ENGLISH VOWELS:

e , Q (ash)

Task 1. Listen and repeat.

e

egg, entry, bet, set, head, read (past), instead, breath, treasure, many, debt, thread,
leather, pleasant, threaten, nephew, weapon

common spelling: e, ea, a
/

e/ appears initially (any, else), medially (again, success). It never appears finally.

notice also: leisure /

¤leZ´ /, leopard /¤lep´d /, said /sed /, says /sez/, friend / frend /, ate /et /

/

eIt /, sweat / swet /, Thames /temz /, again /´ ¤gen / /´ ¤geIn /, meadow /¤med´U/

Q

had, hat, sat, sad, back, fat, attack, marry, apple, captain, imagine, balcony, happen,
angry

spelling: a

/

Q /appears initially (apple) and medially (banana). It does not appear in final position.

notice also: mathematics /

™ mQT´ ¤mQtIks /, character /¤ kQr´kt´ /,examine /Ig ¤zQmIn/,

agriculture /

¤ QgrI™ k√ltS´/, astronaut /¤Qstr´nç˘t/

Task 2. Repeat the minimal pairs.
x

axe

pen

pan

men

man

send sand
gem

jam

bread Brad

Task 3. Tick the words you recognize in the sentences you hear.

a. pen

b. pan

a. men

b. man

a. end

b. and

a. feta

b. fatter

a. pet

b. pat

a. bed

b. bad

Task 4. Write the words in phonemic transcription.

man

nationality

balance

advantage

example

jealous

weather

catalogue