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The phonemie 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 vowei in each word.

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Examfle rich

1    month_______

2    gone......._.

3    bank ________

4    ago________

5    sugar -----------

6    met______

7    sung ________

8    symbol_____

9    cinema...........

10    any _________

11    would_________

12    watch________

/ae/ /e/    /i / /o/ /a/ /o/ /o/

with the correct short vowel(s).

(ful = fuli)

Short vowels

Complete each word Example The cinema was f ..U. 1.

1    The kl.......k had stopped.

2    There was bl_____d on the knife.

3    st.......nd over there.

4    I hurt my h.......nd.

5    k......d you give me a lift?

6    Do you want b.......t.......on your bread?

7    She sl.„....pt on the ice.

8    The t_______st was difficult.

9    Jack’s their eldest s.......n.

10    I had to g.......s the answer.

11    Don’t worry, I’ll pr.......t— kt you.

12    The car didn’t st..„...p.

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Long vowels    /a:/    /3i/    /i:/    /o:/    /u:/

Underline all the vowel sounds that can be put into the gaps to make correct words. Example r.......d h / 3: / o: (riid = read; ro:d = roared)

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1 h.......m	i: / a! / 3:	7 h.......t	0: / 3: / u:
2 b.....-t	i: / u: / 0:	8 t.......n	3: / o: / u:
3 p.......s	3: / i: / u:	9 k.......n	i: / o: / 3:
4 f.......d	a: / u: / o:	10 p.......t	o: / u: la:
5 t.......k	0: / a: / u:	11 k.......1	u: / 3: /o:
6 w.......m	a: / i: / o:	12 h.......b	3: / a: / i:
Long vowels /a:/		M M	/o:/ /u:/

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

	w
m	i:	t
	k

Makes —» meet/ meat; 1 weak/ week

	f
V		z
	m

	b
dr		z
	n

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Short and long vowels

Underline the correct phonemic spelling.of these words. Example deep /di:p/ - /dip/

/f3im/ - /faun/ /fu:l/-/ful/ /łl3!t/ - /hut/ /Ddn/ - /o:do/ /wo:kt/ - /w3:kt/ /fa:/-/f3t/

/hi:/ - /hu:/

1    pin    /pen/-/pin/    8    farm

2    had    /hid/ - /haed/    9    fuli

3    send    /send/ - /saend/    10    hurt

4    golf    /gAif/ - /golf/    ll    order

5    took    /tuk/ - /tAk/    12    walked

6    pot    /pot/ - /put/    13    fur

7    part    /paet/ - /pa:t/    14    who

Check your answers.

Do you know what word the other phonemic spelling represents in each case? Example /dip/ = dip

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Short and long vowels

Underline the word represented by the phonemic spelling.

Example /sto:/ star — storę

1 /spo:t/	sport - spot	8 /haidl	heard - hard
2 IkAtl	cut - cot	9 /maen/	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 - pool
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 = Istai/

7 Diphthongs

Put these words into the correct square in the table. Some sąuares will be empty. sigh, ray, feag row (= move through water), pie, bow (= weapon), may, hoe, boy, day, hair, rare, piet, foe, hay, die, bear, tie, sow (= female pig), how, dear, tour, tear (= water from the eye), pear, mere, bow (= bend), pay, my, poog geaq beeq say, buy, fair, rear; 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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d
f		£ear
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h
m
p
r				rcu\
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