| add
addict
act
active
| did –dead – dad
pin –pen – pan
big- beg – bag
Sid – said – sad
| pit – pet – pat
sit – set – sat
miss – mess – mass
six – sex – sax
| a black handbag
fantasy land
Miss Bradley is traveling is Canada.
Sam Anderson is visiting Amsterdam.
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Phonetic Exercise 10
| us
up
uncle
ugly
| cub – cup
bud – but
love – luck
tongue - hut
| a London bus
a hundred coloured buttons
As snug as a bug in a rug
Every country has its customs.
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Phonetic Exercise 11
| god – got
nod – not
dog – dock
log – lock
| core – cord – caught
saw – sword – sought
four – form – force
tore – tall – talk
| Don – dawn
pot – port
fox – forks
want - water
| a horrible holiday
What’s wrong?
Paul is a football reporter from York.
Bob, it’s your fault.
Awfully sorry, Maude.
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Phonetic Exercise 12
| earn
earnest
early
| fir- firm- first
bur – bird – burst
sir – serve – serf
| call – curl
bored – bird
horde – herd
| an early bird
learn forty verbs
her worst work
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Additional Exercises
Read the exercise, paying attention to the articulation of the long and short vowels.
| lead – lid
wheat – wit
seek – sick
feel – fill
neat – knit
eat – it
| lark – luck
barn – bun
harm – hum
cart – cut
dark – duck
bard – bud
| pool – pull
fool – full
food – foot
lose – look
cool – cook
wound – would
| court – cot
port – pot
horse – hostel
board – body
raw – rock
walk – wasp
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