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Exercise 4-4: Rule 2----middle of the staircase

An unstressed T in the middle of a staircase between two vowel sounds should be pronounced as a soft D.

Betty bought a bit of better butter.

Pat ought to sit on a lap.

Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined(unstressed) Ts sound like a soft D.

1. What a good idea.

2. Put it in a bottle.

3. Write it in a letter.

4. Set it on the metal gutter.

5. Put all the data in the computer.

6. Insert a quarter in the meter.

7. Get a better water heater.

8. Let her put a sweater on.

9. Betty’s at a meeting.

10. It’s getting hotter and hotter.

11. Patty ought to write a better letter.

12. Freida had a little metal bottle.