Review of Vowel Sounds

Review of Vowel Sounds

By Profesor Masís

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this phoneme /ɛ/

• Epsilon

• Diagraph

• Caret

• Three Colored Sound

English Vowels

English typically has a syllable carrying the stress and reductions

English reductions which are /Ə/ --> important
/ɚ/ --> mother, feature

Multiple Choice

What is the sound for this word "Cast"?

• /ɛ/

• /ӕ/

• /Ʌ/

• /α/

The International Phonetic Alphabet is intended to make you acquire language faster if you learn the production of each phoneme.

The I.P.A

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this vowel sound /ɝ/

• Long

• Short

• Three Colored Sound

• Epsilon

Just the letter "o" produces more than 5 sounds.

English needs to be interpreted and understood upon the position of letters and combinations.

Pronunciation

We know already we only have "a," "e," "i," "o," and "u" ​
However, the way how they are pronounced is more than that amount.

Written System

English Vowels are Different

Multiple Choice

What is the pronunciation of the word "bee"?

• Short /I/

• Long /i/

All languages has its perks and exceptions

Let's see some of them

1. Words ending with "y" are pronounced with /i/ --> happy, ready, etc

2. The syncope guideline is applied towards words which look like if they had 3 syllables but are pronounced with 2 --> chocolate, catholic, memory

Multiple Choice

What is the pronunciation of "history"

• [hIs-tri]

• [hIs-tƏ-ri]

It is one of the English reductions meaning it only happens in unstressed syllables.

Ex. mother, brother, nature, feature

/ɚ/

It occurs in syllables carrying the stress

Irma, Urban, Curly, Urgent, early are examples and have the same vowel sound.

/ɝ/

The difference between /ɝ/ and /ɚ/

Multiple Choice

The Caret /Ʌ/ can be found with one of the following choices

• united

• uniform

• under

• urban

Draw

Draw the Three Colored Sound