Exercise 2. Identification.

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The exercises in this Tape Unit practise the six short vowels introduced in Chapter 2. When pronouncing them, you should take care to give the vowels the correct length and the correct quality.

Unit 2. English short vowels.

Level 2

Phonetics. Test

Level 0 and 1

Phonetics.

Short steel stretch tyre rope laugh caugh caught try tear dust fear hey key be flee project

Reject stairs exactly brunch bunch garage sophisticated clear cute rule mute nude truck

fabulous prohibit prohibition recognize definitely post- office attitude master addiction

edition republic trade commercial purpose proposal persistant proceed belong touching

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame your fearful symmetry?

Thoughtful master prolonging tap TED trap neck step thick sleep crack track

Fast track lost trip day time great deal tears of my dear

Please, stay! Hurry up! Wrong moment train it! Put a tick

Trustworthy person of the twentieth century

Strange days we have a reason to love you separate into two parts

Trendy tidy teddy bear tricky life lamb and tee lemon tee

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame your fearful symmetry?

Exercise1. Repetition.

[I]

bit [bIt] bid [bId] him [hIm] miss [mIs]

[e]

bet [bet] bed [bed] hen [hen] mess [mes]

[æ]

bat [bæt] bad [bæd] ham [hæm] mass [mæs]

[/\]

cut [k/\t] bud [b/\d] bun [b/\n] bus [b/\s]

[o]

pot [pot] cod [kod] Tom [tom] loss [los]

[u]

put [put] wood [wud] pull [pul] push [pu∫]

Write the symbol for the vowel you hear in each word. (1... 10) Check your answers.