Practice Makes Perfect

325
P·46
EXERCISE
Pronunciation of Difficult Words (2)
Many words are difficult to pronounce and need to be practiced.
actually materialistic
antibiotics microwave
busy parentheses
chipmunk prerogative
citizenship pronunciation
enthusiasm recognize
especially refrigerator
exaggeration regularly
extinguisher squirrel
extraordinary statistics
fictitious studying
guarantee
sweat
huge tiny
intuition tuition
itinerary unusual
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of these difficult words, then listen carefully and repeat 
the following sentences:
1. tuition ________________________________
Did you pay your tuition fees?
2. squirrel _______________________________
The squirrel is eating the peanuts.
3. extraordinary __________________________
He is an extraordinary person.
4. tiny __________________________________
It’s just a tiny little bug.
5. enthusiasm ____________________________
I can’t contain my enthusiasm.
6. exaggeration __________________________
That is a big exaggeration.
7. unusual _______________________________
That is very unusual.
8. studying ______________________________
Be quiet, I’m studying.
PMP Basic English_Lachance.indd 325
1/15/19 11:10 AM

---

 326
practice makes perfect Basic 
English
9. busy _________________________________
Are you busy today?
10. parentheses ___________________________
Put the definition in parentheses.
11. intuition ______________________________
She has great intuition.
12. regularly ______________________________
I go to the gym regularly.
13. chipmunk _____________________________
The chipmunk is sitting in my hand.
14. huge _________________________________
That is a huge cat.
15. especially _____________________________
I especially like the black Corvette.
16. itinerary ______________________________
Is my itinerary ready?
17. recognize _____________________________
I didn’t recognize you.
18. microwave ____________________________
Put it in the microwave oven.
19. statistics ______________________________
We are looking at statistics all week.
20. materialistic ___________________________
Some people are very materialistic.
21. pronunciation _________________________
Your pronunciation is improving.
22. prerogative ____________________________
It’s your prerogative.
23. fictitious ______________________________
He writes fictitious stories.
PMP Basic English_Lachance.indd 326
1/15/19 11:10 AM

---

Pronunciation Exercises