II. Drill Exercises: Vowel Phonemes

II. Drill Exercises: Vowel Phonemes

[i:]		1.	i: i: Extremes meet.
		2.	si:ɪŋ ɪz bɪ`li:vɪŋ Seeing is believing.
		3.	Please leave me in peace.
		4.	A friend in need is a friend indeed.
		5.	I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
		6.	i: ɪ ɪ Cheap ship trip.
[ɪ]		7.	Little Bill, sit still! Will you sit still, Little Bill? If you sit still, Little Bill, Jimmy Nill will bring you to a big hill!
		8.	It's a pity that this little pretty Kitty lives in this big and windy city.
[e]	9.		Rex wrecks wet rocks.
	10.		e e e e e Get ten eggs ready for breakfast.
	11.		Better late than never.
[æ]	12.		A fat cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.
	13.		æ æ æ æ ðə æ That’s the man who sat on my hat in that tram.
	14.		Where are you going to, my little cat? I’m going to town to buy a hat. What! A hat for a cat? A cat in a hat? Whoever saw a cat in a hat?
[a:]	15.		Six sharp smart sharks.
	16.		He laughs best who laughs last.
	17.		a: a: ʌ a: Barbara! Margaret! Come into the garden! a: a: a: a: Martha and Charles are dancing in the dark! a: a: a: a: Arthur and Margery are parking their cars!
[ʌ]	18.		Don't trouble the trouble until trouble troubles you.
	19.		Dozen of young come in front under much thunder.
	20.		When the work's done, come out in the sun and have some fun.
	21.		The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
	22.		e ʌ a: ʌ Well begun is half done.
[ɔ]	23.		She made a proper cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot.
[ɔ:]	24.		ɔ: w əz ɔ: ɔ: George was born in August.
	25.		I saw more than forty horses.
	26.		Her naughty daughter Maud is at fault.
	27.		Of all the saws I ever saw, I never saw a saw as that saw saws.
[Ʊ]	28.		Ʊ Ʊ Ʊ Ʊ Ʊ Ʊ The cook took a good look at the cookery book.
[u:]	29.		ju: u: u: u: u: u: If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
	30.		Ʊ u: Ʊ Ʊ ə u: u: Ʊ Look at Luke pulling a poor fool out of the pool in the wood.
[ə:]	31.		The girl with a curl a pearl in her ear.
	32.		ɪ ə: ə: æ ə: It's the early bird that catches the worm.
	33.		A light purse is a heavy curse.
	34.		First come, first served.
	35.		There was a little girl, And she had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very very good. But when she was bad, she was horrid.
[ə]	36.		Great barkers are no biters.
	37.		We never know the value of water till the well is dry.
	38.		The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.