1. Lesson 5
Phonetics – vowels

2. vowels
Place of production: part of the tongue responsible forthe sound producing a given vowel sound
Vowel duration: long-short

3. …or «quick and dirty», but more user-friendly
i: ɪ sheep ship
u:238 ʊ240 true book
ɔ:245 ɒ awful, hall on, bother,
ɜ:270 e (ɛ)* æ234 girl bet flat
ɑ:254 ʌ264 calm up
ə267/ɚ
* /e/ chiusa, /ɛ/ aperta

4. /i:/ CD4 tr.1 00:38 /ɪ/ tr. 2 00:33 Eat tea mean Evening me need
Each gee heat
Eager vee team
Eden handy teach
even gooey
Egypt
Eve
Equip
Ego
It handy bit
in tiny big
if honey wind
Imply money dinner
Infer dandy fit
English been committee
Into heavy women
Invent sieve

5. Contrast drill /i://ɪ/ CD4 tr 2 00:11
Eat it
Seat sit
Heat hit
Meat mitt
Cheap chip
Reach rich
Peel pill
Bead bid
Deep dip
Beat bit
Steal still

6. /ɜ:/ /e/(ɛ) /æ/ early journey myrtle first world Bet Any Leopard Head
Friend
again
Pat
Bat
Tan
Add
Can
Sand
sad

7. /e/ (ɛ) tr.4 01:45 End Edge Eggs Extra Every Enter ever Pen Pledge
Again
Gentle
Tent
Sent
heaven

8. /æ/ tr. 5 01:41 At bat Actor fat After habit Act Jack Ant ham
Anthony had
Anchor banner
And hat

9. /e/(ɛ) vs /æ/ tr. 5 00:00
Bet bat Ten tan End and Ed add Ken can Send sand Said sad

10. /ɔ:/

11. Contrast drills i: ɪ sheep ship p.219 e(ɛ) æ bet flat P. 232
u: ʊ true book p. 238
ɔ: ɒ (o) awful on
ɑ: ʌ calm up p. 264

12. /u:/ p. 238 tr.6 00:39 Oodles crew Ooze true Oolong stew shoe flew
new (AmE)

13. /ʊ/ tr. 7 00:00 Wood Stood Look Hook Brook Wouldn’t book should cook
hood
butcher
cookie
could
Sugar
bushel

14. u: ʊ true - book

15. ɔ: ɒ UK ​ /ˈɔː.fəl/ (US ​ /ˈɑː.fəl/)
ɔ: ɒ
UK ​ /ˈɔː.fəl/ (US ​ /ˈɑː.fəl/)
/dictionary/english/awful
Lock
knowledge

16. ɑ: ʌ tr. 11 00:50 Calm /kɑːm/ heart /hɑːt/ Sergeant /ˈsɑː.dʒənt/
(no audio) Up
Uncle
Oven
Onion
Usher
Double
Nothing
Brother
Instructor
enough

17. /ə/ schwa: the unstressed vowel
Produced in the same way as /ʌ/, but unstressed
Each of the following words contains both sounds (_ indicates stress)
Above
Among
Hundred
abrupt

18. /ə/ About Around Another Again Agree away Soda Canada Sofa Tuba
Vanilla
Carolina
lion
banana
connect
official
option
elephant

19. Online practice
Vowels

20. diphtongs

21. /ɪə/ tr.2 02:20 Ear steers biers fears Eerie weird clear cheers
Fear shears career gears
Appear jeers hear smears
We’re tear near beard

22. /eə/ (ɛɚ) Wear /weər/ Tr. 4 02:15 Air Chair Wear Bare Spare flare
Cared
Careful
Wary
Barefoot
Spared
fared

23. /əʊ/ (o) tr. 8 00:28 Open Over Oh Oak oats Mow Grow Follow glow Road
Boat
Bowl
sewing

24. KEY
Accomplishment /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ.mənt/
Ambiguity /ˌæm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/
Applicable /əˈplɪk.ə.bl̩/
Character /ˈkær.ɪk.tər/
coincidence /kouˈin.si.dəns/
comfortable/ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bl̩/
contribute /kənˈtriː.bjut/
Determine /diˈtəːmin/
Developed /dɪˈvel.əpt/
effectively /ɪˈfek.tɪv.li/
event /ɪˈvent/
images/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
important/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/
miserable/ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bl̩/
murder/ˈmɜː.dər/
narrative /ˈnær.ə.tɪv/
Omniscent /ɒmˈnɪs.i.ənt/
Opponent /əˈpəʊ.nənt/
Perspective /pəˈspek.tɪv/
Policeman /pəˈliːs.mən/
Refer /rɪˈfɜːr/
Rhetoric /ˈret.ər.ɪk/