Worksheet 12 - Spelling-to-Sound
Read the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the
letter that is underlined.
1. I found the letter in the top drawer of
2. a mixture of emotions
his desk.
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u:
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d
•
t
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ɑ:
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tj
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ɔ:
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tʃ
•
əʊ
•
ʊə
3. I'll just do the dishes before we go.
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ez
•
ʃ
4. I marvelled at my mother's ability to
remain calm in a crisis.
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s
•
s
•
z
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tʃ
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ɪs
•
z
•
ɪz
•
ʃ
•
5. You can go anywhere you want within
6. Her family seems snobbish.
reason.
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s
ʒ
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s
•
tʃ
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tʃ
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z
•
z
•
ʃ
•
ʃ
•
ʒ
7. We sat around listening to music.
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s tʃ
•
ʒ
8. We waited for hours and hours!
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aʊ
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st
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ɔ:
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tj
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ɜ:
•
ʃ
9. It was a lot of hard work, but it was
worth it.
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ʊ
•
ʌ
10. There were roughly 200 people there.
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aʊ
•
u:
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u:
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ɒ
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ɒf
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əʊ
•
əʊ
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ɜ:
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ʌf
•
ʌ
11. Davis was found not guilty on all
12. There's some sugar in the cupboard.
counts.
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ju:
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u:
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ɔ:
•
u:
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ə
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ə
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əʊ
•
ɪ
•
ʌ
13. an inauspicious start
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k
•
ʌ
14. an outrageous attack on his policies
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aʊs
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s
•
es
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z
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ɒs
•
ʃ
•
əs
•
ʒ
•
əʊs
15. Throughout the trial, he had shown no 16. He trailed in last after a disastrous
remorse.
race.
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aʊ
•
aʊs
•
u:
•
es
•
ɔ:
•
ɒs
•
əʊ
•
əs
•
ʌf
•
əʊs
17. Lucy turned on the television to watch 18. A colourful design was embroidered on
the evening news.
•
s
the sleeve of the shirt.
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aɪ
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tʃ
•
eɪ
•
z
•
i:
•
ʃ
•
ɜ:
•
ʒ
•
ɪ
19. The tide was lapping the harbour wall. 20. He sipped the concoction cautiously.
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e
•
u:
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ɔ:
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ɑ:
•
ə
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ɔ:
•
əʊ
•
əʊ
•
ɜ:
•
ʊə