English Pronunciation in Use Advanced - phonetic practice with answers - E1

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The phonemic alphabet: Practice Phonemic symbols for vowels See page 192 for a list of phonemic and other symbols used in this book.

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Short vowels

/{/ /e/ /I/ /Å/ /√/ /U/ /@/

Write the correct phonemic symbol for the underlined vowel in each word. EXAMPLE rich i 1 2 3 4 5 6

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7 8 9 10 11 12

month gone bank ago sugar met

Short vowels

sung symbol cinema any would watch

/{/ /e/ /I/ /Å/ /√/ /U/ /@/

Complete each word with the correct short vowel(s). EXAMPLE The cinema was f U l. (fUl = full) 1 2 3 4 5 6

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The kl k had stopped. There was bl d on the knife. st nd over there. I hurt my h nd. k d you give me a lift? Do you want b t on your bread?

Long vowels

/A:/

/´:/

7 8 9 10 11 12

/i:/

/O:/

She sl pt on the ice. The t st was difficult. Jack’s their eldest s n. I had to g s the answer. Don’t worry, I’ll pr t kt you. The car didn’t st p.

/u:/

Underline all the vowel sounds that can be put into the gaps to make correct words.

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EXAMPLE r

d

1 2 3 4 5 6

i: / A: / ´: i: / u: / O: ´: / i: / u: A: / u: / O: O: / A: / u: A: / i: / O:

h b p f t w

m t s d k m

i: / ´: / O: (ri:d = read; rO:d = roared)

Long vowels

7 8 9 10 11 12

/A:/

/´:/

h t t n k n p t k l h b

A: / ´: / u: ´: / O: / u: i: / A: / ´: O: / u: /A: u: / ´: /O: ´: / A: / i:

/i:/

/O:/

/u:/

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

1

3

d g

Makes ➞ meet/ meat;

l

t

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4 z

m

v

l

b

6 z

w

n

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8 t

m

n

r h

t

s n

9

k

t

b dr

7

h

n

f v

5

n

t 2

weak/ week

w m i t k

EXAMPLE

d 10

k p

t m

m

p m

n s


Section E Reference

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Short and long vowels Underline the correct phonemic spelling of these words. EXAMPLE deep 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

pin had send golf took pot part

/di:p/ – /dIp/

/pen/ – /pIn/ /hId/ – /h{d/ /send/ – /s{nd/ /g√lf/ – /gÅlf/ /tUk/ – /t√k/ /pÅt/ – /pUt/ /p{t/ – /pA:t/

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

farm full hurt order walked fur who

/f´:m/ – /fA:m/ /fu:l/ – /fUl/ /h´:t/ – /hUt/ /Åd@/ – /O:d@/ /wO:kt/ – /w´:kt/ /fA:/ – /f´:/ /hi:/ – /hu:/

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:/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

/spO:t/ /k√t/ /ti:/ /fIt/ /h´:t/ /hIt/ /bUks/

star – store

sport – spot cut – cot tea – tow fat – fit hut – hurt hit – heat books – box

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

/hA:d/ /m{n/ /rest/ /b´:d/ /pu:l/ /l√k/ /hA:t/

heard – hard man – men wrist – rest bird – bored pull – pool look – luck heart – hat

Check your answers. Can you write out the phonemic spelling of the other word in each case? EXAMPLE star = /stA:/

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Diphthongs Put these words into the correct square in the table. Some squares will be empty. sigh, ray, fear, row (= move through water), pie, bow (= weapon), may, hoe, boy, day, hair, rare, pier, foe, hay, die, bear, tie, sow (= female pig), how, dear, tour, tear (= water from the eye), pear, mere, bow (= bend), pay, my, poor, gear, beer, say, buy, fair, rear, toy, high, tear (= pull apart), go, dare, bay, guy, soy, dough, sow (= to plant seeds), here, gay, mare, toe, row (= argument), rye, mow e@ b d f g h m p r s t

I@

aI

eI

OI

@U

aU

U@

fear

ray sigh

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Section E1 1

1 √

2

1 2 3 4 5 6

3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

4

1

d ´: g l t ➚ girl dirt

3

n t u: l n ➚ tool noon

h v ´: b t ➚ verb hurt

7

k w O: n t ➚ warn/worn caught/court

2

f v A: z m ➚ vase farm

4

6 b s dr O: z n i: t n m ➚ draws/drawers ➚ neat born/borne seem/seam

8

k p A: t m ➚ part calm

2 Å

3 {

4 @

5 U

klÅk = clock bl√d = blood st{nd = stand h{nd = hand kUd = could b√t@ = butter

6 e 7 8 9 10 11 12

8 I

9 @

10 e

11 U

(hA:m = harm) (bi:t = beat/beet; bu:t = boot; bO:t = bought) (p´:s = purse; pi:s = piece/peace) (fu:d = food; fO:d = ford) (tO:k = talk/torque) (wO:m = warm) (hA:t = heart; h´:t = hurt; hu:t = hoot) (t´:n = turn; tO:n = torn) (ki:n = keen) (pO:t = port; pA:t = part) (ku:l = cool; k´:l = curl; kO:l = call) (h´:b = herb) 5

9

10

p m i: n s ➚ mean peace/piece ➚

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r h u: m d ➚ whom rude ➚

5

12 Å

slIpt = slipped test = test s√n = son ges = guess pr@tekt = protect stÅp = stop

i: / A: / ´: i: / u: / O: ´: / i: / u: A: / u: / O: O: / A: / u: A: / i: / O: A: / ´: / u: ´: /O: / u: i: / A: / ´: O: / u: /A: u: / ´: / O: ´: / A: / i:

h_m b_t p_s f_d t_k w_m h_t t_n k_n p_t k_l h_b

7 √

1 2 3 4

/pen/ – /pIn/ /hId/ – /h{d/ /send/ – /s{nd/ /g√lf/ – /gÅlf/

5 6 7 8

/tUk/ – /t√k/ /pÅt/ – /pUt/ /p{t/ – /pA:t/ /f´:m/ – /fA:m/

9 10 11 12

/fu:l/ – /fUl/ /h´:t/ – /h√t/ /Åd@/ – /O:d@/ /wO:kt/ – /w´:kt/

13 /fA:/ – /f´:/ 14 /hi:/ – /hu:/

1 2 3 4

/pen/ = pen /hId/ = hid /s{nd/ = sand /g√lf/ = gulf

5 6 7 8

/t√k/ = tuck /pUt/ = put /p{t/ = pat /f´:m/ = firm

9 10 11 12

/fu:l/ = fool /h√t/ = hut /Åd@/ = odder /w´:kt/ = worked

13 /fA:/ = far 14 /hi:/ = he

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Key

6

1 2 3 4

sport – spot cut – cot tea – two fat – fit

5 6 7 8

hut – hurt hit – heat books – box heard – hard

9 10 11 12

man – men wrist – rest bird – bored pull – pool

13 look – luck 14 heart – hat

1 2 3 4

spot = /spÅt/ cot = /kÅt/ two = /tu:/ fat = /f{t/

5 6 7 8

hut = /h√t/ heat = /hi:t/ box = /bÅks/ heard = /h´:d/

9 10 11 12

men = /men/ wrist = /rIst/ bored = /bO:d/ pull = /pUl/

13 look = /lUk/ 14 hat = /h{t/

7 b d f g h m p r

e@ bear

I@ beer

aI buy

eI bay

dare fair

dear fear gear here mere pier rear

die

day

guy high my pie rye

gay hay may pay ray

hair mare pear rare

s

t

sigh

tear

tear

OI boy

@U bow

aU bow

(= weapon)

(= bend)

dough foe go hoe mow

U@

how poor*

say

soy

tie

toy

row

row

(= move through water)

(= argument)

sow

sow

(= to plant seeds)

(= a female pig)

toe

tour*

(= pull apart) (= water from the eye)

* ‘poor’ can also be pronounced /pO:/ and ‘tour’ can also be pronounced /tO:/.

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1 2 3 4 5 6

'feD@ 'speS@l 'h√˜g@ 'IndZ@ri bi:tS drI˜k

9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

"dZu:nI'v´:s@ti / "ju:nI'v´:s@ti 'leT@ / 'leD@ kr{S / kr{Z 'sIndZ@ / 'sI˜@ Zi:nz / dZi:nz 'sli:pI˜ / 'sli:pIn TI˜k / DI˜k

7 8 9 10 11 12

k{S 'si:Z@ bA:T jes De@ 'treZ@

13 14 15 16 17 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

sI˜ 'deIndZ@r@s 'fi:tS@ 'dIkS@n@ri O:l'D@U

18 19 20 21 22

'jel@U 'O:T@ j√˜ 'ju:Z@l 's@UldZ@

SeId / dZeId 'meS@ / 'meZ@ Zu:st / ju:st ri:tS / ri:dZ "saUT'i:st / "saUtS'i:st 'telIvIdZ@n / 'telIvIZ@n 'br√T@ / 'br√D@

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