Speech English: Vowel Sounds – Vowels /i:/, /ɪ/, /e/ and /æ/
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Topic Content:
- Meaning of Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Sounds – Vowels /i:/, /ɪ/, /e/ and /æ/
What are Vowel Sounds?
These are sounds that are produced with no obstruction to the airflow in the mouth region. Vowel sounds are divided into monophthongs and diphthongs.
It may be long or short but the quality is unchanging. Vowels are sound symbols that can be represented by different letters.
Examples are:
/i:/
Some spellings of /i:/ include:
| e | ea | ee | ei | i | ie |
| be | reason | bee | deceive | marine | field |
| Eve | leaf | seen | perceive | suite | relief |
| legal | sea | canteen | receipt | police | achieve |
| complete | meal | sheep | receive | prestige | believe |
| these | meat | seek | seize | fridge | siege |
| even | beat | bee | deceit | bliss | sieve |
Others – quay, people, amoeba, phoenix
/ɪ/
Some spellings of /i/ include:
| i | e | a | u | y |
| Dip | needed | village | busy | Cynthia |
| Slip | honest | luggage | business | symmetry |
| lick | wicked | private | symptom | |
| Fill | pretty | message | typical | |
| Lig | England | sausage | myth | |
| dip | physics | |||
| sin | crystal | |||
| mill | cymbal | |||
| fit | hymn | |||
| sick |
others – women, build, guilder, biscuit
/e/
The spellings of /e/ include:
| head | net | prep | said |
| many | bet | led | pen |
| bed | set | pet | tech |
/æ/
The spellings include:
| rap | back | sat | bat |
| fad | plait | fad | bag |
| sad | ban | lag | man |
Evaluation:
Group the following words into the sound each belongs to:
apt, ditch, kill, brass, fell
lack, bam, cat, knit, sick
red, list, bin, wet sell
Reading Assignment: Oral English Without Tears for Schools and Colleges Page 1 – 4 by Iroegbu Udoka.
ae; apt, brass, lack, bam and cat
e; fell, red, sell and wet
i; dith, kill,knit, sick,list,bin
ANSWERS TO THE EVALUATION QUESTION
ae; apt, brass, lack, bam and cat
e; fell, red, sell and wet
i; dith, kill,knit, sick,list,bin
ae:apt,lack,bam,brass,cat.
e:fell,red,wet,sell.
I:list,bin,knit,kill,sick.