WARM-UP VIDEO FOR DISAPPEARING SOUNDS

Instructions. In fast speech the sounds /t/ and /d/ often disappear from the end of a word. In the following quiz, all gaps contain words that end in t or d. Listen and fill the gaps.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

bug where I have to slam it for it to actually start. I 3D printed all these parts because you (1) ………….. a Claw that needs to pick up soup just like that It'll need (2) ………….. fine tuning, just (3) ………….. Mmm. I (4) …………..it'll work things are (5) ………….. nna be great Thank you for your trust in me. This especially is (6) ………….. nna be so messy Which is nice because I have this (7) ………….. crew here who can help me clean up afterwards (8) ………….. (9) ………….. nna sort screws and ignore what this (10) ………….. is doing. I'm like actually nervous Hey, (11) ………….. ogle Turn on the soup (12) ………….. . (13) ………….. ogle: You (14) ………….. t it, turning the soup (15) ………….. on (Suspenseful music) (Laughter) (Laughter) But this really (16) ………….. (17) ………….. like baby barf. Nom Nom Nom Soup's fun. Soup. People should soup more often if I could eat soup like this every time I (18) ………….. (19) ………….. two! Hey (20) ………….. ogle turn on the soup (21) ………….. . (22) ………….. ogle: Okay turning on the soup (23) ………….. (Simone's theme) (24) ………….. needed to show you the ground here. It looked like somebody made a kill room for emojis. FEED... ME! I'm feeling fine. I like pumpkin soup (25) ………….. more like this Thank you so much to the (26) ………….. ogle home team for this paid sponsorship If you (27) ………….. a (28) ………….. ogle Home Mini it won't (29) ………….. with a soup (30) ………….. But that's probably a (31) ………….. od thing Check out some of the other videos the creators have made with the (32) ………….. ogle Home Mini and please, consider donating money to support some of the disaster relief work (33) ………….. ing on in Puerto Rico I'll put links in the descriptions to some smaller organizations who are doing really important work on the ground I mean if soup (34) …………..can do (35) ………….. od then so can you. We're working on that slogan all day, okay? Bye

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

bug where I have to slam it for it to actually start. I 3D printed all these parts because you (1) (can't get) a Claw that needs to pick up soup just like that It'll need (2) (a little bit of) fine tuning, just (3) (a little bit) Mmm. I (4) (think) it'll work things are (5) (go) nna be great Thank you for your trust in me. This especially is (6) (go) nna be so messy Which is nice because I have this (7) (little) crew here who can help me clean up afterwards (8) (I'm just) (9) (go) nna sort screws and ignore what this (10) (robot) is doing. I'm like actually nervous Hey, (11) (Go) ogle Turn on the soup (12) (robot) . (13) (Go) ogle: You (14) (go) t it, turning the soup (15) (robot) on (Suspenseful music) (Laughter) (Laughter) But this really (16) (it looks) (17) (it looks) like baby barf. Nom Nom Nom Soup's fun. Soup. People should soup more often if I could eat soup like this every time I (18) (might like it) (19) (Take) two! Hey (20) (Go) ogle turn on the soup (21) (robot) . (22) (Go) ogle: Okay turning on the soup (23) (robot) (Simone's theme) (24) (I just) needed to show you the ground here. It looked like somebody made a kill room for emojis. FEED... ME! I'm feeling fine. I like pumpkin soup (25) (a lot) more like this Thank you so much to the (26) (Go) ogle home team for this paid sponsorship If you (27) (get) a (28) (Go) ogle Home Mini it won't (29) (come) with a soup (30) (robot) But that's probably a (31) (go) od thing Check out some of the other videos the creators have made with the (32) (Go) ogle Home Mini and please, consider donating money to support some of the disaster relief work (33) (go) ing on in Puerto Rico I'll put links in the descriptions to some smaller organizations who are doing really important work on the ground I mean if soup (34) (robot) can do (35) (go) od then so can you. We're working on that slogan all day, okay? Bye

Sources: 

Channel: Simone Giertz. I made a robot that serves me soup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab47XHidvwQ

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