Speech work: Revision of Vowel Sounds

Content: Vowel Sounds.

There are forty-four sound segments in English comprising twenty vowels and twenty- four consonants.

The production of vowel sounds take place as the air stream flows from the lungs to the mouth without any obstruction.

The vowel in English is classified into two main groups: pure vowels also called monophthongs and diphthongs. The monophthongs are further sub – divided into short vowels and long vowels.

A list of monophthongs /pure vowels

1. /i:/ as in seat, key, chief, people, mete, quay
2. /I/ as in sit, pretty, women, village, enough, waited
3. /e/ as in pen, head, any, bury, ferry, bread, rest
4. /әe/ as in cap, had, hand, plan, tank, sad, mat
5. /a:/ as in hard, father, heart, path, dark, far, arm
6. /D/ or/Ɔ/ as in cot, cock, wash, clock, hot, lot, shop
7. /Ɔ:/ as in court, fork, cork, tall, law, bought, fore
8. /Ʊ/ as in good, foot, cook, book, should, woman
9. /u:/ as in moon, rude, loose, lose, soup, flute, juice
10. /˄/ as in sun, mother, come, cup, fun, money, but
11. /3:/ as in firm, bird, first, shirt, skirt, term, serve
12. /ә/ as in allow, above, around, doctor, sister, alive, forget, religious

A list of diphthongs

1. /ei/ as in play, rake, pale, state, cake, day, wake
2. /ai/ as in pie, my, height, plight, mite, bright
3. /ͻi/ as in oil, boy, buoy, toil, foil, noise, joy
4. /әu/ as in go, hoe, home, no, know, coat, goat, rose
5. /au/ as in house, now, cloud, rowdy, brow, howl
6. /iә/ as in fear, cheer, beer, idea, serious, here, near
7. /eә/ as in pair, air, hair, bare, there, fare, bare, chair
8. /uә/ as in tour, moon, poor, pure, sure, lure

Evaluation

Write five different words that have each of the sounds treated above.

Reading Assignment: Exam Focus English JSSCEpg 143 – 145