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EXERCISES ABOUT PHONETICS – FOCUS ON VOWELS AND DIPHTONGS

1. Write the right phoneme below each word.

boot book bean bin /i:/ /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /u:/ /e/ /ɜ:/
/u:/ / / /æ/ /ɒ/ /ɔ:/ /ʌ/ /ɑ:/

bored bed bird barn

bun bad box

/i:/ /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /u:/


far two tea
/e/ /ɜ:/ /æ/ /ɒ/

tap took tip tall


/ʌ/ /ɑ:/ /ɔ:/

turn ten tart top

tear(n) tie taste


/ɪə/ /eɪ/ /ɔɪ/
/eə/ /aɪ/ /əʊ/ /aʊ/

town toy toe tear(v)

bear buy bow


/ɪə/ /eɪ/ /ɔɪ/
/eə/ /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /əʊ/
beer boat brain boy
2. Rhyming words

The first word in each line rhymes with one or more other words in the rest of the line. Which one(s)? Please,
color, circle or underline them. After this, write the correct vowel or diphtong.

a. CHAIR where ear fire


/eə/ /eə/ /ɪə/ /aɪ/

b. BUY toy joy eye


/ai/ /ai/
c. FUR hair were dear
/3:/ /3:/
d. LINE rain gin sign
/ai/ /ai/
e. WAR star more four
/o:/ /o:/ /o:/
f. WISE nice twice prize
/ai/ /ai/ /ai/ /ai/
g. CLEAR pear dear near
this - these
/ia/ /i/ /i:/
/ia/ /ia/
h. WAIT fight height late
/ei/ /ei/
i. TONGUE song sung wrong
/o:/ /o:/ /o:/
j. THESE peas peace freeze
/i:/ /pi:z/ /pi:s/ /i:/

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