Training Pronunciation: More Rhymes

As I mentioned in Songs and Rhymes, you can train pronunciation with songs and rhymes.

All are from Lit2Go and have audio, like all Lit2Go reading materials.

Easy start is simple nursery rhyme like Rain, rain go away

Rain, rain go away, reɪn, reɪn goʊ əˈweɪ, Come again some April day, kʌm əˈgɛn sʌm ˈeɪprəl deɪ, Little Johnny wants to play. ˈlɪtəl ˈʤɑni wɑnts tu pleɪ.

Or limerick The Old Woman of Leeds

There was an old woman of Leeds;	ðɛr wʌz ən oʊld ˈwʊmən ʌv lidz;
Who spent all her time in good deeds;	hu spɛnt ɔl hɜr taɪm ɪn gʊd didz;
She worked for the poor	ʃi wɜrkt fɔr ðə pur
Till her fingers were sore,	tɪl hɜr ˈfɪŋgərz wɜr sɔr,
This pious old woman of Leeds!	ðɪs ˈpaɪəs oʊld ˈwʊmən ʌv lidz!

Pronunciation transcription is made with Lingorado, as I said on IPA page.

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Few more easy rhymes (with audio) from Lit2Go:

There was an Old Man with a beard

There was an Old Man with a beard,	ðɛr wʌz ən oʊld mən wɪð ə bɪrd,
Who said, “It is just as I feared!—	hu sɛd, “ɪt ɪz ʤʌst æz aɪ fɪrd!—
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,	tu aʊlz ænd ə hɛn, fɔr lɑrks ænd ə rɛn,
Have all built their nests in my beard!”	hæv ɔl bɪlt ðɛr nɛsts ɪn maɪ bɪrd!”

There is a Young Lady whose nose


A was an Apple pie