English vowels

assification of vowels Vowels are classified in terms of: 1.. Number of vowels There are 20 vowels: 12 single vowels or monothongs and 8 double vowels or diphthongs... bay bee beer

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assification of vowels

Vowels are classified in terms of:

1 the height of the bulk of the tongue in the mouth

2 the front/back position of the tongue in the mouth

3 the degree of lip-rounding

4 the length of vowels

Number of

vowels

There are 20 vowels:

12 single vowels (or monothongs) and

8 double vowels (or diphthongs)

Monothongs

mịn|HÍN

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Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound

cene sea seat “Steve keeps the cheese in the freezer.”

/U

car get fy

/e/

cargel fay

man men mean

heard head had

mate met meat

sit set Sat

examples of the target sound

“The fat cat sat on the man's black hat.”

LIIL

relaxed tongue ——— xøs

and lips

OOk at the mouth diagram to see how to make the sound /a/

Listen to these examples and repeat them The weak vowels in the unstressed syllables in bold

lips, tongue and

jaw in relaxed

position

lips and ja

in relaxed

position

Examples

shoot shut shirt | © ood cũ

match much =» March | > Oe

00k luck lock | "My mother's brother's my uncle;

my uncle's son's my cousin

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Listen and repeat the examples of the target sound

ar al al horse and called it Laura.”

car get /py

heart

march

rour Dear

Diphthongs

'difHINz

Diphthongs

Sounds that consist of a movement

or glide from one vowel to another

The first part of a diphthong is

always longer and stronger than

the second part as the sound glides

into the second part of the diphthong

the loudness of the sound decreases.

©Ì

œ

IIIM

Dar Dear eer

dead cared dled

LI[III

LI[III

tear tea tear

IIIM

tour two tour

sure shoe sure

poor pour poor

lure loo lure

Come came calm

white wait wet

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» Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound

IIIM

Kar get / ⁄

Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound

oe oe Oa

O Od€ oat ‘Rose knows Joe phones Sophie, but Sophie

O Ose ope and Joe don't know Rose knows.”

IIIM

‹arget /' ⁄

fond found phoned

KNOW now new

car COW care

Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound

Ow ou OUS

ie ou out! Mrs Brown counted cows

: coming down the mountain."

ow Ou OU!