Lessons 1 and 2: Phonetic Symbol Chart

V
O
I
C
O
N
p t k f s θ ∫ ʧ
C S
E O pen tea car fall son think shoe chair
L N /pen/ /ti:/ /kɑ:/ /fᴐ:l/ /sʌn/ /θɪŋk/ /ʃu:/ /ʧeə/
E A stop start walk laugh kiss mouth wash watch
S N /stɒp/ /stɑ:t/ /wᴐ:k/ /lɑ:f/ /kis/ /maʊθ/ /wɒʃ/ /wɒʧ/
S T
S

V C
b d g v z δ ʒ dʒ
O O
I N bad day got voice zoo then vision John
C S /bæd/ /deɪ/ /gɒt/ /vᴐɪs/ /zu:/ /δen/ /vɪʒn/ /dʒɒn/
E O rob land leg love choose bathe beige change
/rɒb/ /lænd/ /leg/ /lʌv/ /ʧu:z/ /beɪδ/ /beɪʒ/ /ʧeɪndʒ/
D N
A
N
T
S
l r m n ŋ S
E
M
w j
I
V when young
learn room man not O /wen/ /jʌŋ/
/lᴈ:n/ /ru:m/ /mæn/ /nɒt/
W
call
/kᴐ:l/
a pair of
/ə’peər_əv/
slam
/slæm/
plan
/plæn/
hang
/hæŋ/ E
L
h who
/hu:/
heart
S /hɑ:t/

V
ɪ i: u: ʊ D eɪ ɪə əʊ
I
O ship sheep fool full P say here go
W /ʃɪp/ /ʃi:p/ /fu:l/ /fʊl/ H /seɪ/ /hɪə/ /gəʊ/

e ᴈ: ᴐ: ɒ
E T
L
S
H
O aɪ eə aʊ
N
men work sport spot G fly hair down
/men/ /wᴈ:k/ /spᴐ:t/ /spɒt/ S /flaɪ/ /heə/ /daʊn/

æ ɑ: ʌ ə ᴐɪ ʊə
man calm come arrive boy poor
/mæn/ /kɑ:m/ /kʌm/ /ə’raɪv/ /bᴐɪ/ /pʊə/
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1. Write the words:
a. / bɪ’li:v / _______________ p. / ‘mʌδə / _____________________
b. / ‘bʊk / _______________ q. / ‘endɪd / ____________________
c. / ‘mʌnθ / _______________ r. / ‘wᴈ:kt / _____________________
d. / ‘ʧeə / ________________ s. / ‘evrɪ / ______________________
e. / ‘sʌbdʒəkt / ______________ t. / ‘pleɪd / _____________________
f. / ‘bᴐ:t / _________________ u. / ‘ʃʊz / _______________________
g. / ‘wᴈ:d / ________________ v. / ‘θʌmb / ____________________
h. / ‘ʧᴈ:ʧ / ________________ w. / ‘kæt / _____________________
i. / ‘hɑ:f / __________________ x. / ‘kəʊld / _____________________
j. / ‘stjʊdənt / _______________ y. / ‘ʃɒʊə / _____________________
k. / ‘jeləʊ / _________________ z. / ‘hɒt / _______________________
l. / ‘wi:k/ _________________
DID YOU KNOW…?
m. /’ wenzdeɪ / _______________
Homophones are words that have exactly the
n. / ‘wᴐ:tə / _________________
same sound (pronunciation) but different
o. /’ ʧeɪndʒ / ________________ meanings and (usually) spellings.

2. Write the phonetic transcription of the following words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
heard eat saw
hurt it so
heart I day
now eye they
know love all
new laugh old
knew reach rich

3. Look at the words above again. Can you find any homophones?
____________________________________________________________
4. Say these words aloud. Do you pronounce –ed always in the same way?

___ played ___ called ___ cleaned ___ laughed

___ closed ___ carried ___ dropped ___ improved

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___ decided ___ walked ___ wanted ___ finished

 ___ baked ___ planned ___ needed ___ watched

5. Classify the verbs above according to their –ed pronounciation.

Voiceless + / t / Voiced + / d / -t or –d + / id /

6. Make pairs of words with the same vowel sound:

Towel, burn, mow, pray, mouse, told, mute, cake, life, seat, bat, go, close, flea, so, play,
eat, make, see, took, book, power, learn, rat, cute, nose, cow, wife, house, bold

7. Circle the odd one out.

1. likes, swims , thinks , wins
2. Dad, Pam , Kate , grandma
3. pretty, my , fairy , easy
4. mouth, cousin , pound , mouse
5. apples, jam , ham , cake
6. candy, chocolate , cabbage , pancakes
8. Read the statements and choose the alternative that best answers each one.

1. He fails the exams [s ] [z ] [Iz ]

6. A mechanic fixes my car. [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
2. She invites us for lunch [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
7. It repaires itself. [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
3. He works hard at school [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
8. I crashes his car. [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
4. The shop closes at 5. [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
9. He skies in the winter [s ] [z ] [Iz ]
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5. Mom sings opera. [s ] [z ] [Iz ]

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 Lesson 3

[e] [i:]
1. Read and write

[e]__________________________________________
[i:]_____________________________________

[e] [i:] Remember!

ee
pen [pen] he [hi:]
ea
[i:]
bee [bi:]
read [ri:d]
desk [desk] she [∫i:]

2. Read the words

[e] [i:]
pen [pen] he [hi:]
ten [ten] she [∫i:]
bed [bed] tea [ti:]
desk [desk] read [ri:d]
test [test] bee [bi:]
bell [bel] tree [tri:]

3.Join the words and the pictures

read

green

tree

bee

tea
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pen bed desk ten red

 4. Write the words into the correct column

[e] [i:]
____red______ ____________
_____________ ____________
_____________ ____________
_____________ ____________
_____________ ____________

red eat sleep get melt me bee be bed desk

5. Read and colour.

This is a snake.
The snake is long and green.
It can eat ten frogs a day
[dei].
It can sleep in a tree.

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 Lesson 4
Sounds [∫], [ʧ], [].
1. Read and write

[∫] _____________________________________________
[ʧ] ____________________________________________
[] ____________________________________________
Remember!
sh = [∫] she [∫i:]
ch/tch = [ʧ] cheese [ʧi:z], match [mæʧ].
j = [ʤ] jam [ʤæm]
gi, ge, gy = [ʤ]: gentle [ʤentl], gym [ʤım].

2. Read the words

fish [fı∫] cheese [ʧi:z] jam [ʤæm]

dish [dı∫] beach [bi:ʧ] jeep [ʤi:p]
shop [∫ɒp] teach [ti:ʧ] jeans [ʤi:nz]
sheep [∫i:p] cherry [ˊʧerı] jelly-fish [ˊʤelı fı∫]
ship [∫ıp] match [mæʧ] genie [ˊʤi:nı]

3. Join the words with the transcription and the correct pictures

jam [∫i:p]
jeans [∫ıp]
jeep [fı∫]
cheese [ʧi:z]
sheep [ˊʧerı]
ship [ʤæm]
cherry [ʤi:p]
fish [ʤi:nz]
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jelly-fish [ˊʤi:nı]
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genie [ˊʤelı fı∫]

 Lesson 5

[ı] [ ]
1. Read and write

[ı] _______________________________________
[ ] ______________________________________

[ı] [ ]
six [sıks] nine [n n]
fish [fı∫] bike [b k]

2. Read the words

[ı] [ ]
fish [fı∫] nine [n n]
ship [∫ıp] five [f v]
six [sıks] fine [f n]
milk [mılk] nice [n s]
big [bıg] kite [k t]
pig [pıg] bike [b k]
chick [ʧık] ride [r d]

3.Join the words and the pictures

five

nine

kite

bike
fish six pig chick ship
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 4. Write the words into the correct column

[ı] [ ]
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
_______________ _______________

milk nine pig kite ship rice sit chick like ride

5. Read and colour

Hello! I am a nice little

kitten. I am clean and red.
I like milk. I like to sleep
on a mat.

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