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Teacher Truc's Class
 Hello and welcome
to my English Class!
 Lesson content

The The The

long short diphtho
vowels vowels ng /ai/
/i:/ /ɪ/
To pronounce the /i:/ sound, you
The long
need to open your mouth wide to sound /i:/
the sides. Your tongue is down and
flat, touching the sides of your
teeth.

Example:
pea /pi:/
beef /bi:f/
sheep /ʃi:p/
cheek /tʃi:k/
 The short
To pronounce the /ɪ/ sound, make your
mouth a bit less wide than the /i:/ sound /ɪ/
sound. Your tongue is a bit further back
in your mouth.

Example:
tip /tɪp/
ship /ʃɪp/
pig /pɪp/
big /bɪg/
To pronounce the /aɪ/ sound correctly, Diphthong
you need to pronounce two sound and
make a smooth connection between
/aɪ/
them. First practise the long sound /a:/,
then practise the short sound /ɪ/.

Example:
buy /baɪ/
bike /baɪk/
kite /kait/
height /hait/
Exercise: Say these words aloud and put them
into the correct column:

Steep, quite, hill, filed, like, knee, kind, people,

ice, little, stick, line, big, street, ride, rich, wheel,
bike, team.
 /i:/ /ɪ/ /aɪ/

sheep hill quite

filed little like
knee stick kind
people big ice
street rich line
wheel ride
team bike
Welcome to a fun
game
WORD OF
MOUTH
HOMEWORK
Find and write down 5
words with each sound
learned today.
Thank You!