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Session 3
How do you say the words you see and hear in the news? In Pronunciation in the News, we take a word that's dominating the headlines and teach you how to say it like a native speaker.
Activity 1
Pronunciation in the News
Threatened
North Korea has threatened to carry out missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam. How do we pronounce the word threatened? Watch the video and find out.
Threatened means told someone you might do them harm
Watch the video and complete the activity
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How do you say 'threatened'?
- There are two syllables: threat-ened.
- The stress is on the first syllable: THREAT-ened.
- There's a short /ə/ sound between 't' and 'n'
- In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /ˈθret(ə)nd/
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
The 'threatened' quiz
3 Questions
Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'threatened'.
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Activity
Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'threatened'.
Hint
threat-enedQuestion 1 of 3
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Activity
Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'threatened'.
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THREAT-enedQuestion 2 of 3
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Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'threatened'.
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/ˈθret(ə)nd/Question 3 of 3
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More pronunciation work
If you want to improve your pronunciation even more, try our series The Sounds of English or Tim's Pronunciation Workshop.
End of Session 3
Join us in Session 4 for the Teachers' Room, where Dan and Sian give tips to improve lessons.
Session Vocabulary
Pronouncing 'threatened'
- two syllables: threat-ened
stress on the first syllable: THREAT-ened
short /ə/ sound between 't' and 'n'
In phonemic script: /ˈθret(ə)nd/
- two syllables: threat-ened