In my 2016 book Eliminate the 63 Most Common Mistakes Portuguese Speakers Make in English which you can read about here and buy here for €6.99, I have a couple of units showing the most important pronunciation issues for Portuguese speakers. You can read a sample of this book here and the example audio files are below:
Unit 48 pronunciation of ordinal numbers in English [first, second, third, etc] for dates.
Unit 62 correct pronunciation of office and practice
Unit 63 pronunciation of -ed endings
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Most Brazilians have good pronunciation and in general there isn’t a problem but people do get worried about it. The examples below come from my notes in classes so they are genuine examples of errors that people that speak Portuguese make.
If you are striving for proficiency or are concerned about your pronunciation then these examples are worth practicing, however the most important ones are the 3 units above.
So here are some audio files to help you:
danger
dangerous
that dark street is danger
that dark street is dangerous
sign
signal
telephone signal
debt pronounced incorrectly
debt pronounced correctly
doubt pronounced incorrectly
doubt pronounced correctly
plumbing pronounced incorrectly
plumbing pronounced correctly
muscle pronounced incorrectly
muscle pronounced correctly
civil engineer course
civil engineering course
Audio not working
Hi Geraldo.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Everything is fine when I try it on Google Chrome and Firefox, you need to click on the left side of each audio to play them. Unfortunately, this button isn’t visible, it is just to the left of the “00:00” timer.
Thanks.
Gordon