Close syllable
Before r
Before re
Unstressed Syllable
Letter Combinations
ai, ay
aw, au
ar after w
ar after qu
an + consonant
a + ss, st, sk
a + ft, a + th
w(h) + a
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[eɪ]
[æ]
[ɑ:]
[eə]
[ə]
[eɪ]
[Ɔ:]
[Ɔ:]
[Ɔ:]
[ɑ:]
[ɑ:]
[ɑ:]
[Ɔ]
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take, place, name, cake, state
map, sat, stand, happy, apple
car, art, dark, farm, party
care, bare, share, prepare
ago, about, legal, formal
main, chain, day, way, play
saw, law, autumn, cause
war, warm, warn
quarter, quarrel
answer, dance, chance
class, last, ask, task
after, craft, bath, rather
watch, wash, was, what, want
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E
e
| Stressed Syllable Open syllable Close syllable
before r
before re
Unstressed Syllable
Letter Combinations
ee, ea
ea + d
Exceptions:
ei + gh
ew
ey
ee, ea + r
ear + consonant
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[i:]
[e ]
[ə:]
[ɪə]
[ɪ]
[ə]
[i:]
[e]
[eɪ]
[ju:], [u:]
[eɪ]
[ɪə]
[ə:]
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be, he, me, see, meter, Peter
best, next, left, small
her, term, verse
here, mere, severe
begin, return, because, between
mother, father, corner, over
green, seem, sea, clean
bread, head, already
eight, weight
few, new, grew, blew
grey, obey
deer, dear, hear, appear
learn, earth, early
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I
i
| Stressed syllable open syllable
Exceptions:
close syllable
before r
before re
Unstressed Syllable
Letter Combinations
i + ld, nd
Exceptions:
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[aɪ]
[ɪ]
[ə:]
[aɪə]
[ɪ]
[aɪ]
[ɪ]
[aɪ]
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life, five, fine, tie, time
live [lɪv], give [ɡɪv]
sit, lift, pick, little
bird, girl, first, circle
fire, tired, admire
origin, engine
child, find, kind, mind
children ['ʧɪldrən]
window ['windəʊ]
right, light, night, high
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O
o
| Stressed Syllable Open syllable
Close syllable
before r
before re
Unstressed Syllable
Suffixes ous
Suffixes or Letter Combinations oa
oi, oy
oo + k
oo + l, m, n, d, t
oo + r
oo + gh
o + l + consonant
ow + consonant
ow ( at the end )
or after w
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[əu]
[Ɔ]
[Ɔ:]
[Ɔ:]
[əu]
[əs]
[ə]
[əu]
[Ɔɪ]
[ʊ]
[u:]
[Ɔ:]
[Ɔ:]
[əu]
[au]
[əu]
[ə:]
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close, note, rose, home
stop, long, song, copper
form, born, fork, border
store, before, restore
photo, motto, Negro
famous, various, numerous
doctor, tractor, conductor
coat, boat, road, roast
oil, noise, boy, enjoy
look, book, took
cool, room, soon, food, root
door, floor
bought, thought, brought
old, cold, told, hold
town, brown, crowd, down
know, grow, low, slow, show
but: now
work, word, world, worse
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U
u
| Stressed Syllable Open syllable Open syllable Close syllable
before r + consonant
before r + vowel
Unstressed Syllable |
[ju:]
[u:]
[]
[ə:]
[juə], [uə]
[ə]
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tube, tune, useful
blue, true, June
cut, but, hurry, hunter
turn, burn, curly, hurt
pure, during, sure
upon, success, difficult
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Y
Y
y
| Stressed Syllable
Open syllable
Close syllable
before r
before vowel
Unstressed Syllable |
[aɪ]
[ɪ]
[aɪə]
[j]
[ɪ]
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my, try, type, cycle
symbol, system
tyre
year, you, young, yet
any, many, very, only
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Phonetic drills
Underline the vowels pronounced [ æ ] in this conversation.
A: Where were you standing ?
B: Outside my flat.
A: Where was the man ?
B: He ran out of the bank.
A: Was he carrying anything ?
B: A black bag.
A: Thank you, madam.
Listen to the phrases and write them in this table.
Ex.: An angry customer. = [ æ ] + [ ] Come back! = [ ] + [ æ ]
A lovely summer. = [ ] + [ ] A happy man. = [æ ] + [ æ ]
[ æ ] + [ ]
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[ ] + [ æ ]
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[ ] + [ ]
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[æ ] + [ æ ]
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Find four words in the box that contain the same vowel sound as in
1. clean [ɪ: ] ----- ----- ----- -----
2. bird [ə:] ----- ----- ----- -----
3. car [a:] ----- ----- ----- -----
4. four [:] ----- ----- ----- -----
5. food [u:] ----- ----- ----- -----
and write them in the spaces.
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Improve heart prefer law visa piece laugh early banana water me fruit June free
Thursday word abroad half bought blue seat
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All the words in the box include the letter “u”. How is it pronounced? Write the words in the table.
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Include customer full supermarket June
gun pull Sunday flu put push number
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[ u ]
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[u:]
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sun
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book
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two
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Repeat these words and notice the underlined vowel sounds.
[eɪ] [ aɪ ] [əu] [au]
day climb phone pound
break ice know now
change flight smoke count
escape excited October mountain
Vowel practice. Read the words in the following exercises first downwards and then across the page:
(1) [i:] – [ɪ] (2) [ɪ] – [e]
peal – pill win – when
deed – did did – dead
seat – sit sit – set
(3) [e] – [æ ] (4) [æ] – []
men – man fan – fun
head – had bad – bud
guess – gas hat – hut
(5) [] – [ɑ:] (6) [ɑ:] – [:]
done – darn far – four
bud – bard darn – dawn
cut – cart part – port
(7) [] – [:] (8) [:] – [ə:]
don – dawn four – fur
cod – cord torn – turn
spot – sport caught – curt
(9) [u] – [u:] (10) [i:] – [ɪə]
full – fool tea – tear
hood – food bead – beard
book – boot piece – pierce
(11) [i:] – [eɪ] (12) [e] – [eɪ]
pea – pay men – main
mean – main led – laid
leak – lake let – late
(13) [ e ] – [eə] (14) [eɪ] – [eə]
very – vary day – dare
dead – dared pay – pair
shed – shared they – their
(15) [æ] – [eɪ] (16) [æ] – [eə]
am – aim dad – dared
man – main bad – bared
fat – fate stand – stared
(17) [ɑ:] – [aɪ] (18) [:] – [ə u]
bar – buy nor – no
charm – chime torn – tone
park – pike caught – coat
(19) [:] – [ɪ] (20) [ə u] – [au]
bore – boy no – now
all – oil tone – town
corn – coin known – noun
(21) [aɪ] – [aɪə] (22) [ju:] – [juə]
high – higher cue – cure
tie – tyre few – fewer
quite – quiet pew – pure
Train the reading of the following sentences on sounds. Pay attention to the boldface words. Write down the transcription.
[i:] Please believe that sweet peas and beans are good to eat. Eat them at least twice a
week.
[ɪ] Tim’s sister swims a little bit. It keeps her fit, slim and trim.
[e] Ten times seven is seventy. Seven times eleven is seventy seven.
[æ] Many animals inhabit Africa. Africa has camels, giraffes, parrots, and bats.
[u:] Who flew to the moon? Numerous lunar flights are in the news. We’ll soon put a
man on Jupiter and Pluto.
[u] Would you look for my cookbook? It should be full of hints for good cookies and
pudding.
[] The southern governor is Republican. The public election was fun. He won by one
hundred votes.
[ə:] Nurses do worthy work. They certainly deserve a word of praise.
[ə] Labor Day is in September. Workers are honored.
[eɪ] Maine is a state in the northern United States. It’s a great place for a vacation.
[əu] The North Pole is close to the Arctic Ocean. It’s known for polar bears, snow, and
severe cold.
[au] Owls are now found throughout the world. They avoid crowds and make loud
sounds.
[aɪ] Eyesight is vital for a normal life. I prize mine highly.
[ɪ] The auto industry is a loyal employer in Detroit. People enjoy their choice of cars.
What is a monophthong? How many monophthongs are there in English?
What is a diphthong? How many diphthongs are there in English?
Classify the English monophthongs according to the existing principles.
Classify the vowels according to the lip position.
Classify the vowels according to the degrees (height) of tenseness.
Explain the general principles of classification of vowels.
What vowels are rounded and unrounded?
Are there quantitative distinctions between English vowels?
SELF – TEST
There are three answers after each question. Only one is correct. Choose the correct answer.
How many monophthongs do you know?
a) 6 b) 10 c) 12
How many diphthongs do you know?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10
3. Find the line with front retracted vowels:
sit, cinema, pity
teacher, pupil, butter
peach, command, see
4. Find the line with back advanced vowels:
window, round, every
cup, foot, book
c) tube, simple, mirror
Define the diphthongized vowels (diphthongoids)
[i:], [u:] b) [ju:], [i:] c) [u:], [ɪ]
How many of these vowel sounds are there in the words in each line? The first line is done for you.
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/ əu /
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/ au /
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snow face down coach slowly
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3
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neighbour delay age dry weigh
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road trousers mouth shave power
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drive polite type right brown
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although complaint round bowl main
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quite thousand silence high owe
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Look at the words in the box. Underline the vowels pronounced / eɪ / (as in day and rain), and circle the vowels pronounced /e/ (as in red and said).
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Potato dentist Belgium November seven eight sailor radio Asia train May sweater Spain yellow table grey head embassy station helicopter South America bed bread television dress brain
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In the brackets above each boldface words write the phonetic symbol representing the vowel in that word.
[ i ] [ɪ] [ɪ]
Ex.: The field was filled with flowers.
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Take a dip in the deep water. 11. Complete today’s lesson.
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Please, beat the sweet cream. 12. Irma had her thirty-third birthday.
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Make haste not waste! 13. Summer is warmer than winter.
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April showers bring May flowers. 14. My driver’s license expires in July.
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Clap your hands. 15. I’ll buy the item if the price is right.
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It was hard to start the car. 16. She caught her coat on the cot.
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My watch stopped. 17. Bud bought a boat.
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I hate wearing a hat when it’s hot. 18. Fought off an awful cough
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Take a good look at Luke. 19. The tomatoes are homegrown.
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10. I sew my own clothes. 20. Come have some fun in the sun.
Unit 3. The Classification of English Consonant Phonemes
A consonant is a sound produced with an obstruction to the air stream. English consonants are usually classified according to the following principles:
I. According to the type of obstruction and the manner of the production of noise.
II. According to the active speech organ and the place of obstruction.
III. According to the work of the vocal cords and the force of articulation.
IV. According to the position of the soft palate.
According to the type of obstruction English consonants are divided into occlusive and constrictive.
Occlusive consonants are produced with a complete obstruction formed by the articulating organs, the air – passage to the mouth cavity is blocked. Occlusive consonants may be:
noise consonants
sonorants
According to the manner of the production of noise occlusive noise consonants are divided into plosive consonants and affricates.
Plosive consonants are [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [ɡ]
Affricate consonants are [ʧ], [ʤ]
Constrictive consonants are produced with an incomplete obstruction, that is by a narrowing of the air–passage. Constrictive consonants may be:
noise consonants (or fricatives)
sonorants
Fricatives are: [f], [v], [], [ð], [s], [z], [ ʃ ], [ʒ], [h]
Constrictive sonorants may be median and lateral.
According to the active organs of speech English consonants are divided into: labial, lingual, glottal.
LABIAL consonants may be:
bilabial (are articulated by the 2 lips) [p], [b], [m], [w]
labio–dental (are articulated with the lower lip against the upper teeth)[f], [v]
LINGUAL consonants may be:
forelingual
mediolingual
backlingual
Forelingual consonants are articulated by the blade of the tongue. According to the position of the tip English forelingual consonants may be:
apical
cacuminal
Apical consonants are articulated by the tip of the tongue. They are [], [ð], [t], [d], [l], [n], [s], [z].
Cacuminal consonants are articulated by the tongue tip raised against the back part of the alveolar ridge. The front of the tongue is lowered forming a spoon – shaped depression. It is [r].
Mediolingual consonants are articulated with the front of the tongue against the hard palate [j].
Backlingual consonants are articulated by the back of the tongue against the soft palate [k], [ɡ], [ŋ].
GLOTTAL consonants are produced in the glottis [h] According to the point of articulation forelingual consonants are divided into:
dental
alveolar
palato – alveolar
post – alveolar
Dental consonants are articulated against the upper teeth either with the tip. They are [], [ð]
Alveolar consonants are articulated by the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge. They are [t], [d], [n], [l], [s], [z]
Palato – alveolar consonants are articulated by the tip and blade of the tongue, against the alveolar ridge or the back part of the alveolar ridge. They are [ ʃ ], [ ʒ ] [ ʧ ], [ʤ ]
Post alveolar consonants are articulated by the tip of the tongue against the back part of the alveolar ridge. It’s the English [r].
According to the work of the vocal cords consonants are divided into voiced and voiceless.
Voiceless consonants are [p], [t], [k],[ʧ], [f], [], [s], [ ∫ ], [h]
Voiced consonants are [b], [d], [ɡ], [ʤ], [v], [ð], [z], [ʒ], [m], [n], [ŋ], [w], [l], [r], [j]
According to the position of the soft palate consonants are divided into oral and nasal.
Nasal consonants are produced with the soft palate lowered while the air – passage through the mouth is blocked. The English nasal consonants are [m], [n], [ŋ]
Oral consonants are produced when the soft palate is raised and the air escapes through the mouth. The oral consonants are [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [ɡ], [f], [v], [], [ð], [s], [z], [ ∫ ], [ʒ], [h], [ʧ ], [ʤ], [w], [l], [r], [ ∫ ]
Reading Rules of English Consonants
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