Instituto de Enseñanza Superior Nº 9-010 “Rosario Vera Peñaloza”

Prof. de Inglés - Phonetics and Phonology I

Phonetics and Phonology I- Practice
Fronting Diphthongs
pipe mime rhyme
ice mine dies
eyes died tied
eye time five
isle size nine
island right rice
tie write rise
lime dye lie

coin joy join

joint point toys
voice boys void
loin Joyce rejoice
oyster employ choice
Lloyd poison employer

take vain pain

rain laid lays
pays paid arrange
say days they
late tale tail
eight name date
fame age famous
aid lane frame

Minimal Pairs
pie pay pile pale
buy bay bay boy
lie lay my may
dime dame cane coin
tie toy write rate
line lane line loin
die day like lake
mice mace light late
Mike make pays pies
mine mane tales tiles
rice race chase choice

1. The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains.

2. The plane to Maine will stay on its way.
3. There are two cities called Maine in the States.
4. James likes strange shapes.
5. Elaine will take the train.
6. They say it will rain in Naples.

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 7. The grey table didn’t have any label.
8. They always play on Wednesday.
9. They will break the table if they play in that way.
10. Jake blamed Jane for his delay.
11. In Wales they play strange games.
12. Tracy’s face is very pale.

1. Mike likes to drive wildly.

2. Lady Di died in 1997.
3. I like all those white lines.
4. I’ll fly for miles.
5. I don’t mind flying high in the sky.
6. My child tells lies all the time.
7. The five white mice were in the rice.
8. That tie didn’t have the right price.
9. The pie was made with ripe limes.
10. The bright light blinded my child.
11. Michael leads a refined life
12. Mike got a fine for driving fast.

1. The boy avoided oily food.

2. That boy’s voice wasn’t clear.
3. The boy joined the coin collection group.
4. The tenderloin was oily.
5. My boy likes his toys.
6. Lloyd’s Bank exchanges coins.
7. There’s no point in visiting the cloisters.
8. We didn’t have much of a choice with that foil you bought.
9. The naughty boy boiled the oil.
10. The boy avoided the poisoned oysters.

1. The boy was driving on the right lane.

2. We enjoyed a great stay in China.
3. My boy has nice grey eyes.
4. My plane ticket was void.
5. The nice child was full of joy.
6. They don’t mind my choice.
7. I’m climbing a great high mountain.
8. Diana joined the boys in the game.
9. Joyce paid a fortune for that white strange table.
10. They heard a loud noise outside.
11. James didn’t make the right choice that day.
12. Lloyd has a date with a lovely girl tonight.
13. The grates weren’t ripe.
14. The lake had an icy layer.
15. That boy has a white spot on his face.
16. My brother’s main aim in life is to climb the Everest.
17. My employer gave me lots of dimes.

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Instituto de Enseñanza Superior Nº 9-010 “Rosario Vera Peñaloza”
Prof. de Inglés - Phonetics and Phonology I
Phonetics and Phonology I- Practice
Centring Diphthongs
ear rear near beard
fear queer clear freer
dear deer sphere cheer
serious hear here dreary
mere peer weir we’re
tear theatre theory career
audience variable Canadian merely
mysterious India appear delirious
nuclear experience interior interfere
exterior series superior fearless
inferior cereal serial Julius

fee fear fur fear

bee beer her hear
knee near spur spear
tea tear
pea peer

Compare

peer hear gear cheer shear dear tear fear

pierce tierce fierce

peers tears fears

• Where have our bees gone?

beers
bees
• Can you see the peas over there?
piers
• I feared the crocodile a lot.
feed
• We saw men wearing strange beads around us.
beards

1. Not many people wear deerskin here.

2. She burst into tears at his weird appearance.
3. Here and there were queer features.
4. We’re near the end of the year.
5. A series of mysterious crimes, some serious, appear to have been committed
near here, I fear.
6. Clear that rubbish out of here and don’t put it anywhere near.
7. After her dreary ordeal she was tearful but soon became cheerful.

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 8. It’s clear that some will cheer and other will jeer when the peer speaks.
Thought his eyes are bleary and his voice is queer, he’s really a superior
person with much experience, gained through years of serious study, not
merely of theory.
9. He spoke the speech from King Lear in a clear voice, and the audience
cheered and cried “hear, hear!”

air, heir hair, hare careless scarcely

chair stair, stare despairing Aquarius
fair, fare care impair aquarium
square rare hardware software
share pair, pear, various compare
pare
blare scare beware repair
mare, mayor wear, where, ware aeroplane questionnaire
there, their, they’re tear

Minimal Pairs

rear rare bed bared

dear, deer dare dead dared
fear fair, fear fled flared
ear air, heir cherry chary
steer stair, stare ferry fairy, faery
here, hear hare, hair merry Mary
sheer share rally rarely
beer bear, bare Harry hairy
cheer chair par paired
peer, pier pair, pear, pare bad bared
tear (n) tear (v) dad dared
really rarely glad glared

• I don’t like her airy-fairy way of talking.

• I don’t care for the way she does her hair.
• Would you dare to go to the lair of that hairy bear?
• I can’t bear having my nails pared or my hairy cut.
• You should wear a pair of trousers that will put up with wear and tear.
• Mr Clare has a flare for rare antiques.
• The heir took care to put out a chair for his uncle, who scarcely thanked him.
• The agile hare avoided the snare, which didn’t tear even a hair off him.
• It’s not fair to stare at Claire on the stairs. Nor at the dress she wears, for she’s
shy and does care to be stared at.
• There, that’s the square where the fair will be held. It’ll be opened by the
Mayor, who is already carefully preparing to do his share. It’ll be a rare treat to
see him enter on a mare, wearing his chain of office. That’s more than you’d
dare to do. You’d be scared of riding on a mare to the fair.
poor dual manual obscure
sure steward furious mercurial

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tour fuel curious individual
doer moor casual residual
pure truer endure jury
fewer newer manure luxurious
cure jewel mature allure
fluency during
European influence
valuable usually

few fewer too tour

new newer pew pure
you you’re cue cure
do doer

• His two wrists were injured.

tourists
• There are few questions this time.
fewer
• The queues at the hospital were extraordinary.
cures

1. “We’re going touring in Scotland with some friends,” said Muriel.

2. The Moors stayed for hundreds of years in Spain.
3. You can’t afford that now that you’re poor.
4. The doctor wasn’t sure that he could cure the poor steward of his obscure
illness, but the attacks became fewer and fewer as time passed.
5. The tourists were out of the moor when the coach ran out of fuel, which
made them furious.
6. “This beer’s quite pure,” said the brewer, “but we must let it mature, or else
it’ll be a poor brew.”
7. The furious cooks fought a curious duel with skewers.
8. Casual manual labour isn’t injurious to the individual who can endure heavy
work.
9. Your roses need pure manure to make the mature.
10. The jury were sure the poor man was innocent of stealing the jewels.
11. The newer attractions are sure to lure the tourists.
12. The shop was fuller than usual, so I took her place in the queue, and this
lunatic of a woman pushed through – stood on her foot, too – and refused to
queue. Pure rudeness. But Mr Bull, Mr Hugh Bull, was absolutely superb. He took
one look at her and boomed: “Mrs Gourley, I assure you that the sooner you
join the queue the sooner thou will be served. Thank you”. That should cure her
of queue-jumping. But you can’t cure the incurable.

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Instituto de Enseñanza Superior Nº 9-010 “Rosario Vera Peñaloza”
Prof. de Inglés - Phonetics and Phonology I
Phonetics and Phonology I- Practice
Backing Diphthongs
Sound: Sound:
stout lounge no zone
cloud house pole moan
astound mouse home yoke
bounce trout load joke
pronounce ground phone flow
town south oh! code
foul outstanding boat dope
mouth flower float sorrow
drowsy now bowl fellow
owl tower postpone foam
outlet coward phoneme woke
brow fountain allophone note
found discount coast toast
ouch! towel toe own
cow couch loan stroke

Minimal Pairs
Sound: Sound: Sound: Sound:
now no goal girl
loud load pole pearl
found phoned both birth
town tone coast cursed
Owl Oh! float flirt
about a boat joke jerk
howl hole bone burn
bow bow woke work

Sound: Sound: Sound: Sound:

low law car cow
woke walk grass grouse
show shore bra brow
hole hall arch ouch
bowl ball tarn town
boat bought art out
flow floor
Joe jaw
bow bore
oh or
bone born
load Lord
yoke York
snow snore

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 1. Just outside the town, to the south, is Loudwater House.
2. When you’re in Rome you must remember to throw a coin over your shoulder
into the Trevi fountain.
3. Please, obey the NO smoking notices.
4. I don’t know where the post-office is.
5. Joe won’t stay home.
6. Joe’s house has brown windows.
7. The ground is frozen. It’s like the South Pole.

Mrs. Brown: (shouting loudly) I’ve found a mouse!

Mr. Brown: You’re shouting too loudly! Sit down and don’t shout!
Mrs Brown: (sitting down) I’ve found a mouse in the house!
Mr. Brown: A brown mouse?
Mrs. Brown: Yes, a little brown mouse. It’s running around in the lounge.
Mr. Brown: On the ground?
Mrs. Brown: Yes, it’s under the couch now.
Mr. Brown: Well, get it out.
Mrs. Brown: How?
Mr. Brown: Turn the couch upside-down. Get it out somehow. We don’t want a
mouse in the house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town!

Joan: Joe!
Joe: Oh! What is it, Joan?
Joan: Look out of the window. Look at the snow!
Joe: Snow? But it’s only October. I know there’s no snow-
Joan: Come over the window, Joe.
Joe, You’re joking, Joan. There’s no snow.
Joan, O.K. I’ll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it at your
nose, Joe Jones!