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Lesson 1. Phonetics. Bean and Bin. Read aloud --. Mr. Bean is sitting on the bin. Now, listen and find out the difference in pronunciation between the 2 underlined words --. Mr. Bean is sitting on the bin. Activity 1. Look up the phonetic symbols of bean and bin . .
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Lesson 1... Phonetics Bean and Bin
Read aloud -- Mr. Bean is sitting on the bin.
Now, listen and find out the difference in pronunciation between the 2 underlined words -- Mr. Bean is sitting on the bin. .
Activity 1 • Look up the phonetic symbols of beanand bin. What are they?
Answer bean = [bi:n] bin = [bIn] .
[i:] is a long vowel. It is pronounced like this -- i: i: I . Try it!
[I] is a short vowel. It is pronounced like this -- i: I I . Try it!
Speaking Practice • Practise the sound [i:] sheep . cheap
ship • Now, practise the sound [I] chip .
O.K., let’s put them together -- shi:p shIp chi:p chIp .
Speaking Practice • Practise the following pairs: [i:] [I] sheep ship cheap chip eel ill peel pill beater bitter deed did
Activity 2 • Look up the following words in the dictionary • Classify them into 2 groups cheap it feet team fit Tim chip eat
Answer • [I] [i:] fit feet • it eat • chip cheap Tim team • Do you have them all correct?
Listening Practice • Listen and choose the correct answer: seat [i:] sit [I] .
chick [I] cheek [i:] .
live [I] leave [i:] .
lid [I] lead [i:] .
slip [I] sleep [i:] .
Challenge!!! Read the following sentence CORRECTLY: Mr. [bi:n] is sitting on the [bIn]. .
Make sure you did not say this -- • Mr.BIn is sitting on the bi:n. .