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Graduate English Skills Program (GESP)


Pronunciation Tape #1

Part I.

1. A team of Marines beat the Seabees in beach baseball.

2. Linda's kitten was sitting pretty on top of the kitchen cabinet.

3. Sue broke her heel when she climbed up the hill.

4. Dale won the relay race on Saturday.

5. The air base became safe when the ice flaked away.

6. Betty sent a letter every day to her best friend, Edna Phelps.

7. All seven men were mean and lean.

8. Ham and pancakes make a snack for a baby, but a handsome meal for a man.

9. On demand, the craft took off for France.

10. Art and Martha enjoyed pasta as did their father.

 

Part II.

1. A frog may frighten an ox.

2. Ross crossed the office to the hot coffeepot.

3. Morbid tall stories leave some people yawning.

4. Romer Jones avowed that he owes nothing to anyone.

5. Through the woods, the horse's hooves flew over the rotted roots.

6. The duke led his troops in the crusade.

7. The mute mule carried a huge load of uranium.

8. Too few students utilize the knowledge they accrue while still youths.

9. The crew worked in earnest to avert collision with the iceberg.

10. When played as a solo, a tuba is too ponderous for pleasurable listening.