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PRONUNCIATION COURSE

LESSON 4: VOWEL (PART 4)

SECTION 1:

- /ɪə/ and /eə/


FOCUS
SECTION 2:

- /əʊ/ and /aʊ/

SECTION 1: /ɪə/ and /eə/

How to make the sound /ɪə/

/ɪə/ is a long sound. It moves from /ɪ/ to


/ə/. Look at the diagram. Listen and say
the sound.

Sound and spelling

/ɪə/ is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.

Ea Real

Ear Ear beard clear hear nearly year

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 1


Eer Beer cheers

Ere Here we’re

Listen and say these sentences

1. We’re here!
2. Have a beer – cheers!
3. Is there a bank near hear?
4. The meaning isn’t very clear!

How to make the sound /eə/


/eə/ is a long sound. It moves from /e/
to /ə/. Look at the diagram. Listen and
say the sound.

/eə/ is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.


Are Care square

Air Air chair fair hair stair

Ear Wear

Ere Where

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 2


Aer Aeroplane

Listen and say these sentences


A: look at the aeroplane!
B: where?
A: Up there, in the area, of course!
Practice the sound /ɪə/ and /eə/
Exercise 1: Read this note and find four /iə/ words and four /eə/ words.

/iə/ 1. _Dear_ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______

/eə/ 1. _Mary_ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______

Listen and check your answers. Check with the key. Then listen and repeat. (A50)
Exercise 2:

Complete these sentences with /iə/ and


/eə/ words.

1. She’s got _fair__ h_____.


2. The ch_____ are under the
st______.
3. How many y_____ have you lived
h_______?
4. There’s a man with a b________

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 3


sitting in the s________.
5. Speak up! I can’t h______ you.
6. It’s a cl_______ day – you can see
for miles.

Listen and check your answers. Check with


the key. Then listen and repeat. (A51)

SECTION 2: /əʊ/ and /aʊ/


How to make the sound /əʊ/

/əʊ/ is a long sound. It moves from /ə/


to /ʊ/. Look at the diagram. Listen and
say the sound.

Sound and spelling


/əʊ/ is a spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.

O No cold post close drove home


phone

Ow Know low show slow

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 4


Oa Boat

Oe Toe

Listen and say these sentences.


1. I don’t know.
2. My toes are cold.
3. She phoned me in October.
4. They showed us their home.

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 5


How to make the sound /aʊ/

/aʊ/ is a long sound. It moves from /a/


to /ʊ/. Look at the diagram. Listen and
say the sound.

Sound and spelling

/aʊ/ is spelled ow or ou. Listen and repeat.

Ow How now vowel

Ou Loud mouth sound

Listen and say these phrases.

1. A thousand pounds.
2. Loud vowel sounds.
3. Round the house
4. Countdown – three, two, one, now!

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 6


Practice the sound /əʊ/ and /aʊ/

Exercise 1: underline the word with a different vowel sound.


Example:
Houses soup about mountains
1 Stone Gone Closed Coast

2 Brown Flower Snow Town

3 Old Over Lost No

4 Coach Boat Some Road

Listen and check your answers. Check with the key. Then listen and repeat. (A65)
Exercise 2:

Complete the text with some of the words from Exercise 1. All the missing words have //
or //.
It’s an ___old____ town____ on the _____________. The _______are built with
__________ ___________. You can get there by train, _________ or _____________.
In winter there’s a lot of ____________ and sometimes the _________ _________ the
___________ is __________.

Listen to check your answers. Check with the key. Then listen and repeat. (A66)

LESSON 4 – VOWEL (PART 4) 7

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