VOWELS

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INTRODUCTION
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• VOWELS
• Air passes freely through a wide space in the
  mouth
• CONSONANTS
• STOP CONSONANTS (air blocked and released)
• FRICATIVE CONSONANTS (air forced through a narrow
  space)
• NASAL CONSONANTS (air blocked in mouth but flows
  through nose)

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VOWELS

• Open
• Under
• Ice

• Egg
• Ant
• Ill

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CONSONANTS

• Coat
• Song
• Think
• Fox
• Vote

• Dog
• Rat
• Moon
• Boy

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• 1 SYLLABLE Jim, Anne
• 2 SYLLABLES Peter, Mary, Simon, Alan, Lesley,
  Jackie
• 3 SYLLABLES Benjamin, Rosemary

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PHONE

• Sown
• Shown
• Loan
• Bone
• Groan

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SEEN

• Scene
• Keen
• Lean
• Been
• Mean

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TORN

• Born
• Mourn
• Dawn
• Corn
• Lawn

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FINE

• Thine
• Nine
• Sign
• Line
• Dine

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• ROTE
• MOTE
• NAPE
• CLINE
• TACK
• SKITTLE
• RIPPLE
• THONG
• STALE

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• FIBBLE
• GOCK
• BING
• STINE
• ZICKLE

• LOUGHT
• SHACIAL
• ATTLE
• RAME
• DINTLE

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1. Front vowels

• Made by raising the front part of the tongue
  towards the top of your mouth
• ???? see
• ??? (i) sit
• ??? end
• ??? cat

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2. Back vowels

• Made by raising the back of the tongue towards
  the top of the mouth, usually with some lip
  rounding
• ???? fool
• ???(u) full
• ???? fall
• ???(?) follow
• ???? part

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3. Central vowels

• Made by raising the central part of the tongue
• ?? ? ? (?? ??) earth
• ??? about (only in unstressed syllable)
• ??? sun

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4. Diphthongs ending in ???

• ???? (ei) late
• ???? (ai) light
• ???? (?i) oil

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5. Diphthongs ending in ???

• ???? (au) now
• ???? (ou) home

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6. Diphthongs ending in ???

• ???? (i?) near
• ???? air
• ???? (u?) pure

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7. Consonants with their usual sound

• p
• b
• t
• d
• k
• g (as in got)
• f
• v
• w

• s
• z
• h
• m
• n
• l
• r

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8. Special Consonant Symbols

• ??? ship
• ??? vision
• ???? cheap
• ???? jeep

• ??? thin
• ??? this
• ??? sing
• ??? yes