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I REVIEW the voiced |zh| or |j| pronunciation of ge, as in garage. With your student, use a dictionary to look up all of the words on this list. The word triage has its syllable break between the i and the a and is pronounced |trē • äzhʹ|.

II NEW PATTERN. Learn the voiced |zh| pronunciation of su, as in usual.

III NEW PATTERN. Learn the voiced |zh| pronunciation of si, as in vision.

IV NEW PATTERN. Learn the voiced |zh| pronunciation of zu and zi, as in azure and glazier, respectively.

Review: |zh| |z| |gz|

V & VI REVIEW the voiced |zh| pronunciation of ge, su, si, zu, and zi, as in garage, usual, vision, seizure, and glazier, respectively.

REVIEW the |z| and |gz| sounds spelled with the voiced sounds of s, z, and x, as in his, zebra, and exactly.

The word aisle is found in the list of homophones. This unusual word has three silent letters (a, s, and e) and is pronounced |īl|.

Differentiating there, their, they’re and to, too, two

The list of challenge words for this lesson contains two extremely important sets of homophones: there, their, and they’re; and to, too, and two. The members of these homophone sets are frequently mistakenly used, so we encourage you to spend time explaining their differences to your student. If he can keep clear in his mind the appropriate uses of these often misused words, he will be a star pupil!

there = location
their = possessive pronoun
they’re = they are
to = location
too = also; more than enough; extremely
two = 2

The differences between its and it’s and your and you’re were discussed in Lesson 83.