Practice. I. Vowels. Say these words and look at the spelling. What do you notice? a. bed head any b. head tea hear (Un.1) 2.The vowels -ou- (Un. 9) The vowel -ou- can be pronounced in many different ways. 1 a. Look at this list of words. Put them into the correct colum. encourage flour thought pound our enough bought couple trouble double fought would voucher country out you should round could house your through / / / / /u:/ /^ / /au/ 2 b. Listen, check and repeat. Key: / / / / /u:/ /^ / /au/ thoug ht woul d you encoura ge flour boug ht shoul d throu gh enough pound fough t coul d couple our your trouble vouch er doublr out country round house 3 3. The / / sound (Un. 12) Many words in English contain the / / sound. A syllable with this sound is always unstressed. a. Look at this list of words. Circle the syllables with the / / sound. Not all of the words contain the sound. satellite explosion volcano dinosaur camera survive rubbish collapse unfortunately million spanner extinct atmosphere evacurate accident suddenly yesterday disappear 4 astronomer probably Key: satellite explosion volcano dinosaur camera survive rubbish collapse unfortunately million spanner extinct atmosphere evacurate accident suddenly yesterday disappear astronomer probably 4. The vowel -u- (Un. 13) We usually pronounce the vowel -u- with one of three sounds. a. Look at the table and listen to the example. 5 /^/ /u / /ju:/ much put computer b. Write these words in the correct colum. bus full museum sun study during cut under music push up pull brush huge bush university use tune just bull pub 5.The vowels -a- (Un. 6) 1. The vowels ways can be pronounced in several ways. 6 Look at the list of words. Write them in the correct colums. castle again bald small lake rapid ancient way aren't calm water start station saw today man park natural hand final assistant came fat walk / / /a:/ /ei / / : / / / map car radio all signal 7 II. Consonants (Un. 1) a. Most of the phonetic symbols for consonants are the same as the letters. big red b. But some consonant sounds have special symbols. shoe measure chair just thing with song yes c. Say these words. this reach she think sing year pleasure bridge why 8 b.Listen and check. III Revision (Un. 14) In some of these groups, one of the words does not have the same vowel sound as the other two words in the group. Circle the words that have a different vowel sound. 1 thumb come home 2 brave same day 3 done son one 4 put book door 5 push rush pull 6 climb sign time 7 warm saw car 8 can't want what 9 walk tall shall 9 10 so do to 11 cheap feel hit 12 bought pound out 10