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Poor Kitty - A Story about an Unlucky Cat

In this activity, you will be listening for the final /t/ and /d/ sounds. Final /t/ must be formed but not aspirated. Final /d/ must be formed and voiced, but it is unaspirated. Fill in the missing words as you hear them. Then use the sound recorder on the computer to record the story. Listen for your own words that end in final /t/ or /d/.

One day, as I was backing into the , I ran over my daughters'

. The cat . My daughters . was an unfortunate .


My daughters were very , so we decided to have a little funeral

for the .  We her in the back . A stone marks the .

The stone is with the "friend."


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