WORDS with /i:/AS THEIR

STRESSED/PEAK SOUND.
(Practice this sound with different consonant combinations at
the beginning, middle and end of a word….)

θ theme thief ether teeth

ð the either breathe(v) teethe
apple
ʃ she sheep niche leash
ʒ seizure leisure prestige
tʃ cheese teacher each beach
dʒ jeans squeegee siege
p pea peak people cheap
b bee bean Bieber Adeeb
t tea team material beat
d deal leader bead
f feel leaf
v veal evil evening leave
k key beacon leak cheek
g geek glee eager league
s seek Easter feast piece/peace
z zebra geezer cheese please
m me meet lemur team
n knee neat scene/seen
ŋ seeing
j year
w we wheel weed tweak
h he heel/heal
r read/reed tear beer
l leave lead dealer eel
 WORDS with /ɪ/AS THEIR
STRESSED/PEAK SOUND.
(Practice this sound with different consonant combinations at
the beginning, middle and end of a word….)

θ thick thin myth

ð this wither with
ʃ shit tissue bishop fish
ʒ vision Nicki Minaj
tʃ chip chin picture which
dʒ gym fidget ridge
p piss pick ripple lip
b bin business ribbon rib
t till tick bitter hit
d dill distance middle did
f fill fish different tiff
v victim village given live
k kill kiss fickle sick
g give glitch figure big
s sit slip sister miss
z zip lizard business is
m miss Mickey simmer grim
n knit nip dinner sin
ŋ thing think England sing
j yiddish
w win will pillow
h hill hit
r rip river mirror pillar
l lip liver miller pill
 MINIMAL PAIRS
WORDS THAT LOOK IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR ONE CONSONANT / VOWEL
• I have added a J next to pairs that are risky and will give people
the wrong message!!

/i:/ vs /ɪ/
seat sit
beat bid
eat it
feet fit
sheep ship
feel fill
peace/piece piss J
sheet shit J
beach bitch J
team Tim
deed did
cheap chip
leave live J
seen/scene sin
wheel will
each itch
 SENTENCE PRACTICE
• These are sentences that need to be articulated and repeated clearly during daily practice.
Make sure you first secure the shape and sound of the vowel and do your best NOT to
release, repeating IDENTICALLY throughout the sentence.
• If the sentence includes 2 vowel sounds that are usually mistaken for one another, make
sure you turn on your awareness/focus when approaching each one and stay engaged in the
mouth area, articulating and exaggerating until your mouth is making that exact sound
naturally without the effort.
• It’s very IMPORTANT to record your progress and compare it to the recording made by the
native speaker’s voice.
• Make sure you are also engaged in the VISUAL of your mouth and that it’s making the
correct shapes based on what you learned through the IPA chart.

PHRASES USING THE /i:/…..

1. Cheese meals can please.
2. See no evil, hear no evil.
3. Feeling a breeze.
4. A seal is on the beach.

SENTENCES USING THE /i:/…..

1. Please believe that flees on beans can mean the meal isn’t clean.
2. Scenes of trees have meaning that keep me believing and dreaming.
3. Eat your peas at least twice a week and see how well you sleep.

PHRASES USING /ɪ /…...

1. He begins to think.
2. Sink or swim.
3. She’s living with guilt.

SENTENCES USING /ɪ /…...

1. In my opinion, physical activity is still important without skill.
2. Is it silly to begin dinner when Phil is still missing from his building.
3. English skills can kill a million typical interview mistakes.
SENTENCES USING A COMBINATION OF /i:/ AND /ɪ /…..
ɪ i: i: ɪ i: ɪ ɪ
1. Did you eat the beef sandwiches I keep saving for dinner?
ɪ i: ɪ ɪ i: ɪ i: i: i: i: ɪ
2. Tim believes his sister sees things he seems to be dreaming.
i: i: ɪ i: i: ɪ ɪ i: i:
3. We agreed that his team was cheating and missing the opportunity.
 MINIMAL PAIRS
WORDS THAT LOOK IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR ONE CONSONANT / VOWEL

/æ/ vs /ʌ/
bat but
cap cup
cat cut
match much
bad bud
began begun
drank drunk
fan fun
ran run
sang sung
back buck
bag bug
crash crush
hang hung
stand stunned
track truck
damp dump
blabber blubber
 SENTENCE PRACTICE
• These are sentences that need to be articulated and repeated clearly during daily practice.
Make sure you first secure the shape and sound of the vowel and do your best NOT to
release it….then repeat it IDENTICALLY where it exists throughout the sentence.
• If the sentence includes 2 vowel sounds that are usually mistaken for one another, make
sure you turn on your awareness/focus when approaching each one and stay engaged in the
mouth area, articulating and exaggerating as you switch back and forth between sounds,
until your mouth is making that exact sound naturally without the effort.
• It’s very IMPORTANT to record your progress and compare it to the recording made by the
native speaker’s voice.
• Make sure you are also engaged in the VISUAL of your mouth and that it’s making the
correct shapes based on what you learned through the IPA chart.
• In this practice exercise, don’t worry about the rhythm and stressed/reduced points. Just
focus on making the CLEAR SOUNDS that shouldn’t sound the same.

PHRASES USING THE / /….. æ

1. Half a bad sandwich
2. Relax in a black hat
3. Tapping apple sap
4. Clams, crackers and champagne.
SENTENCES USING THE / /….. æ
1. Many animals inhabit Africa, like camels, giraffes, parrots and bats.
2. Frankly he can’t plan his band chant until he’s happy.
3. They ban banter and rants to attract masses that feel attacked by fans.

ʌ
PHRASES USING / /…...
1. Another culture
2. A sunny summer day.
3. Rum punch at lunch
SENTENCES USING / /…... ʌ
1. My brother recovered nothing after the flood .
2. Monday comes much too early when crunch time is upon us.
3. Mushrooms and onions were baked in a bun that was put in the oven.
SENTENCES USING A COMBINATION OF / æ/ AND /ʌ/…..
ʌ æ ʌ æ ʌ æ æ
1. Mothers put apples in their sons’ sandwiches with mustard and ham.
ʌ ʌ ʌæ ʌ æ æ ʌ
2. You must come up after the monk gathers his master’s money.
ʌ æ ʌ ʌ æ ʌ ʌ
3. Months of practice with my tongue muscles can grant you much success.
STRESS PATTERNS

3 SYLLABLE WORDS

3 syllable words with the same stress pattern as ‘CANADA’

HOSPITAL HAMBURGER SATURDAY RELEVANT OPPOSITE

CINEMA NOBODY YESTERDAY CURIOUS ACTUALLY
DESTINY ORGANIZE WONDERFUL POLITICS GOVERNMENT
CONFIDENT DECORATE COMPLIMENT TOLERATE MEDICAL
Practice these words in the following sentences WITHOUT LOSING
THEIR PATTERN:-

1. On SATURDAY I went to the CINEMA and then had a HAMBURGER.

2. I’m CURIOUS about his POLITICS.

3. Are you CONFIDENT about your GOVERNMENT.

4. I can’t TOLERATE when you COMPLIMENT me.

5. That HOSPITAL should ORGANIZE their MEDICAL staff.

6. NOBODY knows that it’s ACTUALLY RELEVANT.

7. Can you DECORATE the OPPOSITE wall.

8. YESTERDAY, I had a WONDERFUL brush with DESTINY.

STRESS PATTERNS

3 SYLLABLE WORDS

3 syllable words with the same stress pattern as ‘PORTUGUESE’

ENGINEER PORTUGUESE UNDERSTAND VOLUNTEER

HALLOWEEN AFTERNOON KANGEROO IMMATURE LEMONADE
INTRODUCE EVERYDAY JAPANESE REFEREE DISAGREE
RECOMMEND CIGERETTE FIFTY-ONE(51) GUARANTEE

Practice these words in the following sentences WITHOUT LOSING

THEIR PATTERN:-

1. The ENGI NEER had a CIGERETTE.

2. He was a KANGEROO for HALLOWEEN.

3. I GUARANTEE that you’ll UNDERSTAND.

4. The REFEREE for the JAPANESE team gave a warning.

5. I DISA GREE that I should INTRODUCE myself to the IMMATURE student.
6. I have to VOLUNTEER this AFTERNOON but not EVERYDAY.

7. The number of PORTU GUESE students was FIFTY-ONE.

8. I RECOMMEND you drink their LEMONADE.
STRESS PATTERNS

4 SYLLABLE WORDS

4 syllable words with the same stress pattern as ‘INTELLIGENT’

INTELLIGENT SIGNIFICANT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIVE

UNFORTUNATE SOUTH AFRICA ADRENALINE RELATIONSHIP
BELIEVABLE COMMUNITY APPRECIATE RESPONSIBLE

Practice these words in the following sentences WITHOUT LOSING

THEIR PATTERN:-

1. He made an IN TELLIGENT decision.

2. There was a SIGNIFICANT change in attitude.

3. The art of PHOTOGRAPHY is becoming more mainstream.

4. My friend is very COMPETITIVE when she plays sports.

5. It’s UNFORTUNATE that you have to be so rude.

6. Johannesburg is in SOUTH AFRICA.

7. I get an ADRENALINE rush when I go skydiving.

8. Do you have a good RELATIONSHIP with your mom?

BONUS CHALLENGE: Can you find one more word used in the sentences
that has the same pattern?
STRESS PATTERNS

4 SYLLABLE WORDS

4 syllable words with the same stress pattern as ‘INTONATION’

CELEBRATION COMPETITION DISAPPEARANCE AVOCADO

EUROPEAN REALISTIC INDEPENDENT CAPPUCINO

Practice these words in the following sentences WITHOUT LOSING

THEIR PATTERN:-

1. There was a big CELE BRATION after the graduation.

2. The COMPE TITION was really challenging.
3. The DISAPPEARANCE of the celebrity was a great mystery.

4. I love eating grilled chicken and AVOCADO sandwiches.

5. She loved a EUROPEAN man she’d met at a party.

6. It’s not REALISTIC to think that way.

7. She became INDEPENDENT at a very early age.

8. I like to have a CAPPUCINO after work.

STRESS PATTERNS
(let’s use 1 syllable words to start)

2 WORD SENTENCES

1. I’M HAPPY.
2. BUT WHY?
3. A SCHOOL.

2 WORD SENTENCES

1. TELL ME.
2. TAKE IT.
3. WERE YOU?

3 WORD SENTENCES

4. SHE SAW US.

5. I THINK SO.
6. YOU’VE MET THEM.

3 WORD SENTENCES

4. IS SHE HERE?
5. I CAN SWIM.
6. I DON’T KNOW!!
 3 WORD SENTENCES

1. BLACK AND WHITE.

2. YES, OF COURSE.
3. WHAT’S THE TIME?
4. THANKS A LOT

4 WORD SENTENCES

1. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

2. GIVE ME A CALL.
3. WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

4 WORD SENTENCES

1. THE BUS IS LATE.

2. IT’S TIME TO GO.
3. IT’S COLD AND WET!

4 WORD SENTENCES

1. DON’T YOU LIKE IT?

2. PLEASED TO MEET YOU.
3. COME AND SEE US.
 4 WORD SENTENCES

1. I CAN SEE YOU.

2. DO YOU KNOW HIM?
3. SO YOU WANT TO?