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Review Worksheet 1 - AlphabetPlease work on this Infosheet with the help of Instructional Exercise: Alphabet. On the Instructional Exercise: Alphabet, click on each letter to hear what it’s called in German. Note that you can also listen to example words and an explanation of each letter’s pronunciation as well. Then, write below what each letter’s name sounds like to you. We’ve given you some examples to get you started. A- aahO- FORMTEXT ?????B-behP- FORMTEXT ?????C- FORMTEXT ?????Q- FORMTEXT ?????D- FORMTEXT ?????R- FORMTEXT ?????E- FORMTEXT ?????S- FORMTEXT ?????F- FORMTEXT ?????T- FORMTEXT ?????G- FORMTEXT ?????U- FORMTEXT ?????H- FORMTEXT ?????V- FORMTEXT ?????I- FORMTEXT ?????W- FORMTEXT ?????J- FORMTEXT ?????X- FORMTEXT ?????K- FORMTEXT ?????Y-epsilonL- FORMTEXT ?????Z- FORMTEXT ?????M- FORMTEXT ?????N- FORMTEXT ?????Review Worksheet 2 – Advanced PronunciationPlease watch the Advanced Pronunciation video and fill in the blanks below:393065241300au00auGerman letter combinations that make a sound of their own:1. as in FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ?????40386012700eu00eu2. as in FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ????? , or as in FORMTEXT ?????1431290157480ei0ei394335152400ie0ie3. and Rule: For their sound say the second letter in English. Examples for ‘ie’: FORMTEXT ?????, FORMTEXT ?????Examples for ‘ei’: FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ?????There are four letters in the German alphabet that do not exist in English:4. Umlaute: a FORMTEXT ????? , o FORMTEXT ????? , u FORMTEXT ????? 16573513335005. ? sounds almost like an English FORMTEXT ????? . Example: FORMTEXT ?????1657354762500 ? is similar to the English ‘er’. Examples: FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ?????1657351397000 ü sounds like the “eeewh” that people make when they see something yucky.Examples: FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ?????17012137982006. ch has two different sounds in German. It sounds like the beginning of the English word ‘huge’ after an ‘i’ or an ‘e’. Examples: FORMTEXT ????? , FORMTEXT ????? The ending ‘-ig’ on a German word also makes this ‘-ch’ sound, for instance in the word ‘langweilig’.After the vowels ‘a, o, u’ the letters ‘ch’ make a rumbling sound.Examples: FORMTEXT ????? , the FORMTEXT ????? 16573515240007. sch makes the sound of the English ‘sh’. Examples: der FORMTEXT ????? , die FORMTEXT ?????Please note: for the letters ‘sp’ and ‘st’ at the beginning of a syllable the –s also makes the ‘sh’ sound.Example: der FORMTEXT ????? , or FORMTEXT ????? ................
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