E3- VOWELS

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Outline

I.Vowel overview
II. Vowels in detail
III.Practice

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I. Vowel overview

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II. Vowels in details (Monophthongs)
/ɪ/ /iː/

Ship /ʃɪp/ Sheep /ʃiːp/

Bin /bɪn/ Bean /biːn/
Chick /tʃɪk/ Cheek /tʃiːk/
I will visit her tomorrow. Let’s go to the beach to eat
some seafood.

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We have a meeting at the beach.

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II. Vowels in details (Monophthongs)
/ʊ/ /u:/

Full /fʊl/ Fool /fuːl/

Pull /fʊl/ Pool /puːl/
Would /wʊd/ Wooed /wuːd/
A good cook could cook as many There are two minutes difference
cookies as a good cook who could from four to two to two to two,
cook cookies. from two to two to two, too.

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Is this a good food?
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II. Vowels in details (Monophthongs)
/ɒ/ /ɔː/

Pot /pɒt/ Port /pɔː(r)t/

Shot/ʃɒt/ Short /ʃɔːt/
Spot /spɒt/ Sport /Spɔːt/
When in Warsaw, I saw a saw
Have you got a lot of shopping?
that could out saw any saw that
I ever saw.
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Mrs. Fox doesn’t know how to use the forks.

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 II. Vowels in details (Monophthongs)
/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/

Singer /ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/ Bird /bɜːd/ Bud /bʌd/

Gem /dʒəm/ Girl /gɜːl/ Gull /gʌl/
Elephant /ˈelɪfənt/ Burn /Bɜːn/ Bun /bʌn/
He came across a trap set Have you ever heard A young boy and his father
by hunters. this word? were coming home from a
day at a farm.
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That is a photograph of some American birds.
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 II. Vowels in details (Monophthongs)
/e/ /æ/ /ɑː/

Hen /hen/ Hand /hænd/ Hard /hɑːd/

Lend /lend/ Land /lænd/ Alarm /əˈlɑːm/
Friend /frend/ Animal /ˈænɪml/ Market /ˈmɑːkɪt/
Seventy-seven benevolent Look at that fast Are the stars from
elephants. rabbit! Mars?
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Seventy-seven cat slept on the cart.
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 II. Vowels in details (diphthongs)
/eɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /aɪ/

Bay /beɪ/ Boy /bɔɪ/

Bye /baɪ/
Say /seɪ/ Soy/sɔɪ/
Sign /saɪn/
Noisy /ˈnɔɪzi/
Place /pleɪs/ Child /tʃaɪld/
A noise annoys an oyster,
Wait at the gate! I’ll be but a noisy noise annoys That guy might buy my
there at eight. an oyster more bicycle.
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My boyfriend stays up late till midnight.

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 II. Vowels in details (diphthongs)
/ɪə/ /ʊə/ /eə/

Peer /pɪə(r)/ Poor /pʊə(r)/ Pair /peə(r)/

Fear /fɪə(r)/ Sure /ʃʊə(r)/ There /ðeə(r)/
Hear /hɪər/ Tour /tʊə(r)/ Wear /weə(r)/
Can you hear me clearly? Are you sure the
Thanks for the beer. Cheers! There is a bear sitting
tourist is poor? on the chair.
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The tourist asked: “ Is there a bank near here?”

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II. Vowels in details (diphthongs)

/əʊ/ /aʊ/

Hose /həʊz/ House /haʊs/

Know /nəʊ/ Now /naʊ/
Phone /fəʊn/ Found /faʊnd/
Do you know who is holding She found the flower on the
my phone? ground.
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I found my floating boat.

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 III. PRACTICE
1. Pronounce and identify long and short vowels:
• Sheep – Ship
• Bit – Beat
• Hard – Had
• Cot – Caught
• Seat – Sit
• Luke – Look
• Hat – Heart
• Was – Worse

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2. Based on the pictures, fill in the blanks with the words and transcriptions

Beer /bɪər/ Bear /beər/

Pear /peər/ Pair /peər/

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 Cow /kaʊ/ Cold /kəʊld/

Mouse /maʊs/ Mice /maɪs/

Boy /bɔɪ/ Poor /pʊr/

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Assessment form

Student Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar

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Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

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 What we gained!

✔Vowels(long vs short, monophthongs vs

diphthongs)
✔ Some new vocabulary

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 Homework
Based on the transcription, rewrite the dialogue:

eɪ: haɪ, haʊ ɑr ju ˈduɪŋ?

bi: aɪm faɪn. haʊ əˈbaʊt jərˈsɛlf?

eɪ: aɪm ˈprɪti gʊd. θæŋks fɔr ˈæskɪŋ.

bi: noʊ ˈprɑbləm. soʊ haʊ hæv ju bɪn?

eɪ: aɪv bɪn greɪt. wʌt əˈbaʊt ju?

bi: aɪv bɪn gʊd. aɪm ɪn skul raɪt naʊ.

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Suggested video
“TALKING ABOUT
OTHER PEOPLE”
AND PRACTICE

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/
speaking/beginner-a1/talking-about-other-people

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 Thank You!

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