Example of Excercises

Identify and underline the diphthongs in the following sentences, then read the sentences.
1.   He sold a whole gross of combs in Rome.
  • /hi/ /soʊld/ /ə/ /həʊl/ /ɡroʊs/ /ɑːv/ /koʊm/ /ɪn/ /roʊm/
2.   Penny wise, pound foolish.
  • /ˈpen.i/ /waɪz/ /paʊnd/ /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
3.   Count the vowel sounds in this noun.
  •  /kaʊnt/ /ðə/ /vaʊəl/ /saʊnds/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /naʊn/
4.   The poor steward endures the cruel treatment of his furious pilot.
  •  /ðə/ /pʊər/ /ˈstuː.ɚd/ /ɪnˈdjʊər/ /ðə/ /krʊəl/ /ˈtriːt.mənt/ /ɑːv/ /hɪz/ /ˈfjʊə.ri.əs/ /ˈpaɪ.lət/
5.   The annoyed oyster disturbed by the noise from the closed its flowery shell.
  •  /ðiː/ /əˈnɔɪd/ /ˈɔɪ.stər/ /dɪˈstɜːbd/ /baɪ/ /ðə/ /nɔɪz/ /frəm/ /ðə/ /kləʊzd/ /ɪts/ /ˈflaʊ.ə.ri/ /ʃel/
Find the word with different vowel sound and bold it.
1.   soap        hope        sold          soup
2.   both        cloth        clothes       road
3.   case        lake         care       name 
4.   rain        said      care            train

 Read the dialogue. Find the sound /aɪ/.   Count it and write the number at the end of the line.
A : Why did Jim hit Bill?                                                        /aɪ/ = 1
B : Well, Jim's a guy who likes fight.                                       /aɪ/ = 3
A : But Bill's twice his size.                                                    /aɪ/ = 2
B : Yeah, that's why Jim got a black eye and thick lip.            /aɪ/ = 2
A : And Bill's got a big smile.                                                /aɪ/ = 1
B : That's right.                                                                     /aɪ/ = 1

 Put one of the letters y, u, or w in each gap to make a word.  The word must contain the sound
/ɔɪ/ or /aʊ/ .  Write /ɔɪ/ or /aʊ/ after each word, like the example.

To_n
Town  /aʊ/
Bo_s
Boys   /ɔɪ/
No_se
Noise  /ɔɪ/
Fo_nd
Found  /aʊ/
Po_nt
Point  /ɔɪ/
Ho_
How  /aʊ/
Bo_l
Boil  /ɔɪ/
Ho_r
Hour  /aʊ/
Flo_er
Flower /aʊ/
Enjo_
Enjoy  /ɔɪ/
 


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