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Practice 7 to 14 - Vowels
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| 1 | sheep, ship |
| 2 | sleep, slip |
| 3 | eat, it |
| 4 | feat, fit |
| 5 | seat, sit |
8: /ɪ/
and
/iː/
Read aloud the following extracts, paying particular attention to the words with the vowel /ɪ/ and /iː/.
| 1 | You need to proof-read your report carefully before you submit it. Please read it again. |
| 2 | Mr. Green was grinning from ear to ear when he knew that his six pretty little sisters living in the city were going to visit him. |
| 3 | Sit on this seat and see if these slippers fit your feet. |
9: /e/
and
/æ/
Pronounce the following pairs of words, paying particular attention to the consonants /e/ and /æ/.
| 1 | pen, pan |
| 2 | men, man |
| 3 | lend, land |
| 4 | send, sand |
| 5 | said, sad |
10: /e/
and
/æ/
Read aloud the following extracts, paying particular attention to the words with the vowel with /e/ and /æ/.
| 1 | Jack said that he was very sad because he had broken his radio set. |
| 2 | Send that man who landed on the sand a bag of sand. |
| 3 | The man who is cooking with a pan is not one of the men who have bought the pens. |
11:
/ɔː/
and
/ɒ/
Pronounce the following pairs of words, paying particular attention to the consonants /ɔː/ and /ɒ/.
| 1 | port, pot |
| 2 | sport, spot |
| 3 | short, shot |
| 4 | court, cot |
| 5 | cork, cock |
12:
/ɔː/ and
/ɒ/
| 1 | John has bought a lot of sausages because he has sausages as breakfast almost every morning. |
| 2 | Doctor Wong, who is pointing to the clock on the wall, is Uncle Tom's daughter. |
| 3 | George is drawing four saws, four swords, four walls and four doors on the board. |
13:
/uː/
and
/ʊ/
Pronounce the following pairs of words, paying particular attention to the vowels.
| 1 | Luke, look |
| 2 | food, foot |
| 3 | hoot, hood |
| 4 | fool, full |
| 5 | pool, pull |
14:
/uː/
and
/ʊ/
Read aloud the following extracts, paying particular attention to the words with the vowel /uː/ and /ʊ/.
| 1 | Look! Luke is pulling a fool out of the pool in the wood. |
| 2 | June said to Sue, "You should bring along with you some food and wear proper shoes when visiting the zoo next Tuesday with Ruth." |
| 3 |
Who took away the cookery book? |
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