T 10 /i: I eI e / (L1 - 4)

Topic 10      Transcription:  Exercises

Lesson 1

Transcribe the following words in phonetic symbols.

/ i: / for the letter clusters: (ea, ee, ei, eo, e)        

Exercise 1

 1.  eat              _____________      2.  beat          _______________   

 3.  feat             _____________      4.  heat          _______________

 5.  meat           _____________      6.  neat          ___/ ni:t /____________

 7.  seat             _____________      8.  teat          _______________

 9.  sea              __/ si: /___________    10.  leak          _______________

11. weak           _____________    12.  clean         ____/  kli:n /___________

Exercise 2

 1.  see              _____________     2.  leek           _______________

 3.  bee             _____________     4.  deep          _______________

 5.  fee              _____________     6.  feel            _______________

 7.  kneel           _/ ni: l /____________     8.  heel           _______________

 9.  knee            _____________   10.  need          _______________

11. feet             _____________   12.  eel             _____/ i: l/__________

Exercise 3

 1.  chief            _____________    2.  thief            _____/ θi:f/__________

 3.  grief            _____________    4.  field            _______________

 5.  team           _____________    6.  people        _____/ ˈpi: pl/__________

 7.  relief            _____________    8.  peel            _______________

 9.  seek            _____________  10.  flee             _______________

11. seal             _____________  12.  meet           _______________

13. steal            _____________  14.  steel            _______________

Exercise 4

 1.  she             _____________    2.  he              _______________

 3.  we              _____________    4.  free            _______________

 5.  peak            _____________    6.  tea             _______________

 7.  fleet            ____/ fli:t /_________    8.  read           _______________

 9.  sheep          ___/ ∫i:p /__________  10.  me              _______________

11. needle         _____________  12.  cheap          _______________

13. knead          _____________  14.  week           _______________

(The letter ‘e’ is not pronounced with the words ended in ‘e’.)

For examples:  ple---------/ pl /

                      dle-------- / dl /

But the double letters ‘e’, the letters ‘ee’ is pronounced as / i: /.      (37)               

Lesson 2           

Transcribe the following words in phonetic symbols.

/  I   /                for the letter ( i )

Exercise 5

 1. it                  _____________     2.  bit             _______________

 3. fit                 _____________     4.  lid              _______________

 5. sit                        _____________     6.  hit             _______________

 7. pit                ______/ pI t/_______     8.  lip              _______________

 9. rip                _____________    10.  mid           _______________

11. hip              _____________    12.  flip            ____/ flIp /___________

Exercise 6

 1.  ill                _____________    2.  give            _______________

 3.  clip              _____________    4.  hill              _______________

 5.  sill               _____________    6.  mill             ______/ mIl /_________

 7.  kill               _____________    8.  will             _______________

 9.  fill               _____________  10.  pill              _______________

11. tip               _____________  12.  gill              _______________

Exercise 7

 1.  tick              _____________    2.  in               _______________

 3.  fin               _____________    4.  bin             _______________

 5.  mint            _____/ mInt /________    6.  tin              _______________

 7.  win              _____________    8.  pin             _______________

 9.  sin              _____________  10.  hint             _______________

11. nip              _____________  12.  slip             _______________

13. hip              _____________  14.  slit              _____/ slIt /__________

Exercise 8

 1.  sip              _____________    2.  ship            _______________

 3.  rid               _____________    4.  stick           _______/ stIk /________

 5.  wit              _____________    6.  rill               _______________

 7.  still              _____________    8.  bill              _______________

 9.  skill             _____________  10.  spill             _______________

11. till                _____________  12.  swill            ______/ swI l /_________

13. sick             _____________  14.  pick            _______________

The letter cluster ‘ck’ is pronounced as / k /.  The letter ‘c’ in the letter cluster ‘ck’ is pronounced as / k / too.  Remember there is no overlapping of any phoneme.

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Lesson 3

Transcribe the following words in phonetic symbols.

/ eI / for the letter clusters:

( abe, able, ace, ade, afe, age, ail, ain, ake, ale, ame, ane, ape, aste, ate, ave, aze, ation, ay, ei)

Exercise 9

 1.  able             _____________    2.  cable          _____/ ˈkeIbl/_________

 3.  label            _____________    4.  table           ______________

 5.  lace             _____________    6.  place          ______________

 7.  race            _____________    8.  grace          ____/ greIs /__________

 9.  lade             _____________  10.  space          ______________

11. spade          _____________  12.  safe            ______________

13. rain             _____________  14.  train            ______________

Exercise 10

1.  age              _____________    2.  cage           _______________

3.  page            _____________    4.  rage           _______________

5.  cake             _____________    6.  fake            _______________

7.  shake           ____/ ∫eIk /_________    8.  take            _______________

9.  bale              _____________  10.  pale            _______________

11. sale             _____________  12.  tale             _______________

13. drain            /_dreIn /____________  14.  grain           _______________

Exercise 11

 1.  name           _____________    2.  same          _______________ 

 3.  tame           _____________    4.  lame           _______________

 5.  lane             _____________    6.  pane           _______________

 7.  wane           _____________    8.  ape             ____/ eIp /___________

 9.  shape          _____________  10.  grape          _______________

11. rate             _____________  12.  gate            _______________

13. sail              _/ seI l/____________  14.  pail             _______________

Exercise 12

1.  paste            _____________    2.  taste           _______________

3.  waste           _____________    4.  cave           _______________

5.  save             _____/ weIst /________    6.  wave          _______________

7.  way              _____________    8.  pay             _______________

9.  eight            _____________  10.  weight         _____/ weIt/__________

11. gaze            _____________  12.  graze          _______________

13. shade          _____________  14.  rail              _______________

15. nation          _____________  16.  station         ____/ ˈsteI∫n/___________

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Lesson 4

Transcribe the following words in phonetic symbols.

/ e / for the letters:  (e, ea)

Exercise 13

 1.  F                 ______________    2.  L               _______________

 3.  M                        ______________    4.  N              _______________

 5.  S                 ______________    6.  X              _______/ eks /________

 7.  hen             ______________    8.  fend          _______________

 9.  get              ______________  10.  lens           _____/lenz/__________

11. men             ______________  12.  pen           _______________

13. tension         ______________  14.  pension     ___/ ˈpen∫n/____________

Exercise 14

 1.  lend            ______________    2.  send         _______________

 3.  ten              ______________    4.  well           _______________

 5.  bell              ______________    6.  yell           ___/ jel /____________

 7.  twelve         ___/twelv/___________    8.  red           _______________

 9.  pet              ______________  10.  pest          _______________

 11. west           ______________  12.  wet           _______________

 13. bread          ______________  14.  health        _____/ helθ /__________

Exercise 15

 1.  heavy          ______________    2.  head         _______________

 3.  weapon       ______________    4.  wealth       _______________

 5.  thread         ______________    6.  spread      ____/ spred /___________

 7.  threat          ______________    8.  stead        _______________

 9.  instead                ______________  10.  read*        _______________

11. net              ______________  12.  nest          _______________

13. settle           _____/ ˈsetl/_________  14.  hell            _______________

15. jelly             ______________  16.  guess                _______________

Exercise 16

 1.  sell              ______________    2.  tell            _______________

 3.  set              ______________    4.  met           _______________

 5.  fell              ______________    6.  test           _______________

 7.  rest             ______________    8.  best          _______________

 9.  chest           ____/ ʧest /____  10.  desk          _______________

11. mess           ______________  12.  vet            _______________

13. vest             ______________  14.  zest           ______/ zest / _________

15. yes              ______________  16.  yet            _______________

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