Spelling to sound 16 read

Worksheet 16 - Spelling-to-Sound
Read the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the
letter that is underlined.

1. New telephone orders have spiked in

2. The ship sustained only minor damage.

the last two years.
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aɪ

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ju:

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jʊ

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eɪ

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ə

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i:

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ɜ:

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ɜ:

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ɪ

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ʌ

3. There is no other job I would rather do. 4. We watched the waves crashing against
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æ

the rocks.

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ɑ:

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aɪ

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ɒ

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e

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ɔ:

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eɪ

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əʊ

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ə

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5. Fish and chips to take away, please.

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k

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ɪ

6. Despite her eighty years, Elsie was full of
vitality.
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aɪ

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tʃ

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eə

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ʃ

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eɪ

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ʤ

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i:

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ɪə

7. Forecasts of economic growth are being 8. a herd of cows with one bull
revised downwards.

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ɜ:

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ɔ:

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ʊ

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əʊ

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ʌ

9. Northampton Borough Council

10. He looked displeased but she ploughed

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aʊ

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ɒf

on regardless.

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ə

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aʊ

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əʊ

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ɒf

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ʌf

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ɔ:

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əʊ

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11. It's rude to stare.
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ju:

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ʌf

12. With stocks going up, investors can
breathe easily.
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s

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ɜ:

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t

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ʊ

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tj

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ʌ

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ð

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θ

13. One of the chief causes of crime today 14. Troops opened fire on the
is drugs.

demonstrators.

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k

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u

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ɔ:

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tʃ

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ə

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ʤ

15. The shop was boarded up.
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u:

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ʌ

16. An interim government was
established.
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aɪ

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ɔ:

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eɪ

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əʊ

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i:

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ʌ

17. Only the president can authorize a
nuclear attack.

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ɜ:

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ɪ

18. A baby communicates its needs by
crying.

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u:

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ju:

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ɑ:

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jʊ

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ɔ:

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jʊə

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əʊ

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u:

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ʊə

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ʌ


19. He put the car into first and roared

20. 'I'm not going to do it,' said Margaret

away.

decidedly.

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i:

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k

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u:

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s

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ɔ:

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z

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əʊ

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ʃ

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ʌ

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ʒ