Listen to these words and repeat to practice your pronunciation.
![weird](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s1.jpg)
Weird
![weirdest](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s2.jpg)
Weirdest
![sphere](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s3.jpg)
Sphere
![pointy](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s4.jpg)
Pointy
![thorn](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s5.jpg)
Thorn
![strangest](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/YOUTH/ENGL110Youth/unit05/Speaking%205-4/5-4s6.jpg)
Strangest
Listen and read along to these sentences.
The giant walking stick is a weird insect!
The giant walking stick looks like the branches around it.
The Brazilian treehopper is a very weird insect.
It has hairy spheres on its head.
Practice reading those sentences aloud and record your voice or say the sentences out to your class.