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PRONUNCIATION: Pronouncing /ɪ/ and /i:/

Pronouncing /ɪ/ and /i:/

Look at the animals in the box below. How are the words pronounced? Listen and repeat.

Pronunciation

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

Exercise 1

The words in the image below are minimal pairs. This means that each pair of words has the same pronunciation except for 1 sound /ɪ/ or /i:/.

Pronunciation

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

Listen to 12 sentences including 1 of the words above. Type the word you hear in each sentence.

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

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Exercise 2

Listen to 10 words and choose /ɪ/ or /i:/.

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

  1. fish:
  2. dream:
  3. sea:
  4. drink:
  5. it:
  6. see:
  7. eat:
  8. week:
  9. weak:
  10. she:

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