Exercise 4-4: Rule 2 Middle of the Staircase

An unstressed T in the middle of a staircase between two vowel sounds should be pronounced as a soft D.

Betty bought a bit of better butter.

Pat ought to sit on a lap.

Read the following sentences out loud.

Make sure that the underlined unstressed Ts sound like a soft D.

1.What a good idea.

2.Put it in a bottle.

3.Write it in a letter.

4.Set it on the metal gutter.

5.Put all the data in the computer.

6.Insert a quarter in the meter.

7.Get a better water heater.

8.Let her put a sweater on.

9.Betty's at a meeting.

10.It's getting hotter and hotter.

11.Patty ought to write a better letter.

12.Freida had a little metal bottle.