Comparison [ /ə / ] - [ / i / ] and [ / i / ] - [ / i: / ]

Letter: 'e' is in the article 'the' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] and [ /ə / ]

Letter: 'e' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] in 'pit' [----------------- ] Letter 'e' is pronounced as a

(Lesson 7) when the next word begins [ -------------------- ] schwa [ /ə / ] in 'banana'

with a Vowel [ -------------- ] (Lesson 6) when the next word

---] begins with a Consonant

the instrument ---- - ---------------------------- the skill

the only-------------------------------------------the pill
the Upper House -------------------------------- the ship
the odd ----------------------------------------- the pitch

the enquiry ---------------------------------- the kitchen

the oak ----------------------------------------- the coffin
the elision ----------------------------------- the gymnast
the illness ------------------------------------------ the kin

Comparison : long [ /i:/] and short [ /i/]

[/i:/] ---------------------- [ /i/]

reason ------------------- risen
been ------------------- bin
ease ------------------- is
sleep ------------------- slip
cheap ---------------- chip
wheat ------------------wit
leap ------------------ -lip
feet ------------------- fit
team ----------------- Tim
beast ------------------ bit
queen ------------------kin
deal ------------------ dill
need -----------------Nick
leek ------------------lyric
people ------------------pitch
greed ----------------grid
leave ----------------- live
sneaky -----------------snip


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Words: long [ /i:/ ] highlighted as bold and short [ / i / ] highlighted as in the Red

colour

Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound

believe

reveal

defeat

recede

retrieve

receipt

greasy

easy

sneezing

thesis

seeing

serene

relieve

repeat

meeting

yielding

seizing

freezing

sentences

Sentence : short [ / i / ] highlighted as in the Red colour and long [/i:/]

highlighted as bold



Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.


1. The width of the sleeves still needs to fit my neat linen jacket.

2. I am not particularly keen to give the victory to a different team.

3. These silver rings belonged to Queen Elizabeth.

4. Tim is completely out of Nina's league and she isn't keen on being chased him.

5. There is a little something missing in this meal. Have you tried to add some dill?

6. My next of kin, Mr. Bean, is a Dean of Leeds University.



verses

He is an English man

For he himself has said it,

And it's greatly to his credit,

That he is an English man !