Sentences to practice the American 'R' sound
09/19/23 • 58 min
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1. My idea was rejected for being too risky.
2. Lightning struck a tree and set it on fire.
3. I’m not crazy about the American ‘R’ sound but it’s everywhere.
4. My dog ran after a car yesterday.
5. This is a sentence without any ‘R’ sounds. Well, almost.
6. My reward for working for so many hours? A headache and a sore throat.
7. If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
8. The railroad tracks run near my house.
9. My father was a firefighter in his youth.
10. The watchers were angry at the bad actor.
11. The buyer asked the baker to create a tall birthday cake with blue frosting.
12. The biker asked me for a favor.
13. We weren’t eager to sit on the floor. We would have preferred chairs.
14. The rarest rabbits are raised by ranchers.
15. My granddaughter is a good reader.
16. If you dry grapes, they turn into raisins.
17. Grrrrrrrr is the sound a dog makes when it growls.
18. Do you have a favorite recipe for scrambled eggs?
19. Sometimes I have to reboot the hard drive in my computer.
20. I’d rather read an interesting book than watch boring TV.
21. The word “internet” contains “R”, as do these words: rain, raise, real, recite, recall, and reduce.
22. He agrees with me that it is cold in the arctic.
23. I never argue with a cardiologist about arteries.
24. He put on an apron and started to prepare dinner.
25. The three bears in the barn set off an alarm last April.
26. Robert Frost was a celebrated American poet.
27. A large number of health-care workers are going on strike.
28. I like to buy fresh pears at the farmers’ market.
29. Last year I studied French, history, geography, chemistry, and astrophysics.
30. If you’re hungry, you should have some bread and butter. I have orange marmalade too, or strawberry jam if you prefer.
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1. My idea was rejected for being too risky.
2. Lightning struck a tree and set it on fire.
3. I’m not crazy about the American ‘R’ sound but it’s everywhere.
4. My dog ran after a car yesterday.
5. This is a sentence without any ‘R’ sounds. Well, almost.
6. My reward for working for so many hours? A headache and a sore throat.
7. If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
8. The railroad tracks run near my house.
9. My father was a firefighter in his youth.
10. The watchers were angry at the bad actor.
11. The buyer asked the baker to create a tall birthday cake with blue frosting.
12. The biker asked me for a favor.
13. We weren’t eager to sit on the floor. We would have preferred chairs.
14. The rarest rabbits are raised by ranchers.
15. My granddaughter is a good reader.
16. If you dry grapes, they turn into raisins.
17. Grrrrrrrr is the sound a dog makes when it growls.
18. Do you have a favorite recipe for scrambled eggs?
19. Sometimes I have to reboot the hard drive in my computer.
20. I’d rather read an interesting book than watch boring TV.
21. The word “internet” contains “R”, as do these words: rain, raise, real, recite, recall, and reduce.
22. He agrees with me that it is cold in the arctic.
23. I never argue with a cardiologist about arteries.
24. He put on an apron and started to prepare dinner.
25. The three bears in the barn set off an alarm last April.
26. Robert Frost was a celebrated American poet.
27. A large number of health-care workers are going on strike.
28. I like to buy fresh pears at the farmers’ market.
29. Last year I studied French, history, geography, chemistry, and astrophysics.
30. If you’re hungry, you should have some bread and butter. I have orange marmalade too, or strawberry jam if you prefer.
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1. I want some earthworms for my birthday.
2. There are three thieves in my bathroom.
3. My brother has a theory about everything.
4. He put toothpaste on a feather and brushed his teeth.
5. Mother’s panther loves the bathtub.
6. There are three thousand therapists in New York City.
7. Would you prefer something for dinner or nothing?
8. I wear thick clothing in the winter.
9. Thankfully they stayed together during the marathon.
10. Don’t try to breathe beneath the water.
11. I took an oath to follow the path of truth and honesty.
12. I put on a bathrobe and stood in front of the fire to thaw out.
13. Do you have the strength to carry your father across the river?
14. He was the ninth man to go south today.
15. Whether you agree or not, there are those who will follow me, I think.
16. Therefore thirty of us will attach the giant thermometer to the thickest tree.
17. Roses are thorny plants.
18. My grandfather looks youthful.
19. She has a sore throat and a bad cough.
20. Thirty is more than thirteen, and thirteen is more than three.
Note that in compound nouns, both words are stressed. Here are some examples:
Handshake
Caveman
Sunburn
Toothbrush
Goldfish
Desktop
Railroad
Bodyguard
Sailboat
Birdhouse
Firefighter
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1. Too much exposure to ultraviolet light is bad for your skin.
2. That meal was very unappetizing.
3. He was deliriously happy after winning the lottery.
4. My uncle was a theoretical physicist.
5. Tuberculosis is a terrible disease.
6. I have cousins who live in Scandinavia.
7. Schizophrenia is a mental illness.
8. He failed his last exam spectacularly.
9. I have an appointment to see a radiologist.
10. Faster than light travel (FTL) would revolutionize astronomy.
11. Uranium is a radioactive mineral.
12. My son lives in Pennsylvania. ***
13. I took advantage of my opportunity to overinflate the basketball.
14. She enthusiastically participated in a computer camp.
15. Mr. Jones is notoriously unreliable.
16. The ghost materialized at the foot of my bed.
17. Kilimanjaro is a famous mountain in Africa.
18. A person who steals stuff all the time is a kleptomaniac.
19. Please come home immediately. I need help.
20. If you fall into the North Atlantic Ocean, you will probably die of hypothermia.
21. You can see examples of hieroglyphic writing on Egyptian tombs.
22. Bats use echolocation to catch their prey.
23. He is always exaggerating his wealth and intelligence.
24. She is rich and lives extravagantly.
25. Life is unpredictable, so flexibility is a good skill to have.
26. If you are disobedient at school, you will be punished.
27. I like to watch documentary films.
28. That ballet had wonderful choreography.
29. My history professor is not very communicative.
30. The blood coagulated on the floor of the cafeteria.
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