ملخص الدرس / الثالثة متوسط/اللغة الإنجليزية/File 2/ u - u: - s - z - iz - ə and ɜ:
Pronunciation of the vowel sounds /u:/ and /Ʊ/
/u:/→ oud-school -room-afternoon -food-cartoon - boot - June - flute - rule - fruit-crew -interview - blue-true-shoe-flu-two
/Ʊ/→ look - woodwool cook - book - cookies - childhood - good- understood -foot-took-should-couscous - full - put-push
I listen and repeat each pair.
| /u:/ | /Ʊ/ |
| fool | full |
|
poo |
pull |
| food | foot |
| stool | stood |
| suit | soot |
the rule:
/u:/ can be spelled "ou" (as in "oud"), "oo" (as in "room"), "u" (as in "June"), "ui" (as in "fruit"), “ew" (as in "view"), "ue" (as in "blue"), "oe" (as in "shoe"), or "wo" (as in "two")
/Ʊ/ can be spelled "ou" (as in "should"), "oo" (as in "foot") or "u" (as in "put").
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES:
The spellings "oo" and "u" can be pronounced: /u:/or /Ʊ/.
COMPARE:
"food" /u:/ and "foot" /Ʊ/
"flute" /uz:/ and "put" /Ʊ/
Pronunciation of the vowel sounds /3:/ and /∂/:
I listen and repeat.
/3:/→ early-heard - learn-girl -birthday-bird-first-skirt-shirt - serve- person-world-work-turn-burn-hurt-prefer- refer
/∂/ about-again-alone - allowed - ago - potatoes - today-collar- semolina - second-picture-shower-blazer - pizza - camera
I listen and repeat each pair.
| /3:/ | /∂/ |
|
diverse |
divers |
|
chauffeuse |
chauffeur |
|
foreword |
forward |
|
dessert |
desert |
|
refer |
differ |
the rule
/3:/ can be spelled "ea" (as in "early), "" (as in "bird"), "e" (as in "person"), "o" (as in "work”) or "u" (as in "turn").
/3:/is frequent before silent "r" followed by a consonant.
/∂/ can be spelled "a" (as in "about”), "" (as in today"), "u" (as in "picture"), "e" (as in "blazer”) or "a" (as in "pizza").
/∂/ is considered the most frequent vowel in the English language
Pronunciation of the vowel sounds /æ/, /∧/ and /e/:
/æ/→ actually-and-scrabble - grandma-began- national - casual - hat cap - family - gather-hamburger - salad back-have-had- thank
/∧/→ uncle-us- mother - London-love-sometimes -come-mum-tub duck-fun-but-lucky plus - stuffed - jumper - young
le/→ every - elbow-then-project- very - chess-never-memory- beret leggings - vegetarian - breakfast bread - head - friend said
| /æ/ | /∧/ | /e/ |
| bat | but | bet |
| bad | bud | bed |
|
bag |
bug | beg |
| pan | pun | pen |
| track | truck | trek |
the rule:
/æ/ is usually spelled "a" (as in "hat").
/∧/ is usually spelled "u" (as in "mum") but it can also be spelled "o" (as in "love") or "ou" (as in "young").
/e/ is usually spelled "e" (as in "yes") but it can also be spelled "ca" (as in "bread"), "ie" (as in "friend") or “ai" (as in “said").
Compared to the first spellings, "ie" and "ai" are less frequent.