Contrasting monophthongs (simple vowels) Monophthongs [i:], [i], [e], [æ], [a:], [o:], [o], [u:], [yu:], [u], [ər], [ə] bean – bin – Ben – ban – bar – born – bond – boom – beauty – book – burn – bun; peat – pit – pet – pat – part – port – pot – pool – pew – put – purr – pus; Contrasting monophthongs in pairs [i:] – [i] lead – lid, read – rid, feel – fill, deal – dill, heel – hill, team – Tim, keen – kin, seen – sin, teen – tin, leave – live; peak – pick, seek – sick; sheep – ship, heap – hip, leap – lip, beat – bit, feet – fit, seat – sit; [i:] – [i]: eat fish, be sick, feel ill, see him, meet Bill, deal with, read this, beat it; [i] – [i:]: kiss me, lip cream, till three; [i] – [e] bill – bell, fill – fell, till – tell, him – hem, pin – pen, tin – ten, win – when, bid – bed, did – dead, Liz – Les, since – sense; pit – pet, sit – set, Nick – neck, pick – peck, miss – mess, wrist – rest, lift – left; [i] – [e]: Big Ben, six guests, live well, since ten; [e] – [i]: tell Tim, test him; [e] – [æ] bed – bad, said – sad, beg – bag, leg – lag, hell – Hal, hem – ham; Ben – ban, pen – pan, den – Dan, ten – tan, men – man; bend – band, lend – land, send – sand; bet – bat, met – mat, pet – pat, set – sat, mess – mass, wreck – rack, peck – pack, letter – latter, better – batter; [e] – [æ]: red bag, fell back, met Alice, pen pal; [æ] – [e]: Ann said, bad pen, add ten, marry Mary; [æ] – [a:] bad – bard, lad – lard, Pam – palm, cam – calm, carry – car, Barry – bar; cat – cart, hat – heart, mat – mart, pat – part, cap – carp, back – bark, pack – park, [æ] – [a:]: Dans father, last part, fast cars; [a:] – [æ]: smart Alex, hard candy, Karls cat; [æ] – [ə] fan – fun, ran – run, sang – sung, land – lung, Dan – done, man – month, frank – front, Sam – some, ram – rum, damp – dump, bag – bug, rag – rug; cat – cut, bat – but, hat – hut, fat – fuss, last – lust, task – tusk, back – buck, lack – luck, tack – tuck, stack – stuck; [æ] – [ə]: bad cut, bad blood, bad luck, black gun, last month, Anns mother; [ə] – [æ]: some tan, one man, a bag, a hat; [a:] – [o:] far – four, car – core, tar – tore, star – store, card – cord, bard – board, barn – born; park – pork, stark – stork, part – port, cart – court, Marty – Morty, [a:] – [o:]: carport, Bart bought, hard core; [o:] – [a:]: four cars, ball park, small yard; [a:] – [ə] barn – bun, calm – come, drama – drum, march – much, darn – done, far – sofa, father – mother; bark – buck, dark – duck, lark – luck, tar – tuck, stark – stuck, heart – hut, [a:] – [ər] hard – heard, card – curd, far – fur, farm – firm, barn – burn, large – splurge, charge – church; heart – hurt, cart – Curt, dark – dirt, lark – lurk, park – perk, carton – curtain, [o:] – [ər] call – curl, hall – hurl, all – earl, Paul – pearl, saw – sir, lawn – learn; war – were, ward – word, warm – worm, reward – reword, walk – work, wart – worth; four – fir, sore – sir, store – stir, core – occur, pour – purr; born – burn, torn – turn, form – firm, board – bird, cord – curd, course – curse, caught – curt, short – shirt, talk – Turk; [o:] – [ər]: warm words, four birds, call Kurt; [ər] – [o:]: first floor, third door, learn all; [o] – [ə] bomb – bum, rob – rub, college – color, common – come, comma – company, body – buddy, bother – brother; gone – done, nonsense – none, honor – honey, monitor – money, monument – Monday, fond – front, tongs – tongue, sponsor – sponge; conference – confess, continent – contain, content (n.) – content (adj.) , contract (n.) – contract (v.), contrary – control, policy – police; lock – luck, sock – suck, cop – cup, hot – hut, not – nut, cloth – nothing, bottle – butter, bottom – button; [u:] – [yu:] food – feud, fool – fume, cool – cute, who – hue, ooze – use, moose – muse, boot – beauty; [u:] – [u] fool – full, pool – pull, womb – woman, food – foot, Luke – look, tooth – took, shoot – should; [u] – [o] cook – cock, look – lock, rook – rock, took – stock, put – pot, good – god; [u] – [ə] book – buck, look – luck, took – tuck, put – but, push – hush, full – dull, pull – hull; The sounds [ə] (but) and [ər] (bird) [ə] – [ər] bud – bird, cub – curb, bun – burn, ton – turn, fun – fern, soda – coder; luck – lurk, shut – shirt, but – Bert, hut – hurt, such – search, bust – burst, sofa – suffer, quota – quarter; stressed [ə] – unstressed [ə] son – lesson, some – awesome, muss – famous, numb – venom, thud – method, stressed [ər] – unstressed [ər] fur – offer, refer – suffer, sir – answer, purr – helper, burn – stubborn, turn – lantern; Contrasting monophthongs and diphthongs in pairs [e] – [ei] pen – pain, den – Dane, many – main, fell – fail, sell – sail, bed – bade, fed – fade, red – raid; let – late, met – mate, debt – date, bet – bait, wet – wait, sec – sake, wreck – rake, neck – snake; [e] – [ei]: next day, lets stay, Ben met Kate, felt great, tell tales; [ei] – [e]: make friends, raise hell, say when; [a:] – [ai] par – pie, are – eye, bar – by, charm – chime, hard – hide, park – pike, spark – spike, harp – hype, cart – kite, Bart – bite; [a:] – [ai]: far cry, hard to find, barfly; [ai] – [a:]: die hard, my card, like art; [a:] – [au] hard – hound, darn – down, lard – loud, art – out, part – pout; start – stout; shark – shout; [a:] – [au]: start now, calm down, dark house, farther south; [au] – [a:]: how hard, downhearted; [æ] – [ai] pal – pile, pan – pine, man – mine, band – bind, candy – kind, hand – hind; lack – like, tap – type, rap – ripe, mass – mice, rat – right, fat – fight; [æ] – [au] Al – owl, lad – loud, sand – sound, tan – town, Dan – down, Fran – frown, mass – mouse, lass – louse; [o:] – [au] nor – now, hall – howl, fall – foul, dawn – down, drawn – drown, crawl – crown, cord – crowd, pause – spouse; short – shout; port – pout, sport – spout; [o:] – [ou] saw – so, law – low, raw – row, lawn – lone, drawn – drone, clause – close, pause – pose, cause – cozy, caught – coat, ought – oat; hall – whole, mall – mole, bald – bold, called – cold, call – comb, walk – woke, falcon – folk; more – mow, bore – bow, door – doe, sore – sew, tore – tow, lord – load, born – bone, torn – tone, mourn – mown; [o:] – [ou]: more roads, call Flo, lawn mower; [ou] – [o:]: cold sore, old Ford, no laws, so tall, dont fall, close call; [o] – [ou] nod – node, odd – owed, model – modal, modern – motel, mob – mobile, monument – moment, column – colon, doll – roll; option – open, pot – potent, hot – hotel, lost – ghost, monster – most, positive – post, hostel – host; [o] – [ou]: hot rolls, pot roast, hostile host; [ou] – [o]: role model, dont bother, most hospitals; [ə] – [ou] mud – mode, nut – note, but – boat, must – most, bust – boast, bus – both, Russ – gross; done – donor, done – dont, won – wont, one – only, mother – motor, does – dose, cover – clover; [ə] – [ou]: a boat, a donor, the host, some notes; [ou] – [ə]: only one, both mothers, wont trust, most buses, no money; Contrasting diphthongs in pairs [ai] – [au] high – how, nine – noun, bright – brow, find – found, hind – hound, signed – sound; [ai] – [au]: nice town, try now, light-brown, night owl, five rounds; [au] – [ai]: how nice; [ai] – [oi] rye – Roy, tie – toy, buy – boy, file – foil, bile – boil, pint – point, lied – Lloyd; [au] – [ou] now – no, how – owe, pow – mow, allow – low, cow – crow, thou – though; owl – own, brown – bowl, cowl – coal, drown – drone, town – tone, noun – known, loud – load, couch – coach, pouch – poach; [ai] – [ou] die – doe, tie – toe, lie – low, my – Moe, sigh – so, guy – go; ride – road, lied – load, tile – toll, pile – poll, cries – crows, flies – flows, night – note; [ai] – [ei] buy – bay, pie – pay, die – day, lie – lay, sty – stay, high – hey, rye – ray; file – fail, mile – mail, pile – pale, tile – tail, time – tame, line – lane, pine – pain, sign – sane, rise – raise; rice – race, fight – fate, light – late, right – rate, height – hate; [ai] – [ei]: my day, white paint, why wait, crime rate; [ei] – [ai]: take time, eight miles, late night, say hi; Diphthongs [ei], [ai], [au], [oi], [ou] bay – buy – bough – boy – bone; bait – bite – bout – boil – boat; Dane – dine – down – Doyle – dough; tame – time – town – toy – tone; ale – Ill – owl – oil – old; great – grind – ground – groin – grow; paint – pint – pound – point – poll; maize – mice – mouse – moist – most.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 04:52:27 +0000
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