Tongue twisters
[ai]
Ike’s ivy island is icy.
Mike likes to ride a bike.
Kyle flies kites high, so high they're out of sight. When a bird flies by, they sigh and wonder why the kite's so high.
Out of sight, out of mind.
[ei]
I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.
We weighed the hay, painted the sleigh, played a game, and caught a train before it rained in May.
Let`s play the game again.
Take the place in the train to Wales.
[оi]
Roy and the boys toiled and made noise as they hoisted and joined the joists. They didn't loiter, and they weren't coy.
The spoilt boy destroyed the toys.
The noise is annoying.
Joy is at boiling point.
LESSON 5 Sounds [au], [əu]
[au] - the nucleus of the diphthong is central, open, unrounded
Articulation: Look at the diagram. The starting point of the diphthong is between the back and front open positions. The sound starts with the position slightly more retracted than for the nucleus of the diphthong [aɪ] and more advanced than for the vowel [a:]. For the glide the tongue moves upwards in the direction of [u], the mouth gets closer. The lips are neutral for the first element and get slightly rounded for the second.
Task 1 Listen and say the sound (A64).
[au] is usually spelled:
ow - how now vowel
ou - loud mouth sound
Task 2 Listen and say these phrases:
a thousand pounds
loud vowel sounds
round the house
Countdown - three, two, one, now!
Task 3 Read and compare:
scar - scow - sky are - owl - eye far - found - find raft - row - rye tarn - town - type |
darned - downed - dined trance - trout - trite craft - crowd - cried barn - bound - bind mast - mouse – mice
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[əu] the nucleus of the diphthong is central, mid, unrounded.
A
rticulation:
Look
at the diagram. The
starting point of the tongue position is similar to that of [ə:];
it starts with a central position, between half-close and half-open.
For the glide the tongue moves upwards in the direction of [u] there
being a slight closing movement of the lower jaw. The lips are
neutral for the first element and get slightly rounded for the
second.
Task 4 Listen and say the sound (A63).
[əu] is spelled:
o - no cold post close drove home phone
ow - know low show slow
oa - boat
oe - toe
Task 5 Listen and say these sentences:
I don't know.
My toes are cold.
She phoned me in October.
They showed us their home.
Task 6 Read and compare:
loss - close not - note mop - mope cod - code nod - node |
caught - coat bought - boat ball - bowl hall - hole called - cold |
burn - bone fern - phone Bert - boat work - woke flirt - float
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glade - glide - globe grape - ripe - rope stale - style - stole raze - rise - rose tape - type - trope
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