Vowel Sounds

/i:/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /æ/, /ʌ

A) Test yourself

Write each word in the correct column of the table below.

lead, bit, sell, cut, Dan, beat, seal, lid, cut, mother, lad, bat, dean, sill, den, Sal, din, bet,
den, sometimes, sell, led, of.

/i:/ /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /æ/ /ʌ/

B) Vocabulary

1 - Write each word in the correct column of the table below. Add two extra words
under each category: thanks, lemon, need, great, salad, chicken, rain, seat, ready, back,
think, feel, lettuce, steak, sit, blanket.

/i:/ /ɪ/ /æ/ /ɛ/ /eɪ/

C) Circle the word in each line that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

1. seat - steak - idea - cheese

2. pick - pretty - evening - minute
3. jacket - grass - having - bakery
4. any - taste - weather - every
5. eat - feel - jealous - need
6. great - bread - wait - made
Vowel Sounds
/ə/ - /ɑ/ - /ɔ/ - /u:/ - /ʊ/

D) Review

Put the words under the correct sound.

Done, dawn, Don, don’t, dune, luck, law, low, lock, Luke, look, Polly, Paul, pull, pool, pole,
folly, fall, foal, fool, full.

/ʊ/ /u:/ /ɔ/ /ɑ/ /ʌ/

E) Vocabulary

One word in each phrase below normally has the unstressed sound /​ə​/​. ​Underline the
word that is usually pronounced with the sound /​ə​/.

opposite the window push and pull

full of books too hard to move
we can move a few things

F) Which word doesn’t belong?

Circle the word in each line that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

1. just sometimes put much wonderful

2. not opposite problem closed nonsense
3. blue move love do new
4. nothing just doesn’t under don’t
5. book food full push good
6. own over phone done those
7. small wrong wall should thought

G) Transcribe the following words.

1. /ðɪs/ = 5. /dʒɑb/ =
2. /ˈʃʊɡər/ = 6. /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/ =
3. /ˈdʒaɪənt/ = 7. /ˈmɛksɪˌkoʊ/ =
4. /ˈmʌðər/ = 8. /ˈsæləd/ =
Diphthong sounds
/eɪ/ - /​a​ɪ/ - /​a​ʊ/ - /oʊ/ - /ɔɪ/

A) Transcription
Classify the words under the correct sound. Write them in ​ENGLISH​:
/baɪk/, ​/leɪt/​, /goʊ/, /haʊs/, /tədeɪ/, /nɔɪz/, /faɪn/, /naʊ/, /fraɪdeɪ/, /dɪs’trɔɪ/, /hoʊm/,
/peɪpər/, /speɪs/, /laɪk/, /haɪt/, /ɑk’toʊbər/, /’b​ɜ​rθ​ˌ​deɪ/, /ɔɪl/.

/eɪ/ /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /oʊ/ /ɔɪ/

late - /leɪt/ 

Consonant Sounds
/ʃ/ - /ʒ/ - /tʃ/ - /dʒ/ - /h/ - /θ/ - /ð/ - /v/ - /f/ - /w/ - /y/
B) Sound classification.
Classify the words according to the sound, put them in the correct column. 3 words does
not have these sounds: Asia, decision, giant, crash, choir, graduation, gorgeous,
television, chicken, joke, garage, education, shoe, chop, shell, shine, chair, catch,
naturally, education, special, information, usually, future, question, conversation,
teacher, headache, nation, Christmas, delicious, casual, job, discussion, schedule.

/ʃ/ /ʒ/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/

C) Transcribe the following phrases:

/​ʃi: goʊs tu: sku:l/​ =
/hi: l​ʌvs ‘mu:vɪ​z/ =
/​ʃi: h​æz ​ə lɑt​ ​ʌv​ frɛnz/ =
/’s​ʌmtaɪmz​ ​ð​eɪ​ du: ‘ɛks​ərsaɪz/ =

D​) Which word doesn’t belong?

Circle the word in each line that does not have the same underlined consonant sound.

1. th​anks there anything months three

2. v​ery of view live often
3. f​unny laughed phone thought first
4. h​ow who why hope whole
5. w​ent question one only when
6. th​at other clothing nothing rather
7. y​es computer few quickly million
Voiceless Sounds Voiced Sounds

/t/ /d/
time dime

/f/ /v/
fan van

/p/ /b/
pig big

/ʃ/ /ʒ/
mission vision

/tʃ/ /dʒ/
chop job

/θ/ /ð/
teeth teethe

/s/ /z/
sip zip

/k/ /g/
could good