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The phonemic alphabet: Practice

Phonemic symbols for vowels

See page 192 for a list of phonemic and other symbols used in this book.

Short vowels /ae/ /e/ /i/ /d/ /a/ /u/ /a/

Write the correct phonemic symbol for the underlined vowel in each word. Example rich ...X...

1    month

2    gone ________

3    bank ________

4    ago_____....

5    sugar ________

6    met_________

7    sung ______

8    symbol_______

9    cinema___________

10    any ________

11    would_____

12    watch________

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Makes —*

meet/ meat; 1 weak/ week

Eng/ish Pronunciation in Use (Advanced)

Short vowels /ae/ /e/ /1/ /d/ /a/ /o/ /a/

Complete each word with the correct short vowel(s).

Examfle The cinema was f XŁ 1.	(ful = fuli)
1 The kl.......k had stopped.		7 She sl.......pt on the ice.
2 There was bl.......d on the knife.		8 The t.......st was difficult.
3 st.......nd over there.		9 Jack’s their eldest s.......n.
4 I hurt my h.......nd.		10 I had to g_s the answer.
5 k..._.d you give me a lift?		11 Don’t worry, Pil pr.......t...... kt you.
6 Do you want b.......t.......on your	bread?	12 The car didn’t st_____p.
Long vowels /a:/	M /i:/	/oi/ /u:/
Underline all the vowel sounds that can be put into the gaps to make correct words.
Example r.......d i: / 3: / o: (riid = read; ro:d		= roared)
1 h.......m i: / a: / 3:	7 h.......t	a: / 3: / ui
2 b.....;t i: / u: / o:	8 t.......n	3i 1 o: 1 u:
3 p____s 3: / i: / u:	9 k.......n	i: / a: / 3:
4 f.......d a: /u: /o:	10 p_t	o: / u: /a:
S t.......k oil a: 1 ui	11 k.......1	u: /3: loi
6 w.......m a: / i: / o:	12 h.......b	3i 1 ai 1 i:
Long vowels /a:/	M M	/a:/ /u:/

Complete the middle of each word sąuare with one of the long vowels, to make two correct words.

Short and long vowels

Underline the correct phonemic spelling.of these words.

Example deep /di:p/ - /dtp/

1 pin	/pen/ - /pin/	8 farm	/f3:m/ - /fa;m/
2 had	/hid/ - /haed/	9 fuli	/fu:l/ - /ful/
3 send	/send/ - /saend/	10 hurt	/h3:t/ - /hut/
4 golf	/gAlf/ - /gnlf/	11 order	/Ddo/ - /o:do/
5 took	/tuk/ - /tAk/	12 walked	/wo:kt/ - /w3:kt/
6 pot	/pnt/ - /put/	13 fur	/fa:/-/f3:/
7 part	/paet/ - /pa:t/	14 who	/hi:/ - /hu:/
Check your answers. Do you know what word the other phonemic spelling represents in each case?
Example /dip/ = dip Short and long vowels Underline the word represented by the phonemic spelling. Example /sto:/ star — storę 1 /spo:t/ sport - spot 8 /ha:d/			heard - hard
2 /kAt/	cut - cot	9 /mam/	man - men
3 /ti:/	tea - tow	10 /rest/	wrist - rest
4 /fit/	fat - fit	11 /b3:d/	bird - bored
5 /h3:t/	hut - hurt	12 /pu:l/	puli - pooi
6 /hit/	hit - heat	13 /lAk/	look - luck
7 /buks/	books - box	14 /ha:t/	heart - hat
Check your answers. Can you write out the phonemic spelling of the other word			in each case?

Example star = /sta:/

7 Diphthongs

Put these words into the correct sąuare in the table. Sonie sąuares will be empty. sigh, ray, feaą row (= move through water), pie, bow (= weapon), may, hoe, boy, day, hair, rare, piet, foe, hay, die, bear, tie, sow (= female pig), how, deag tour, tear (= water from the eye), pear, mere, bow (= bend), pay, my, poog gear, beeę say, buy, fair, reat; toy, high, tear (= puli apart), go, dare, bay, guy, soy, dough, sow (= to plant seeds), here, gay, marę, toe, row (= argument), rye, mow

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