Vowel Sound Lesson
/iː/ is a close front vowel sound found in words like BEE and LEAVE. But is it really a long vowel?
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SWEET /swiːt/, you’ve finished!
Recently we polled our Instagram followers on the difference between SHIP and SHEEP, these were the results:
We tested the words in milliseconds using a microphone – you can see the results here – “What is the difference between SHIIP and SHeeP?”.
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1. Match the words to the pictures:
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POLICE / FLEAS / FLEECE / PLEASE
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2. Which mouth position is /iː/?
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/iː/ is made with the jaw close and the tongue pushed to the front of the mouth.
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3. Which 3 words are pronounced with /iː/?
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4. Put the words in the order you hear them:
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5. Which word is NOT a homophone?
A homophone is a word that has two spellings, for example /biː/ is both BEE and BE, so it’s a homophone.
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6. What’s the main difference between the pronunciation of these words:
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You could say SHIIIIIIIIIIP really long and it doesn’t become an animal. The key difference is not length.
