Short vowels
Which short vowel sound do you hear in the word cat?
/æ/
What is the vowel sound in sheep?
/i/
Which diphthong is found in my?
/aɪ/
Which word has the /æ/ sound?
A) cat
B) cut
C) cot
D) coat
A) cat
/kæt/
What word is it?
cat
Which word contains the /ɪ/ sound?
A) sheep
B) ship
C) shape
D) shop
B) ship
Which word contains the /u/ sound?
A) book
B) food
C) cup
D) bed
B) food
Which word contains /aʊ/?
A) boy
B) house
C) face
D) goat
B) house
Which two words have the same vowel sound?
sit – seat – hit – heat
sit + hit → /ɪ/
seat + heat → /i/
/ʃɪp/
What word is it?
ship
Identify the vowel sound in bed.
/ɛ/
What vowel sound do you hear in bird?
/ɝ/
What diphthong do you hear in boy?
/ɔɪ/
Which word does NOT belong?
food – moon – book – room
book
food, moon, room → /u/
book → /ʊ/
/fuːd/
What word is it?
food
Which word has the same vowel sound as cup?
A) food
B) put
C) luck
D) coat
C) luck
Both contain /ʌ/.
Which word contains the same vowel sound as car?
A) bed
B) park
C) cup
D) cat
B) park
Both contain /ɑr/
Which pair contains the same diphthong?
A) day – face
B) boy – house
C) time – coin
D) go – my
A) day – face
Both contain /eɪ/.
Put these words into two groups according to their vowel sound:
ship – sheep – leave – live – beat – bit
/ɪ/
ship – live – bit
/i/
sheep – leave – beat
/haʊs/
What word is it?
house
Which word contains a different vowel sound?
ship – sit – sheep – fill
sheep
Identify the vowel sound in each word:
beat – bit – bait – bet
Identify the diphthong in each word:
price – choice – mouth – home
Which word has a different vowel sound?
late – wait – rain – let
let
/ˈkriːtɪk/
What word is it?
critic