SPEECH WORK: VOWEL SOUNDS
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:/
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Fit
Pin
Pit
Bin
Sit
/i:/
Eat
Feel
Sheet
Beach
Cheap