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UNIT 1: / i: / SEE and / I / IF
1. PRONUNCIATION
a. / i: / To make the sound / i: /, open your mouth very little. Spread your lips wide. Put
your tongue forward and up. / i: / is a long sound. Click this icon to see how / i: / is
made.
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b. / I / To make the sound / I /, first make the sound / i /. Now open your mouth a little
more. / I / is a short sound. Click this icon to see how / I / is made.
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2. SPELLING
a. / i: / All ee and most ea in the words: see, sea, sleep, read, eat, bean, Greek,...
Usually e in the open syllables and long sounds: these, be, she, he,...
Less common:
+ i: machine, police,...
+ ie: piece, field, belief, believe,..
+ ei: receive, perceive,...
+ ey: key,...
b. / I / Most i: if, him, this, hill,...
Many e in unstressed syllables: believe, begin, decide, English, women,...
Exception:
+ o: women
+ u: busy
+ a: village
3. PRACTICE
Task 1: Distinguish between / i: / and / I /
1.1. Listen and practice the difference.
1.2. Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.
Answer Key: 1.2
1.3. Listen to the sentences. For each one, write the words you hear.
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1. The beans/bins were quite cheap.
2. I’m going to leave/live with my brother.
3. Did you feel/fill it?
4. The peach/pitch was bad.
5. He beat/bit the dog.
6. The children were badly beaten/bitten.
Answer Key: 1.3
Task 2: Find the words and say the sounds in contrast
/ i: / / I / / i: / / I /
feet peel
sit eat
steal hill
feel sheep
gins bin
cheap hit
Answer Key: Task 2
Task 3: Say / i: / and / I /
Listen and practise this conversation between two doctors:
A: Have you been busy this evening?
B: Pretty busy. My first patient was Jim Beaton. He had twisted his knee. He slipped on
the banana skin in the street. I think he just needs to rest his knee. He’s very fit.
A: My first was Mrs Neale. She keeps being sick, and it’s just because she eats too much.
B: A lot of patients don’t really need treatment. They feel ill because they do silly things.
We can give some pills to treat some illnesses, but they need to keep fit and eat sensibly.
Task 4: Read the following words and classify them.
Which words contain / i:/ and which contain / I /?
India river sweet Swedish street fourteen knee
builder British teacher milk city chicken Christmas
finger Egypt Easter tea stream million minutes
return trip business shopkeeper season imagine symbol language
Key: Task 4
Task 5: Choose the ONE word in each group of four that is NOT pronounced with
/ i: /
Examples: keep lean fit piece
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Answer Key: Task 5
Task 6: Read each of the following sentences aloud.
In the brackets next to each boldface word, write the phonetic symbol / i: / or
/I / representing the vowel in that word.
Key: Task 6
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