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c)    between half-close and half-open, front, short . .    ......

d)    half-close, back, short . . . V....................

e)    open, back advanced, long . .    .................

0 between half-close and close, front-retracted, short . X- •

g)    close, back, long . ,U< 4........................

h)    between half-close and half-open, back, long .    ......

i)    between half-close and half-open, central, long .    . .3.\.

j)    half-open, front, short .......................

3. What do the following English vowels have in common:

4.    In the words given below indicate front vowels:

b(ąjk, border, bury, consonant, thirtgęn, handkerchilf

5.    In the words given below indicate rounded vowels:

dfufghter, bandit, artillery, because, armchair, evervbodv.

6.    In the words given below indicate long vowels:

ryo)n, monster, vęlar, attjick, correspond, university.

7.    In the words given below indicate close (high) vowels:

employęe) peasant, treachjry, ąuestion, sugar, Reading.

8.    In the words given below indicate retracted (velarized) vowels:

rr{i)l, measles, rehearsal, century, Sally, until, ceiling, pal.

fectfore.    ,

9.    In the words given below indicate shartened-wowels:

@thor, following, tędiniyue, curiosóy, porridge, product.

10.    The words given below differ in terms of one vowel only. Define the difference:

a) bead/bed    andAetgAt .

b)    sleep/slip . . .    . . ....... t ,    .

_c)    sthdttd... ,f^

d)    ten/tSn . . j .......

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g)    tin/ten . . ............... ' ^f

h) i&n/bun. . .    Y⁰

i)    bird/b&ard .    ...........

j)    cup/carp...........

11.    Fili in the gaps:

The vowel /a/ has three major variants differing in height:

a) between half-open and half-close in....................

..................positions, for example in words such as

b) half-close and morę retracted when............

..................as in the following words:

c) half-open in . . .

. . position, as in

12. Provide three examples of English words which contain:

a)    only Iow vowels /ias-4 ............................

b)    only back vowels . . . ę^Tr. . *9©*?%''..................

c)    only rounded vowels .... CPscrVC . .    .............

d)    vowels pronounced with spread lips. . .    K<o^......

e)    vowels pronounced with neutral lip rounding ....    . . j P&Ą.

f)    only central vowels. . . . . h^CGL. . .Wrrn................