Content
1. /I:/ Seat, meet, Police, Seize, Read
Field, key, quay, People, amoeba
Vowel contrast
/i:/ /I/
seat Sit
deep did
heat hit
feet fit
read rid
bid bead
dip deep
lip leap
There is a great difference between /i:/ and the short /I/. This difference is shown by keeping the tongue longer in the same position for the pronunciation of /I:/ than you will do for the pronunciation of /I/.
Evaluation: words
1. Find five pairs of words that can show the contrast between the short /I/ and the long /I:/ as in the examples above.
Reading Assignment
Vowel contrast – /I:/ and /I/
Reference
Oral English for schools and colleges. Page 16
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