Phonetic lesson 1

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Prepared By : Mr. Luke Gabriel



1. WOMEN

A wɪmɪn B womən C wɪmin

2. FEMALE

A fimel B fimeɪl C femeɪl

3. WATER

A wɒtər B wɒter C wɑtər

4. SATURDAY

A satərday B sætərdeɪ C sætərday

5. POSTCARD

A peustcad B postkad C pəʊstkɑːd

6. LAMP

A læmp B lam C lʌmp

7. GLASS

A ɡlɑːs B ɡlas C ɡlʌs

8. PLAIN

A plein B pleɪn C plʌɪn

9. COLOR

A kʌle B kʌlr C kʌlə

10.DANGER

A denɡʌr B deɪndɡer C deɪndʒə

11.CAR

A kɑː B kʌr C kɒː

12.BUS

A bus B bʌs C bas

Practice 1

fənɛtɪk Towards Better Pronounciation…..

Circle the correct phonetic sound for each of the words below.



13./ eɪ /

A berry B bead C beiɡe

14./ əʊ /

A blot B boat C blood

15. / aɪ /

A babe B bait C buy

16./ aʊ /

A gout B get C tower

17. / ɔɪ /

A box B bold C boy

18./ ɪə /

A beard B beer C bid

19./ eə /

A bearer B beast C beat

20./ ʊə /

A boer B boɡus C bold

21./ aɪ /

A guy B bait C bake

22./ ɔɪ /

A bole B broil C ball

23./ aʊ /

A dot B dawn C hound

Circle the word which has the dipthong sound as below.



24.Frost - / frɒ__t /

A s B z C ɑː

25.Jetty- / dʒet__ /

A y B i C ɪ

26. Chair - / __ ʃeə /

A t B c C tʃ

27.Cash - / __ æʃ /

A ʃ B k C c

28.Land - / læn__ /

A d B t C -

29. Snake - / sneɪ___ /

A l B k C θ

30. Pew - /p__u:/

A ə B i C j

Circle the correct consonant.

31./ ðeɪ ɑː riːdɪŋɡ stɔːri bʊk /

32./ ɪz dʒeɪn kʌmɪŋ fɔː dɪnə tənaɪt ?/

33./ wiː ɑː wɒʃɪŋ aʊə kləʊðz /

34. /ɑɪ æm ɡəʊɪŋ tuː tʃaɪnə nekst jiə /

35. / weə ɑː juː ɡəʊɪŋ ? /



1 A 11 A 21 A

2 B 12 B 22 B

3 B 13 C 23 C

4 B 14 B 24 A

5 C 15 C 25 C

6 A 16 A 26 A

7 A 17 C 27 B

8 B 18 A 28 A

9 C 19 A 29 B

10 C 20 A 30 C

Answers For Phonetic Practice 1

31. They are reading story book.

32. Is Jane coming for dinner tonight?

33. We are washing our clothes.

34. I am going to China next year.

35. Where are you going?

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Phonetic lesson 1