Listen to the target sounds on their own and repeat them after the speaker.
/I/
/p/
/f/
/t/
/s/
/m/
/iù/
/b/
/v/
/d/
/z/
/n/
2. Listen to the vowel [I] between the target consonants in the following words. Repeat them after the speaker.
a) monosyllabic:
sIp
tIp
fIt
fIst
mIs
sIt
dId
fIn
bIt
mIst
b) polysyllabic:
\sItI
\vIzIt
\mInIt
3. Listen to the vowel [iù] after and between the target consonants in the following words. Repeat them after the speaker.
a) monosyllabic:
tiù
diù
siù
biù
più
viù
niù
b) polysyllabic:
\iùzI
\viùz«
\niùdId
4. Compare the length of the vowel [iù] before a voiced and voiceless consonant in the following words.
piùz - piùs
siùz - siùt
fiùd - fiùt
iùzd - iùst
5. Compare the vowels [I] and [iù] in the following pairs of words. Think of the meaning of the words in each pair.
bIt - biùt
fIt - fiùt
sIt - siùt
6. Study the spelling and pronunciation of the following words and work out the rules of letter-sound correlation for the vowels [I] and [iù].
sin [sIn] - scene [si:n]
dip [dIp] - deep [di:p]
pit [pIt] – Pete [pi:t]
knit [nIt] - neat [ni:t]
bid [bId] - bead [bi:d]
did [dId] – deed [di:d]
piece [pi:s]
peace [pi:s]
sieve [sIv]
B. Auditory Test
You will hear 2 speakers pronouncing 6 pairs of words. If you hear the same word twice, write S (same). If you hear two different words, write D (different).
1________
2________
3________
4________
5________
6________
Listen and circle the word you hear.
1. Sit or seat? Do you want to sit / a seat?
2. Niece or knees? What’s wrong with your niece / knees today?
3. Peace or peas? I just want some peace / peas, please.
Complete this conversation using the words you hear.
SID: Alice’s (1)__________ (2) ________ nice.
JOE: Her (3) ___________ (4) ________nice.
SID: I’m not talking about her (5) ________, I’m talking about her (6)_________.
Laboratory work 2
TARGET SOUNDS:
Vowels: [e], [Q]
Consonants: [k], [g], [h], [j]
A. Ear-training and Pronunciation Practice
Listen to the target sounds on their own and repeat them after the speaker.
/e/
/Q/
/k/
/g/
/h/
/j/
2. Practice the following words with the target consonants before or after the vowels [I], [iù]
a) in initial position in a word:
kiù
kiùp
kIm
kId
kiùz
hiùt
hIt
kIt
b) in final position in a word:
piùk
pIk
sIk
bIg
pIg
3. Compare the pronunciation of the voiced consonants [g], [d], [z] at the beginning and at the end of a word.
bIg - \bIg«
pIg - \fIg«
fiùd - \niùdId
kiùz - \iùzI
4. Listen and try to notice the difference between the front vowels [I] and [e] in the following pairs of words. Repeat the words after the speaker.
dId - ded
sIt - set
bIt - bet
mIs - mes
5. Listen to the target vowel [e] in the words below and repeat them after the speaker.
em
met
den
best
en
vet
ten
vest
6. Compare the length of the vowel [e] before voiced and voiceless consonants a in monosyllabic and polysyllabic words and repeat them after the speaker.
eg - ef
zed - jet
hed - get
send - sent
men - \menI
bet - \bet«
sent - \sent«
7. Listen and try to notice the difference between the front vowels [e] and [Q] in the following pairs of words. Repeat the words after the speaker.
bet - bQd
pen - pQn
men - mQn
set - sQt
sed - sQd
hed -hQd
ges - gQs
8. Listen to the target vowel [Q] in the words below and repeat them after the speaker.
Qd
tQp
bQd
mQd
fQt
kQp
hQm
hQd
sQd
bQg
bQk
mQp
gQp
kQn
hQz
hQt
9. Listen and repeat the words below. Observe “fricative plosion” at the juncture of plosives with the fricative [s].