A. Speak the following words aloud and notice the difference. Notice the a, e, i, o and u sounds. These are the vowel sounds of English.
- eat beat
- it bit
- bed beg
- bad bag
- car far
- ox box
- short fought
- put sugar
- boot shoe
- up cup
- learn girl
- about tailor
- play pain day race
- ice rice buy high
- oil boy toy coin
- out cow shout house
- boat over no go
- ear fear near real
- poor sure
- air care
B. Now read the following words aloud. Focus on the underlined sound of each word. These are the consonant sounds of English.
- pin
- bin
- tin
- din
- kin
- gun
- chin
- gin
- mine
- nine
- sing
- fine
- vine
- thin
- they
- sign
- zinc
- shine
- treasure
- hat
- light
- right
- yak
- wet