Spelling to sound 16 read

Worksheet 16 - Spelling-to-SoundRead the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the letter that is underlined.. New telephone orders have spiked in the la

Worksheet 16 - Spelling-to-Sound

Read the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the letter that is underlined

1 New telephone orders have spiked in

the last two years

• aɪ

• eɪ

• i:

• ɜ:

• ɪ

2 The ship sustained only minor damage

• ju:

• jʊ

• ə

• ɜ:

• ʌ

3 There is no other job I would rather do

• æ

• ɑ:

• ɒ

• ɔ:

• əʊ

4 We watched the waves crashing against the rocks

• aɪ

• e

• eɪ

• ə

• ɪ

5 Fish and chips to take away, please

• k

• s

• tʃ

• ʃ

• ʤ

6 Despite her eighty years, Elsie was full of vitality

• aɪ

• eə

• eɪ

• i:

• ɪə

7 Forecasts of economic growth are being

revised downwards

• aʊ

• u:

• ɔ:

• əʊ

• ʌ

8 a herd of cows with one bull

• ju:

• u:

• ɜ:

• ʊ

• ʌ

• aʊ

• ɒf

• ə

• əʊ

• ʌf

on regardless

• aʊ

• ɒf

• ɔ:

• əʊ

• ʌf

11 It's rude to stare

• ju:

• u:

• ɜ:

• ʊ

• ʌ

12 With stocks going up, investors can breathe easily

• s

• t

• tj

• ð

• θ

13 One of the chief causes of crime today

is drugs

• k

• s

• tʃ

• ʃ

• ʤ

14 Troops opened fire on the demonstrators

• u

• ɔ:

• ə

• ɜ:

• ʌ

15 The shop was boarded up

• i:

• u:

• ɔ:

• əʊ

• ʌ

16 An interim government was established

• aɪ

• eɪ

• i:

• ɜ:

• ɪ

17 Only the president can authorize a

nuclear attack

• u:

• ɑ:

• ɔ:

• əʊ

• ʊə

18 A baby communicates its needs by crying

• ju:

• jʊ

• jʊə

• u:

• ʌ

19 He put the car into first and roared

away

• i:

• u:

• ɔ:

• əʊ

• ʌ

20 'I'm not going to do it,' said Margaret decidedly

• k

• s

• z

• ʃ

• ʒ