Worksheet: Lesson I.B, Vowels

Part I:

This works like your first assignment (which, if you haven't yet completed that one, please do it too :-) : For each of the vowels listed below, list three words in which that sound can be heard. (This may differ between dialects, so not everyone may agree on answers...that's ok.)

Example: /a/ father, starve, cot_

1. /i/
2. /I/
3. /e/
4. /E/
5. /&/
6. /@/
7. /V/
8. /u/
9. /U/
10. /o/
11. /O/
12. /a/

If you forget what these symbols stand for, see the table in the lesson.

Part 2:

This combines the vowel symbols and the consonants. (Consult the table of consonant symbols here if you need them.) Within the /slashes/ is the phonetic transcription of an English word, using the symbols we have learned. Figure out what that word is - sound it out, and type it in!

Example: /sIk@mOr skajwOk@r/ Sycamore Skywalker
Example: /brajt/ bright
Example: /izi/ easy

1. /teb@l/ _________
2. /mOrnin/ _
3. /fjuC@r/ _
4. /rajt/ _ (multiple answers possible! give at least one)
5. /siN/ _
6. /sajfajvajn/ _
7. /leNgwIJ/ _
8. /fojl/ _
9. /fawl/ _
10. /vajl/ _
11. /klawd sIdi/ _
12. /kIks/ _
13. /Int@rnEt/ _
14. /Vp/ _
15. /b&nd/ _
16. /luk/ _
17. /lUk/ _
18. /Tro/ _
19. /kat/ _
20. /kOt/ _ (19 and 20 are a tricky minimal pair...if you don't recognize the difference, that's ok, we'll go over it later...)
21. /bOd@l/ _
22. /priC/ _
23. /rajz/ _
24. /hElo/ _
25. /helo/ _
26. /r&D@r/ _
27. /redar/ _
28. /&Z@r/ _
29. /frES/ _
30. /jVN/ _
31. /hu/ _
32. /@we/ _________

Bonus points: Translate your SFV alias into phonetic transcription! Example: Sycamore Skywalker = /sIk@mOr skajwOk@r/

Okay, pencils down, let's see what you came up with!

Note that one problem with this is going to be that the capital "I" used for the high front lax unrounded vowel in "sit" is going to look just like the lowercase "l" used for the consonant in "look". Hopefully you will be able to tell them apart by context...

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Worksheet: Lesson I.B, Vowels

Part I:

Example: /a/ __father, starve, cot___

1. /i/ ________________ 2. /I/ ________________ 3. /e/ ________________ 4. /E/ ________________ 5. /&/ ________________ 6. /@/ ________________ 7. /V/ ________________ 8. /u/ ________________ 9. /U/ ________________ 10. /o/ ________________ 11. /O/ ________________ 12. /a/ ________________

Part 2:

Example: /sIk@mOr skajwOk@r/ __Sycamore Skywalker__ Example: /brajt/ __bright__ Example: /izi/ __easy__

Example: /a/ father, starve, cot_

1. /i/
2. /I/
3. /e/
4. /E/
5. /&/
6. /@/
7. /V/
8. /u/
9. /U/
10. /o/
11. /O/
12. /a/

Example: /sIk@mOr skajwOk@r/ Sycamore Skywalker
Example: /brajt/ bright
Example: /izi/ easy