Listening to the Difference
Play the sounds below. The
phonemes /iy/
(a long, stressed vowel)
and /I/
(a short, relaxed vowel)
are compared.
Heating the chicken
Hitting the chicken
Where's your sheep?
Where's your ship?
She beat him.
She bit him.
The phoneme /æ/ is a low, front vowel that is
produced with unrounded lips. In contrast,
the phoneme /a/ is a low, central
vowel that is also produced with unrounded lips.
Listen to the differences below.
Look inside his packet.
Look inside his pocket.
Check-Up: Match each audio clip to the correct image.
Feast/Fist
Right
Wrong
Meat/Mitt
Wrong
Right
Peel/Pill
Right
Wrong
Ship/Sheep
Right
Wrong
Veil/Whale
Right
Wrong
Feast/Fist
Wrong
Right
Heating/Hitting
Wrong
Right
Leaving/Living
Wrong
Right
Packet/Pocket
Right
Wrong
