Worksheet 24 - Spelling-to-Sound
Read the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the
letter that is underlined.
1. authentic French food
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u:
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ɑ:
2. Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the
situation.
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aɪ
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ɔ:
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u
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əʊ
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u:
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ʊə
3. Maxine cancelled our arrangement to
meet.
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əʊ
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ʊ
4. drugs seizures
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s
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d
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tʃ
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ed
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z
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t
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ʃ
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əd
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ʒ
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ɪd
5. Word spread quickly and soon a crowd
6. the classification of wines according to
had gathered.
quality
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u:
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Ks
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ɒ
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k
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əʊ
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s
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ɜ:
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tʃ
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ʌ
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ʃ
7. a two-tier system of government
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`i
8. She is a dedicated socialist.
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s
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aɪ
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tʃ
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e
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z
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i:
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ʃ
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ɪə
•
ʒ
9. The kitchen still has many original
features.
10. It is certainly true that there are more
courses on offer.
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s
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aʊ
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tʃ
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ɔ:
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z
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ɜ:
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ʃ
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ʊ
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ʒ
11. Light flooded into the kitchen.
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u:
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ɔ:
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ʌ
12. The drug may have other undesirable
effects.
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aɪ
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ɔɪ
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e
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ʊ
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eɪ
•
ʌ
13. a malicious girl
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k
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ə
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ɪ
14. They welcomed us warmly.
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d
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s
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ed
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z
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t
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ʃ
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əd
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ʒ
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ɪd
15. clunky old shoes
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u:
16. They must have had a good reason to
do it.
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ɒ
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u:
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əʊ
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ɔ:
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ʊ
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ɔɪ
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ʌ
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ʊ
•
17. The fight led to his suspension from
18. Most burglaries happen at night.
school.
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s
ʌ
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ez
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s
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tʃ
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z
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z
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ɪs
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ʃ
•
ʒ
19. The company has a name for
reliability.
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ɪz
20. We continued our journey by rail.
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e
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aʊ
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i
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ɔ:
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ə
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ɜ:
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ɪ
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ʊ
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ɪə
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ʌ