Exercise 1

Practice pronouncing the sounds below.
acceptance
 
accentuate
 
accelerate
 
accessory
 
accessible
 
successive
 
succeeding
 
exceeded
 
excitement
 
exception
 
vaccination
existential
exited
exactitude
examination
exhaust
exile
exotic
anxiety
nationality
 
initial
 
partiality
 
vacationing
 
patiently
 
fraction
 
cautious
 
nutritious
 
*equation (exception)
especially
racially
officially
musicianship
physician
facial
spacious
sufficient
efficient
agricultural
 
manufacture
 
saturated
 
gargantuan
 
virtuosity
 
perpetuate
 
fortunate
 
conceptual
 
intellectual
 
ritualistic
 
*congratulations (exception)
lesion
fusion
disillusion
composure
coercion
leisure
casual
unusual
educational
 
graduation
 
individuality
 
residual
 
egregious
 
prestigious
 
soldier

Exercise 2

Now that you have practiced the words and sounds above, practice pronouncing them in a context.
In his excitement, he accelerated and exceeded the speed limit.
 
We want all successive leaders to succeed.
There are no exceptions to the vaccination policy.
The accessories were not accessible.
He exited the room after the examination.
The purpose of my existence is an existential question.
I am exhausted from my anxiety.
He was in exile in an exotic place.
What was his initial reaction?
 
They are vacationing in a distant nation.
 
Was the jury partial or impartial?
 
He patiently calculated the fractions.
The room was especially spacious and the lighting was sufficient.
The official discussed racial issues.
He wants to be a musician, not a physician.
The company manufactures agricultural products.
Congratulations on your good fortune.
Do not perpetuate conceptual errors.  
He has intellectual rituals.
The subdivision was disillusioned.
 
Maintain composure during the lesion experiment. 
 
It is not unusual to have lots of leisure time. 
 
They were casual about using coercion.
He had a prestigious education.
 
The soldier’s behaviour was egregious.
All individuals must graduate.