t (choose / shoes) between these two (choose / shoes).
- Look at my new (wash / watch): it’s waterproof!
- The farmer has two hundred (sheep / cheap).
- The (ship / chip) sailed across the Atlantic.
- Don’t forget to (wash / watch) your hands.
Recopie chaque phrase et souligne toutes les lettres qui se prononcent /ʧ/ ou /ʤ/. Dis combien il y en a.
- The children enjoy watching cartoons.
- George put the cheese in the fridge.
- Jenny’s picture of a giant is strange.
- Which jacket did Charlie choose?
- Each student has a question for the judge.
Associe chaque accent (1 à 5) à une caractéristique (a à e).
- American
- British (England)
- Australian
- Indian
- Scottish
- a. The r is rolled and the word loch has a guttural sound.
- b. The r after a vowel is silent and the a in bath is long.
- c. The t between two vowels sounds like a quick d, as in water.
- d. v and w can sound alike, and the rhythm is very regular.
- e. People often say G’day and No worries, and their voice often rises at the end.
Lis le texte et réponds aux questions en anglais.
My name is Priya. I was born in Bangalore, India, and I moved to Melbourne, Australia, when I was twelve. On my first day at school, a boy said « G’day! How ya going? » and I didn’t understand at all! In India we learn English at school, but our accent is different: we pronounce every syllable clearly and roll our r’s a little. My Australian friends love my accent, and I love theirs. Now I sometimes say « No worries » and « mate » without thinking. Last summer I visited my cousin in Texas. Everybody said « Howdy » and pronounced the r in every word. English is like a big family: we all speak it a bit differently, and that’s what makes it fun.
- Where was Priya born?
- How old was she when she moved to Australia?
- Why didn’t she understand the boy on her first day?
- Give two features of her accent.
- Which Australian expressions does she use now?
- What did she notice in Texas? Give two things.
- What does she compare English to?
Écris la syllabe accentuée en majuscules (exemple : eduCAtion) en t’aidant de la règle des suffixes.
- information
- electricity
- musician
- geography
- scientific
- celebrate
- careful
- mysterious
Écris la syllabe accentuée en majuscules pour chaque mot de la famille.
- history – historic – historian
- politics – political – politician
- economy – economic
- Canada – Canadian
- biology – biological
Dans chaque série, un mot ne contient pas le même son que les autres. Trouve-le.
- church – cheese – Christmas – watch
- giant – gym – girl – page
- judge – jam – bridge – garden
- kitchen – machine – match – picture
- question – nature – station – teacher
- orange – village – get – edge
Écris un court texte (6 à 8 lignes) intitulé My favourite English accent.
- Dis quel accent tu préfères et où tu l’as entendu (série, chanson, voyage…).
- Décris au moins deux caractéristiques de cet accent.
- Utilise au moins quatre mots contenant /ʧ/ ou /ʤ/ et souligne-les.
- Termine en expliquant pourquoi il est utile de comprendre plusieurs accents.
