Objective :
The understanding of pronunciation of long vowel and short vowel is checked. Your ability to differentiate one vowel sound from another one or one vowel sound from another diphthong may also be tested.
In the Exam,
(a) Model 1: Three words may be given with short vowel sound and one word with long vowel sound. [OR three words with long vowel and one with short vowel.]
(b) Model 2: Three words with same vowel sound and one with different vowel sound may be given.
(c) Model : 3 Three words with same diphthong sound and one with different diphthong sound may be given. Or Three words with diphthong sound and one with ordinary vowel sound may be given.
(d) Model: 4 The purpose is correcting the mistakes done by students while pronouncing the past tense,especially the one with "ted" and "ked" endings.
Hint: Students should pronounce each word and find the difference in sound. The one with a different sound is the Odd Word, the answer.
Example :
Model 1: ( difference between long vowel sound and short vowel sound)
1. Look, book, pool, wool
Odd Word: pool
( First two words and the last word are having short vowel sound but the third word is with long vowel sound. So third word is the answer.)
2. Seed, fees, meet, fit
Answer: fit
( Fit is with short vowel sound but other words, with a long vowel sound)
Exercises for you:
1. Bid, kiss, lease, miss
2. But, further, shut, father
3. Push, soon, moon, fool
Model 2
Here the difference between one vowel and another vowel sound is tested.( not long and short sound)
Example
1. Cut, put, shut, but
Answer (odd word) : put
( second word has /^/ sound and other words have /u/ sound.)
2. Man, ran, cot, fan
Answer : cot ( cot has /ɒ/ sound whereas other words have /æ/ sound.
Exercises for you:
1. Sin, run, win, spin
2. Will, till, mill, full
3. Red, get, sat, wet
Model 3 (difference between one diphthong and another diphthong or vowel)
1. pain, gain, main, bear
Answer: bear
(the first three have the diphthong /ei/ but the last one is with the diphthong /iə/
2. tie, lie, pet, sky
Answer: pet
(the first, second and last are made of the diphthong /ai/ but the third one is with the vowel sound/e/.
3.Fight, sight, right, cheat
Answer : cheat
( First three words are diphthongs but the last one with the long vowel /i:/ )
Model 4
The purpose is correcting the mistakes done by students while pronouncing the past tense,especially the one with "ted" and "ked" endings.
1. The end of looked is to be pronounced as /t/. ( verb ending with k letter is the key)
2. The end of wanted is to be pronounced as /id/. ( verb ending with "t" is the hint.)
Example:
1. Booked, looked, packed, planted
Odd Word: planted
Exercises for you:
1. Killed, closed, compared, walked
2. Wanted, feared, wondered,confused
3. Practised, followed, played, kicked.
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