Amenable

4 syllables, stress on the 2nd syllable

An adjective that means agreeable, cooperative, willing to listen, open to compromise, suggestions

For example:

1. My team was amenable to the suggestions I made during the meeting.

2. The store manager was amenable when I requested a refund.

3....

I took my cat Sassy to the vet today.  "Vet" is short for "veterinarian".  

"Veterinarian" has 6 syllables.

Sassy wasn't very happy about going to the vet, but she is a 16 year old Siamese cat and her thyroid hasn't been working properly. 

The vet is going to take some blood and check Sassy's thy...

New Vocabulary Word:  Resilient

3 syllables, stress on the second syllable.

The "s" sounds like a /z/

Adjective 

Definition: flexible; able to adjust

Things can be flexible:

Tires are very resilient against gravel and rough roads.

People can be flexible:

Gina is very resilient.  Even though ...

English Vocabulary to describe when food is bad.

• spoiled
• sour
• bad
• has gone bad
• rancid (also has a very bad smell)👃
• expired

For some adjectives, their noun form has the suffix -ity.

Example: the noun form of "generous" is "generosity."
* Primary stress falls on the syllable before -ity. 

• Generous - Generosity
• Curious - Curiosity
• Original - Originality
• Legal - Legality
• Equal - Equality
• Humble - Humility
• Flexible ...

Remember: The main stress falls on the syllable before -ity

Responsible -- Responsibility

Stable -- Stability

Simple -- Simplicity

Authentic -- Authenticity

Diverse -- Diversity

Sensitive -- Sensitivity

Sustainable -- Sustainability

Fertile -- Fertility

Comparing Vowel Sounds: iy, ɪ, ɛ, ə/ʌ, æ
/iy/ -- heel, heal
/ɪ/ -- hill
/ɛ/ -- hell

We begin with the highest front vowel /iy/.

● beater:  /iy/ -- The tongue 👅 is raised in the mouth, and the lips are tense.

● bitter:  /ɪ/ -- The tongue and jaw lowers slightly.

● better:  /ɛ/ -- The tongue and jaw lowers a...

Can you pronounce the differences in these words?

• "liter" and "leader" sound the same in American English.
•The "t" sounds like a "d" in "liter" (very common in many words where a "t" is between two vowels!..."city", "beauty", "beautiful", "bottle", etc.

• "litter" and "little" sound the same excep...

Do you know the different pronunciations for these words?

clothes th = z
clothing th = voiced th /ð/
clothe th = voiced th /ð/
cloth th = unvoiced th /θ/

• You might have heard the expression “X” marks the spot.
• (It’s an expression) It means: this is the exact location.
• You hear it in a stories about treasure hunting and an “x” symbol is used to indicate where the buried treasure was supposed to be located. (Image of old treasure map with “X”)
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