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One of the error patterns which is common for non-native speakers of English is to say an extra syllable in certain words. This usually occurs because the spelled word looks like it should have additional sounds/syllables, or the root word has a different syllable pattern.
Here are some words to work on, written so you can see the syllables:
Different DIF rint
Difference DIF rinss
General GEN rul
Groceries GROS(H) reez
Vegetables VEG tuh blz
Several SEV rul
Interest IN trist
Interested IN tris tid
Interesting IN tris ting
Preferable PREF ruh bl
Specifically spuh SIF ick lee
Basically BAY sick lee
Actually ACK shuh lee
Practice these repeated phrases:
I need a different ____.
How may different ___-s do we have?
It makes a difference to ___.
It doesn't make any difference for the ___.
A general ___.
In general, they ___.
A vegetable ___.
We have vegetables ____.
We need several ___-s.
There are several different ___-s.
I have an interest in ____.
We're interested in ___.
It's an interesting ___.
___ would be preferable to ____.
She specifically said ___.
I think it's basically about ___.
We actually want ___.
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One of the error patterns which is common for non-native speakers of English is to say an extra syllable in certain words. This usually occurs because the spelled word looks like it should have additional sounds/syllables, or the root word has a different syllable pattern.
Here are some words to work on, written so you can see the syllables:
Different DIF rint
Difference DIF rinss
General GEN rul
Groceries GROS(H) reez
Vegetables VEG tuh blz
Several SEV rul
Interest IN trist
Interested IN tris tid
Interesting IN tris ting
Preferable PREF ruh bl
Specifically spuh SIF ick lee
Basically BAY sick lee
Actually ACK shuh lee
Practice these repeated phrases:
I need a different ____.
How may different ___-s do we have?
It makes a difference to ___.
It doesn't make any difference for the ___.
A general ___.
In general, they ___.
A vegetable ___.
We have vegetables ____.
We need several ___-s.
There are several different ___-s.
I have an interest in ____.
We're interested in ___.
It's an interesting ___.
___ would be preferable to ____.
She specifically said ___.
I think it's basically about ___.
We actually want ___.

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