Long vs short vowels

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More pronunciation!

Watch the clip on the next slide.

Feedback th-sound

tree - three

Thursday

feather - weather

thing

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Long and short vowel sounds

Watch the clip on the next slide.

The difference

Long - alphabet / short - sound differently

plan - plane

not - note

chick - cheek

Listen and write

Listen to the words on the next slides and choose or write down the word you hear.

Which one do you hear?

1. bit
2. bite

Which one do you hear?

1. tap
2. tape

Which one do you hear?

1. hug
2. huge

Write down the word you hear:

Write down the word you hear:

Write down the word you hear:

Write down the word you hear:

Write down the word you hear:

Write down the word you hear:

Long or short?

In the following exercise, choose if the word has a long or short vowel sound.

The word sit has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word sight has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word bake has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word made has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word hide has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word ten has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

The word same has a ___ vowel sound.

1. short
2. long

Now practise!

On the next slide, you will find a couple of sentences. Practise saying them out loud.

You will need them in class next time.

Text to practice:

The dog is licking me. The roof is leaking.

Look at that ship! Look at that sheep!

What chubby chicks! What chubby cheeks!

I need to fill my glass. I need to feel better.

I need a kip. I need to keep calm.

Don’t call me a twit. Don’t tweet about me.

I’m not going to be a bitch. I’m not going to the beach.

This shit is crazy! This sheet is too short.

Listen to check

If you want, you can check your pronunciation of the sentences here:

Just a little fun to end with

Have you ever heard of the game Mad Gab? 

Well, it's a fun game to practise pronunciation!

On the next slides, you will see a sentence that doesn't make sense unless you pronounce it correctly.

Try to figure them out! There's an example on the next page.

Example

What do you hear when you say:

Ape Hand Hub Hair

Listen if you cannot figure it out yourself:

answer

Ape Hand Hub Hair 

- a panda bear

What do you hear?
Pretty Shack Scent

What do you hear?
High Dance Eek

What do you hear?
Whole imp pig aims

What do you hear?
Sea yule hater

What did you learn this lesson?

The word back has a

1. long vowel sound
2. short vowel sound

The word peach has a

1. long vowel sound
2. short vowel sound

The word shine has a

1. long vowel sound
2. short vowel sound