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ENGLISH VOWELS

ENGLISH VOWELS. ENGLISH VOWEL Nº 1/ i : /. The front of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate. It is a FRONT vowel. The tongue is raised towards a close position, so it is a CLOSE vowel. The tongue is tense The lips are spread or neutral. REGULARLY SPELT:

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ENGLISH VOWELS

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  1. ENGLISHVOWELS

  2. ENGLISH VOWEL Nº 1/ i:/ The front of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate. It is a FRONT vowel. The tongue is raised towards a close position, so it is a CLOSE vowel. The tongue is tense The lips are spread or neutral.

  3. REGULARLY SPELT: ee: tree, cheese, canteen e: complete, be, these ea: leaf, reason, sea ie: piece, field, siege ey, ei: seize, key, receive i: machine, police, prestige, suite NOTE: people

  4. ENGLISH VOWEL Nº 2 /ɪ/ The front of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate. It is a FRONT vowel. The tongue height is near a half close position, so it is a half close vowel. The tongue is lax. The lips are spread.

  5. REGULARLY SPELT: i: fifth, rich, sit, with y: city, rhythm, symbol e: pretty, needed, wicked, except. careless ie: ladies, cities, countries a: village, private NOTE: build, Sunday

  6. ENGLISH VOWEL Nº 3 / e / The front of the tongue is raised so, it is a FRONT vowel. The tongue height is between half close and half open. The tongue is lax. The lips are slightly spread.

  7. REGULARLY SPELT: e: bed, wet, went ea: breath, dead, head a: many, Thames NOTE: says, said, bury, Geoffrey, Leicester, friend, ate, again.

  8. ENGLISH VOWEL Nº 4 /æ/ The front of the tongue is raised so, it is a FRONT vowel. The height of the tongue is between half open and open. The tongue is lax. The lips are spread.

  9. REGULARLY SPELT: a: hand, lamp, macho, marry, rash, sat ai: plaid, plait

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