Describe the Vowel
Name that diphthong
Sound it out
Give a word
Memorisation tactics
100
[i]
What is front, high, tense, unrounded?
100
Diphthong in boy
What is /ɔɪ/ ?
100
[ɪt]
what is it?
100
[o]
What is boat...?
100
Draw the central vowel column
What is
ə
ʌ
200
[o]
What is mid, back, rounded, tense?
200
Diphthong in hey
What is [eɪ] ?
200
[bet]
What is bait?
200
[ɑ]
What is bore, aught, art...?
200
Draw the low vowel row
What is
æ ɑ
300
[æ]
What is low, frontal, lax, unrounded?
300
Diphthong in how
What is [aʊ] ?
300
[klaʊn]
what is clown?
300
[ə]
What is about, of, because...?
300
Draw all front vowels from high to low
What is
i ɪ
e ɛ
æ
400
[ʊ]
What is high, back, lax, rounded?
400
Diphthong in hair
What is [eə ] ?
400
[skaɪ]
What is sky?
400
[oʊ]
What is know, go, rose...?
400
Draw the entire vowel chart
500
[ʌ]
What is mid, central, lax, unrounded?
500
Diphthong in jury
What is [ʊə]
500
[sfɪər]
What is sphere?
500
[ɪə]
What is peel, dear...?
500
Recite the sentence used to memorize the English vowels
Who would know aught of art, must learn, act, then take his ease.