Questões BNCC EF06LI18

Why did Tom’s voice message cause a strange mistake? He recorded: “I like rice with beans.” His English pen pal answered: “Ice with beans? That’s funny!”

Tom asked his cousin, who speaks English, to listen. She said Tom was starting the word rice with the same strong sound many Brazilians use at the beginning of some Portuguese words (it can sound close to an H). She also reminded him that in Spanish some words have a rolled R, but English does not roll the R.

To practice, she suggested a test: put your hand in front of your mouth. If you feel a strong burst of air, you are making an H-like sound. For English words like red, rice and rain, the first sound should be made with the tongue, without rolling it and without a strong breath.

Based on the text, identify the advice that best helps Tom pronounce the first sound in the word “rain” so an English listener understands him.

Narration in first person: "I joined an online club where we focus on how English sounds differ from our native tongue. In a session, the teacher presented three word pairs: ship / sheep, cat / cut, and bed / bad. She explained that while Portuguese speakers usually change vowel quality, English sometimes changes the duration of a vowel to change meaning. We listened to recordings and repeated each pair, paying attention to how long or short the vowel sounded.

Identify the pair of words in the text that differs only by vowel length in English pronunciation?

A student learning English noticed that some words that look like Portuguese cognates sound different. She compared these English words with their Portuguese counterparts:

• animal / Portuguese: a-NI-mal (stress on the second syllable, vowel “a” as in father)
• moment / Portuguese: mo-MEN-to (vowel “o” as in more)
• natural / Portuguese: na-tu-RAL (vowel “a” as in father)
• hospital / Portuguese: hos-pi-TAL (vowel “o” as in more)
• family / Portuguese: fa-MÍ-li-a (vowel “a” as in father)

In English, she realized that the initial vowel in family sounds like the vowel in cat, not like the vowel in Portuguese família.

Analise as comparações de pronúncia entre cada palavra em inglês e sua cognata portuguesa. Which English word has an initial vowel sound that does not match the initial vowel in its Portuguese cognate?

A teacher asks her 6th grade class to practice English minimal pairs during a pronunciation workshop. She writes several pairs on the board: ship / sheep, sit / seat and live / leave. A Brazilian student notices they look similar in spelling but sound different. The teacher explains that English distinguishes vowel length and quality in these pairs, while Portuguese does not.

Conclua por que falantes de português frequentemente confundem palavras como ship e sheep ao falar inglês.

In an online exchange, a Brazilian learner of English explains her difficulty. She writes: "When I say 'ship', native speakers seem to hear 'sheep'. I also notice that words like 'bit' and 'beat' confuse me because in Portuguese I do not use different vowel lengths. I practice minimal pairs to improve." The tutor replies: "Focus on the length of the vowels: /i?/ is longer than /?/." This conversation shows how vowel length can change word meaning in English, a distinction absent in Portuguese.

Analise the exchange and identify which pair of words exemplifies a difference in vowel length that Portuguese does not signal?

Why do speakers of Portuguese sometimes pronounce ship and sheep the same? A class of sixth graders practiced minimal pairs to master English pronunciation contrasts that don’t exist in their native language. They listened to recordings of four word pairs: ship/sheep, fan/van, cat/cut and sit/set. Each student repeated the words and noted differences in vowel length and quality. Their teacher explained that some contrasts in English, such as the short vowel in “ship” versus the long vowel in “sheep,” pose special challenges to Portuguese speakers.

Compare the word pairs presented in the text and identify which pair illustrates a pronunciation contrast not found in Portuguese?

During a pronunciation workshop, a teacher explained that English has both a short i sound and a long ee sound, which often confuse Portuguese speakers. She wrote two words on the board: ship and sheep. Then she asked students to repeat them aloud. Some students pronounced both words the same way and needed to hear the difference again: ship with a short i versus sheep with a long ee.

Identify the pair of words in the text that differ only in vowel sound and may cause confusion for Portuguese speakers?

Visiting her online language journal, a Brazilian student writes about a session with her English teacher. She notes that Portuguese speakers often pronounce both “th” and “t” too softly. To feel the difference, the teacher shared these word pairs: ship / sheep, cat / cut, think / sink, thick / tick, cheese / choose. The student practiced each pair slowly, listening for the English “th” sound as in thick, which has no equivalent in Portuguese.

Identify the pair of words that illustrates the contrast between the English /?/ sound and the English /t/ sound, as described in the text.