Phonetic Exercise 1. did dig kid sin sit knit sick kiss city Kitty ticket giddy it is in sit – Sid Dick – dig tick – tig

did dig kid sin

sit knit sick kiss

city Kitty ticket giddy

it is in

sit – Sid Dick – dig tick – tig

Phonetic Exercise 2

ten pen men

get pet net

end egg ate

debt – dead bet – bed set – said

sit – set bit – bet big – beg did – dead

busy – Benny pity – Betty Minnie – many

gets pets beds kids

Phonetic Exercise 3

fin fist stiff gift

deaf definite indefinite significant

vent vend vest vex

give ever never invent

bevy Kevin seven given

Additional Exercises

1. Read the exercise, paying attention to the degree of aspiration of the voiceless consonants [p], [t], [k].

tin – knit kin – Nick pit - tip

ten – net Ted – debt pen - neck

pity Becky epic

spit sticky skinny

Practice reading the sentences, paying attention to the intonation.

Tim is sick. Bess is ten. Eddy is busy.

Tim isn’t sick Bess isn’t ten. Eddy isn’t busy.

Is Tim sick? Is Bess ten? Is Eddy busy?

Practise reading the sentences; make them negative and interrogative as in the previous exercise.

Sid is big. Mick is six. Kevin is seven. Vicky is skinny. Dennis is in bed.

Ken is in. Nick is in Sidney. Phyllis is in Venice. Mr. Nixon is in Denver. Mrs. Gibson is in Texas.

Practise reading the following conversations.

a/ Cindy is busy.

Cindy isn’t busy. Kitty is busy.

b/ Is Ben six?

Ben? Ben isn’t six. Ben is seven.

c/ Is Ed in?

Ed? Ed isn’t in.

Is Teddy in?

Teddy? Teddy is in.