1. -J.DELINCE
ID NO:BSA-11-409

2. *The vowels are the sounds where air coming from the lungs
are not blocked.
*The vowels are a,e,I,o,u.
*But, there are twenty vowel sounds.
*These sounds are classified as,
*Monopthongs
*diphthongs
*These vowels sounds are used for the pronunciation of many
words in English.

3. *
* Short Monophthongs
* Long Monophthongs
* Diphthongs

4. *These are pronounced as a single sound.
*They are also called as ‘pure vowels’ or ‘stable
vowels’.
*The quality of the sound doesn’t change over
a duration of the vowel sound.
*Some examples are :/i/ in ‘bit’.
*The monopthongs are of two types,
short monopthongs e.g.:/ i /
long monopthongs e.g.:/ i: /

5. / i /- kit, sit -draw , saw
/ i: /-bee, see / U / - put
/ e /-pen, ten / U: / - too
/ æ /-mat, cat / ^ / - cup
/ α /-arm, palm / З / - bird
/ o /-pot, got / ә / - ago
VOWEL SOUNDS

6. Find which word contain ,
A short monophthong
Sea,fleece,hit,tea
A long monopthong,
Cat, feet, game, plant.
Find the words containing the short vowels and long vowels:
*Please, sit in the seat.
*Potato chips are cheap.
*Lynn ate lean meat.
Practice:1

7. *The vowel sounds are pronounced as two
sounds.
*There will be a change in the quality of sound
during the period of vowel.
*They are also called as ‘double vowels’.
*E.g.:/ αi /-five

8. / ei / - page, cage
/ αi / - five, thrive
/ әU / - go, show
/ iә / - here, fear
/ eә / - hair, hare
/ Uә / - poor
/ αU / - cow

9. FIND WHICH WORD CONTAINS THE SOUND,
/ i /:
Card,mix,table,cable
/ i: /:
Fix,read,five,boat
/ e /:
Wood,seed,ten,show
/ æ /:
Sad,fun,cake,end
/ α /:
fade,sun,fine,arm

10. / o /:
Sail,rub,pot,cat
:
See,sea,mean,draw
/ U /:
Put,few,nail,cow
/ U: /:
Draw,tool,pen,pet
/ ^ /:
Paint,up,test,bat
CONT’D

11. / ә /:
Draw,ago,boat,toy
/ З /:
Den,mail,bird,paste
DIPHTHONGS:
/ ei /:
Globe,page,mice,dress
/ αi /:
Five,salt,hot,water
/ әU /:
Close,show,hen,blue

12. / iә /:
Page,clear,night,sing
/ eә /:
Art,need,hear,out
/ Uә /:
God,poor,pour,shirt
/ αU /:
Out,cone,week,live

13. *They are very useful in pronunciation of
words in many languages.
*They are very useful in singing. They are
useful in determining different tones.
*They improve our listening,writing,speaking
skills.
*They increase our communication
efficiency.