SPEECH WORK: VOWEL SOUNDS

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  Vowels /I/ and /i:/


 /I/ is a short vowel.

 The spelling variants and word examples are:
‘a’ – adage, village, palace
‘e’ – Peter, between, English
 ‘u’ – busy, minutes
‘ei’  - foreign
 ‘ie’ – chief, thief
‘y’ – busy , myth
 o – women
‘I’  sit, pin, bin.

/i:/ is a long vowel 
The spelling variant and words example are:
‘a’ quay
‘ae’ – Caesar, aesthetic
‘e’ – eve, procedure
‘ee’ feed, weed, seed
‘ea’ – neat, peak, real
‘ei’ receive, deceive
‘I’  machine, prestige
‘ie’ relieve,believe
‘oe’ amoeba, oesophagus
‘ui’ suite
‘eo’ people.

Contrast.

/I:/ /i:/
hit heat
hill heel
sit seat
sin seen
dim deem
will wheel
list least
dip deep
lip leap
fill feel
bitch beach

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 Exercise
Write down five words each which contain vowels /I/ and /i:/

Write down your answers in the comment session
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Comments

JF- Real- Estate -Consu said…
/i/
Fit
Pin
Pit
Bin
Sit


/i:/
Eat
Feel
Sheet
Beach
Cheap





May 19, 2020 at 4:31 AM
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