The Sound of Words

THE SOUND OF WORDS

First observe the pairs of words in the grid below. They are similar but have different vowel length and different meaning. Do you know all of them? Check their meaning in a dictionary.

Next, work in pairs and practise reading the words aloud to your partner. Then, listen to check if your pronunciation is correct.

1. bed – bad

2. slip – sleep

3. set – sat

4. fill – feel

5. hip – heap

6. Tim – team

7. hit – heat

8. sportsmen – sportsman

9. fit – feet

10. sick – seek

11. said – sad

12. lend – land

13. be – bee

14. bitch – beach

15. hit - heat

16. send – sand

17. fit – feet

18. begs – bags

Finally, listen to Pete describing his day. While listening, look at the words in the grid above and click the ones Pete mentions. You will hear one word from each pair.

A	B
beach - bitch slip - sleep land - lend fill - feel send - sand	set - sat sick -seek sad - said be - bee bed - bad

THE SOUND OF WORDS

Choose the right transcriptions of words in the sentences below.