| our
owl
out
| how- hound – house
bow – town – about
allow – loud – doubt
| shout – shower
town – tower
count – coward
| Don’t shout so loud!
I found a mouse in our
house.
It’s the highest tower around.
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Phonetic Exercise 9
| tea – tear
bee – bear
bead – beard
weed – weird
| when – where
bed – bare
head – haired
chess – chairs
| shoe – sure
pool – poor
cute – cure
pew – pure
| his sheer fear of his peers
Beware of the bear!
Make sure the water is quite pure.
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Additional Exercises
Read the exercise paying attention to the differences in the articulation of the monophthongs and diphthongs.
| men – mane
pen – pain
wet – wait
sell – sail
pepper – paper
pot – point
spot – spoilt
John – join
toss – toys
olive – oil
| tack – take
sat- saint
cat – Kate
fat – fate
plan – plain
| hat – height
fat – fight
sad – side
man – mine
dad – died
| pin – pine
film – fine
myth – mine
fifth – five
tip – type
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| not – no
god – go
hot – home
stock – stone
rock – robe
| love – low
done – dole
son – snow
London – lonely
front – froze
| burn – bone
turn – tone
learn – alone
curly – cozy
work – woke
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Read the exercise paying attention to the articulation of the voiced and voiceless consonants.
| fetch – chest
catch – chat
latch – chart
such – chuckle
| gesture
just
job
jaw
join
| edge
badge
large
lodge
George
| Fetch the bag.
Catch the dog.
Reach the park.
Call John.
Find Julian.
Teach Jane.
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