Six phonetics
1. Listen and read
[ei]
name [neim]
[ai]
cake [keik]
eye [ai]
lake [leik]
pl ace [pleis]
cr y [krai]
day [dei]
bay [bei]
wife [waif]
w ine [wain]
way [wei]
pay [pei]
die [dai]
tie [tai]
[iə]
tear [tiə]
dear [diə]
th eater [θiətə]
fear [fiə]
near [niə]
c are [keə]
peer [piə]
b eer [biə]
wh ere [weə]
[j]
yard [ja:d]
fl y [flai]
[eə]
ear [iə]
you [ju:]
dye[dai]
air [eə]
pear [peə]
h air [heə]
b ear [beə]
p are [peə]
there [ðeə]
[ w]
yogurt [jɔgət]
why [wai]
what [wɔt]
yellow [jel əu]
want [want]
watch
young [jʌŋ]
water [wɔtə]
warm
[wɔtʃ]
yes [jes]
[wɔ:m]
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Practice:
a) Read the following phonetics and try to spell the words:
[feiməs]
[tai]
[steiʃ ən]
[weik]
[laik]
[taim]
[fiə]
[ dʒiə]
[hiə]
[eəpɔrt]
[eəlain]
[eəplein]
[jet]
[jeə]
[wain]
[wind əu]
[wiəd]
[prais]
[greip]
[j əugə]
[west]
[heə]
[jɔ k]
[wi:l]
b) Circle the word that has a different vowels or consonants
from others.
make
taste
highway
nightmare
heard
hear
will
New York
very
eight
drive
tear
wear
bear
play
yesterday
work
waste
height
dad
weird
where
yourself
water
c) Please write the common vowels or consonants among the
following words.
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high
light
hate
deer
airline
bright
site
Kate
game
age
idea
beard
here
stare
hare
glare
youth
yummy
yeah
your
wood
week
win
wet
d) Please organize the words into sentences.
E.g. is/ Lily/ a / Young Pioneer → Lily is a Young Pioneer.
1) Uncle John/ middle-aged/ a / man/ is
2) a pair of/ wears/ Tony/ glasses
3) My parents/ TV/ at home/ watch/ I / and
4) please/ me/ wait for
5) How about/ yellow one/ the ?
6) you/ Can/ me/ how/ to make/ tell/ a cake ?
7) need/ You/ to/ wash/ hair/ your
8) Don’t/ class/ again/ be late for !
9) Jim/ feel/ always/ tired/ after work
10) don’t / Why/ you/ take a bus?
e) Try to make sentences by using the following words.
E.g. rode/ wide → The Zhongshan Road is very wide.
care/ baby → I have to take care of the baby today.
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1) ride/ horse
2) fly/ kite
3) waste/ time
4) your/ name
5) sister/ young
6) where/ key
7) girl/ there
8) play/ game
9) come/here
10) drink/ beer
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