Vowels

/i:/ /i/ read rid; greed grid; scheme skim; keen kin; bean bin; leave live; steal still;
deal dill; peel pill; peach pitch; reach rich; streaked strict; feast fist.
As free as a bee. A healed knee. Eager to leave. A meeting in the street. Even he agrees.
Jean will receive her degree in three weeks. Read these three tales to me.
a.When did he leave? When did he live? b. deep into the future. Dip into the future. c.
The deal was excellent. The dill was excellent. He was lip-reading. He was leap-reading.
// /e/ bag beg; pack peck; lag leg; mat met; dad dead; tack Tech sad said; latter
letter; lad led; gas guess; sand send; gnat net; tan ten; racks wrecks.
a. She used to give him a pack in the morning. She used to give him a peck in the
morning. b. Ive mislaid the pan. Ive mislaid the pen. c. Its not enough to band them.
Its not enough to bend them.
Ann had a black hand-bag. He came back, hat in hand. He that hath some land must have
some labour (proverb). Dan and Harry ran to the taxi-cab.
Bead bid bed bad; peep pip pep pap; seat sit set sat; seal sill sell
Sal; deed did dead dad; seed Syd said sad; lead lid led lad.
/u:/ // pool pull; fool full; Luke look; goose good.
He refused to move. At noon we were in the mood to go to the swimming pool. In june,
we will move over to Ruth. By hook and by crook. He is a good cook. The woman took
the bottle and shook it. Mr. Brook whose cookbook you have brought is our butcher.
/:/ // bark buck; carp cup; dark duck; lark luck; heart hut; barter butter; harm
hum; last lust; calm come; march much; psalm some; darn done; Carter cutter.
Father parked his car near the dark palms. He started an argument about modern art.
Charles owns a farm not far from town. The guard barred the entrance. Far from eye, far
from heart. The dog in the garden gave a sharp bark. Stop fussing and come upstairs. The
sun comes up earlier during the summer months. Sunday comes before Monday.
a. I dont think he can part with his club. I dont think he can putt with his club. b. The
carp was on the table. c. The cup was on the table. He gave two barks. The gave two
bucks.
/:/ /:/ bird bard; curt cart; heart hard; curd card; hurt heart; burn barn; dirt dart;
curl Carl; shirk shark.
The girls were learning German. Bert was working hard to earn some extra money. Mr.
Burns turned at the curb. She hurt her hand working in the house.
a. Ive already heard that bard. Ive already heard that bird. b. Ive smashed the cooler.
Ive smashed the curler. c. This book is worse than you might expect it to be. This bark is
worse than you might expect it to be. d. Keep it well cooled, Helen. Keep it well curled,
Helen. e. Hurt feelings are never forgotten. Heart feelings are never forgotten.
/:/ // cord cod; naught not; dawn don; sport spot; pawned pond; stalk stock; awed
odd; cork cock; gnawed nod; port pot.
They called the doctor when their daughter caught a cold. A tall man was crawling in the
hall. The audience in the law-court saw Paul being hit in the jaw. They stopped all the
clocks on the docks. Hes stocked his shop with cots. A boat was rocking on the pond.
The doctor was in the corridor talking to Tom.