King Abdulaziz University
Introduction to Linguistics/ LANE 321
Department of European Languages and Literature
Worksheet No. 3-Vowels
Fall 2014
Lecturer: Haifa Alroqi
Exercise 1: Repetition
Listen and repeat:
[ɪ]
bit [bɪt]
bid [bɪd]
him [hɪm]
miss [mɪs]
bed [bɛd]
hen [hɛn]
mess[mɛs]
bad [bæd]
ham [hæm]
mass [mæs]
bud [bʌd]
bun [bʌn]
bus [bʌs]
cod [kɒd]
Tom [tɒm]
loss [lɒs]
wood [wʊd]
pull [pʊl]
push [pʊʃ]
[ɛ]
bet [bɛt]
[æ]
bat [bæt]
[ʌ]
cut [kʌt]
[ɒ]
pot [pɒt]
[ʊ]
put [pʊt]
Exercise 2: Identification
Write the symbol of the vowel you hear in each word:
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
9. _____
10. _____
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Exercise 3: Production
When you hear the number, pronounce the word. Repeat the correct pronunciation
when you hear it. Example: 1.‘mad’
1. mad [mæd]
2. mud [mʌd]
3. bit [bɪt]
4. bet [bɛt]
5. cut [kʌt]
6. cot [kɒt]
7. put [pʊt]
8. pot [pɒt]
9. men [mɛn]
10. man [mæn]
11. fun [fʌn]
12. fan [fæn]
Exercise 4: Short vowels contrasted:
Listen and repeat (words given in spelling):
ɪ and ɛ
ɛ
bit
bet
hem
ham
lack
luck
tin
ten
set
sat
bad
bud
fill
fell
peck
pack
fan
fun
built
belt
send
sand
stamp stump
lift
left
wreck rack
and æ
ʌ and ɒ
ɒ and ʊ
dug
dog
lock
look
cup
cop
cod
could
rub
rob
pot
put
stuck stock
shock shook
luck
crock crook
lock
æ and ʌ
flash
2
flush
Audio Unit 3: Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
Long vowels
Exercise 1 Repetition
Listen and repeat:
i
beat [bit]
bead [bid]
been [bin]
beef [bif]
ɑ
heart [hɑt]
hard [hɑd]
harm [hɑm]
hearth [hɑθ]
ɔ
caught [kɔt]
cord [kɔd]
corn [kɔn]
course [kɔs]
u
root [rut]
rude [rud]
room [rum]
roof [ruf]
ə
hurt [hət]
heard [həd]
earn [ən]
earth [əθ]
Exercise 2 Production
When you hear the number, pronounce the word. Repeat the correct pronunciation
when you hear it.
1.
heard [həd]
2. been [bin]
3. root [rut]
4. hearth [hɑθ]
5. caught [kɔt]
6. heart [hɑt]
7. cord [kɔd]
8. beef [bif]
9. rude [rud]
10. earn [ən]
Exercise 3 Transcription
Write the symbol for the vowel you hear in each word. (1 ... 10)
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
9. _____
10. _____
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Exercise 4 : Long-short vowel contrasts
Listen and repeat (words given in spelling):
i
and I
ɑ and ʌ
ɑ and æ
feel
fill
calm
come
part
pat
bead
bid
cart
cut
lard
lad
steel
still
half
huff
calm
Cam
reed
rid
lark
luck
heart
hat
been
bin
mast
must
harms hams
ɔ
and ɒ
u
and
ʊ
ə and ʌ
ɑ and ɒ
caught cot
pool
pull
hurt
hut
dark
dock
stork
stock
suit
soot
turn
ton
part
pot
short
shot
Luke
look
curt
cut
lark
lock
cord
cod
wooed wood
girl
gull
balm
bomb
port
pot
fool
bird
bud
large
lodge
full
Exercise 4 :Transcription
Write the symbol for the vowel (long or short) you hear in each word.
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
9. _____
10. _____
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