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This document provides information about vowel sounds in English. It begins by defining vowels as speech sounds produced without blockage from the teeth, tongue, or lips. It then lists and provides examples of short and long vowel sounds. The rest of the document outlines rules for determining whether vowels have short or long sounds based on their placement in words and surrounding letters. It concludes with examples of applying the rules in sentences to practice pronunciation. The document aims to explain the basics of vowel sounds in English.
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- 1. VOWELS speech sounds producedby humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teet, tongue, or lips.
- 3. short vowel sounds ◦/æ/ hatch and slash sand thrash hand ◦ /ɛ/ wedge breakfast stead shed special trend ◦ /I/ skim tick fist skid village bullet ◦ /ɒ/ god pot top spot popular confidence ◦ /ʌ/ but cut gun come some love
- 4. long vowel sounds ◦/e:/ freight phase shade bail spatial chase ◦ /i:/ tease fleet creek heap family hyperbole ◦ /ɑɪ/ identical biology science dire modify modernize ◦ /oʊ/ bloat slope focus role mode stoke ◦ /u:/ wound shampoo huge bruise through route
- 5. ◦ /ʊ/ -middle u tourist cushion wolf should woman ◦ /ə/ - schwa pleasant synthesis president adjust rhythm
- 6. Aa short: fat long:fate Ee short: wet long: wheat Ii short: win long: wine Oo short: bot long: boat Uu short: cup long: coop
- 7. Rule No. 1 ◦Thereare many exceptions in English because of the vastness of the language and the many languages from which it has borrowed. The rules do work however, in the majority of the words. THE RULES DON’T WORK SOMETIMES
- 8. Rule No. 2 OneVowel Not at the End of a Word When there is only one vowel in a word and it is anywhere except at the end of a word, it usually has a short sound.
- 9. Rule No. 3 OneVowel at the End of a Word ◦ Where there is only one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, it usually has a long sound.
- 10. Rule No. 4 TwoVowels in a Word Ending With the Vowel ‘e’ ◦ When there are two or more vowels and the word ends with the vowel ‘e', two things happen. The ending vowel 'E' is silent, and the vowel that comes before it has a long sound.
- 11. Rule No. 5 TwoDifferent Vowels Together in a Word ◦ When two vowel letters are together, the first vowel letter has a long sound and the second vowel letter is silent.
- 12. Rule No. 6 OneVowel Followed by Two Same Consonants ◦ When a word has a vowel followed by two of the same consonants in a row (called a double consonant), a short sound is used for the vowel.
- 13. Rule No. 7 DoubleSame Vowels ◦ When a word has two of the same vowels in a row (called a double vowel), pronounce them as one vowel, using the long sound. This rule does not apply when 'O' is the double vowel.
- 14. Rule No. 8 Double'O' Vowel ◦ When ‘o' is a double vowel, it makes different sounds.
- 15. Rule No. 9 ‘ate’or ‘it’ For NOUNS or ADJECTIVES = “it” For VERBS = “ate” graduate graduate advocate advocate alternate alternate duplicate duplicate elaborate elaborate
- 16. Let’s Play! Read thesentences with the correct pronunciation. If your team fails to do so, the next group can have the chance to read it again.
- 17. The bandage waswound around the wound.
- 18. The farm wasused to produce produce .
- 19. When shot at,the dove dove into the bushes.
- 20. It's very difficultfor me to make an exact estimate. Can you please try to estimate the costs?
- 21. There was arow among the oarsmen about how to row.
- 22. Upon seeing thetear in the painting I shed a tear.
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- 24. /si/ /aɪ/ /tu//aɪ/
- 25. /wʌns/ /ɪn/ /ə//blu/ /mun/
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- 27. /tu/ /hɪt/ /the//ne:l/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /hɛd/
- 28. /tu/ /kɪl/ /tu//bɜrdz/ /wɪð/ /wʌn/ /stoʊn/
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- 30. /ə/ /pis/ /ʌv//ke:k/
- 31. /spik/ /ʌv/ /ðə//dɛvəl/
- 32. /tu/ /fil/ /ʌndər//ðə/ /wɛðər/
- 33. /lɛt/ /ðə/ /kæt//aʊt/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /bæg/
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- 35. Task: Perform your favoritescene from movies or TV series.