180 Creating Vowels 248 FLEECE /iː/ vowel vs KIT /ɪ/ vowel 47 Consonants Explore how you create vowel sounds.
You may not make a difference between sheep (FLEECE) and ship (KIT). Notice that the KIT vowel is similar to the Polish “y” sound: Polish dym (=”smoke”) sounds like English dim /dɪm/.
It is important to watch the second video on this worksheet and continue onto the next few pages. You can watch the first video if you want to know more about consonants.
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Vowel Length before Consonants Further Practice
Understand the rule on this worksheet and practise. In Polish, words that end in voiced consonants become voiceless. For example: notice how the /g/ sound in Polish bóg (=”god”) sounds more like a /k/ sound, whereas it is more like /g/ in bogini (=”goddess”). This does not happen in English.
Lesson 12 The /ɛ/ & /a/ Sounds
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Lesson 13 The TH Sounds
Lesson 14 The /a/, /ʌ/, & /ɑː/ Sounds
Lesson 15 The /ŋ/ Sound
TT L G 253 DRESS /ɛ/ vowel vs TRAP /a/ vowel
You may not make a difference between set (DRESS) and sat (TRAP). You probably pronounce both with the DRESS vowel.
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BT 93 The TH Sounds /θ/ and /ð/
TRAP /a/ vowel vs STRUT /ʌ/ vowel TRAP /a/ vowel vs START /ɑː/ vowel START /ɑː/ vowel vs STRUT /ʌ/ vowel
The /ŋ/ Sound Ensure you can pronounce these sounds in English. You may not make a distinction between cat (TRAP), cut (STRUT), and cart (START).
You may add a /g/ or /k/ to this sound. Notice that /ŋ/ exists in Polish, but only before a /k/ or /g/ sound like in the Polish word instynkt (=”instinct”).
