The short vowel sound /ɪ/ is a near-front vowel sound. The tip of the tongue is slightly further forward and slightly higher than the schwa sound.

 

Single syllable words: 

bit, tip, sit, rip, lip, tin, win, pin, fin, din, kin, sin, fit, hit, wit, mix, six, fix, pit, kit, big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, lid, kid, bid, did, hid, rid, slid, spit, knit, grit, twit, skit, clip, flip, drip, trip, whip, ship, slip, grip, chip, skip.

 

Two syllable words:

sister, picture, little, middle, listen, hidden, bitten, ticket, chicken, kitchen, ribbon, signal, dizzy, silly, pretty, sticky, simply, flimsy, busy, dizzy, silly, city, limit, finish, minute, visit, digit, river, mirror, winter, lizard, given, limit, finish, minute, visit, livid, dizzy, city, signal, liquid, biscuit, spirit, critic, timid, vivid, infant, instant, listen, biscuit, cricket, image, mimic, victory, filthy, fickle, gimmick, misfit.

 

Sentences:

  • This little piggy lived in a city.
  • My sister is busy fixing dinner.
  • I will listen to the rhythm of the music.
  • The winter wind is chilly and bitter.
  • The kitten bit the string and it snapped.
  • The ship will quickly fill with liquid.
  • The sticky syrup made the biscuit soggy.
  • I'm picking up the litter with a stick.
  • The chicken is finished cooking in the kitchen.
  • The cricket hit the wicket with a flick of its wrist.
  • This minute, I will finish my work.
  • The picture of the little kitten is pretty.
  • It's difficult to mimic the digital sound.
  • I'm sitting in the middle of the room.
  • Did you visit the city in the winter?
  • The critics were quick to criticize the script.
  • The image of the river was vivid and clear.
  • I have to finish my dinner within a minute.
  • The pigeon is sitting on a twig and is singing.

 

 

The /ɛ/ sound is a short vowel sound that can be heard in many one-syllable words such as 'red', 'met', 'set', and 'pen'. It is also present in many two-syllable words such as 'lemon', 'weapon', and 'yellow'.

 

Single syllable words: 

bed, men, pen, pet, set, met, red, wet, hen, ten, net, get, yes, yet, beg, den, fed, gem, jest, keg, peg, vet, web, zen, bet, fret, left, mess, nest, pest, rent, sledge, test, vest, well, yell, debt, desk, help, belt, bent, best, chest, crest, dress, elf, felt, help, melt, next, quest, rest, self, step, text, trust, weld, west, bless, breath, check, debt, deck, desk, fresh, guest, health, kept, nest, press, shelf, spend, sweep, thank, wealth, wet, wreck, bench, blend, crept, dead, dread, fend, grew, heft, hest, lend, neck, scent, skelp, smelt, tend, thresh, veld, wend, welt, wretch, begged, blest, cheque, cleft, depth, flesh, guested, jestful, length, melted, pelted, quested, selfish, swept, twelft

 

Two syllable words: 

rebel, lemon, seven, weapon, yellow, melon, seven, terror, feather, meadow, velvet, temper, refresh, heaven, element, escort, gesture, present, lesson, letter, descent, section, session, weather, entrance, pretend, defence, protest, resent

 

Sentences: 

The seven men dressed in red went to the market to get some fresh vegetables and eggs.

She left the well-fed pet cat in the shed and went to help her friend mend the fence.

The chef made a special dish with fresh lemon zest and velvet-textured sauce, which was an instant hit with the guests.

I spent the entire evening practising my spelling and improving my dexterity with a pen and a desk.

When he fell off his sledge, he hurt his leg and had to spend the rest of the day resting on a bench in the garden.

I bet the next ten cents I earn that I will be able to get a red vest for my pet hen.

Let's set the record straight: the best way to beat jet lag is to get plenty of rest and drink lots of water.

The trek through the dense forest was quite eventful, with many different species of birds and insects, and a fresh scent of pine in the air.

She begged him to help her mend the broken fence, but he was too busy with his new job at the telecommunications company.

The wealthy couple built a new summer home in the meadow and enjoyed a refreshing drink of lemonade on the veranda.

 

 

The /ɒ/ sound is a short vowel sound in the English language that is pronounced by rounding the lips. This sound can be heard in many one-syllable words such as 'hot', 'got', 'not', and 'mop'. It is also present in many two-syllable words such as 'lemon', 'weapon', and 'yellow'.

 

Single syllable words: 

hot, not, dot, lot, got, pot, shot, cot, rot, tot, knot, jot, slot, snot, blot, squat, trot, yacht, splotch, blotch, clod, flop, frog, jog, job, mob, nod, pod, rob, sod, sob, cod, bod, dog, log, hog, bog, fog, frog, jog, job, mob, nod, pod, rob, sod, sob, cod, bog, fog, log

 

Two syllable words: 

robin, cotton, bottom, rotten, soften, cobweb, stopper, trotter, monster, hostage, honest, problem, robber, column, bother, fossil, doctor, copper, dollar, offer, proper, often, coffee, common, foster, rotten, follow, hollow, swallow, borrow, sorrow, option, robber, foster, soften, often, fossil, profit, gossip, conquer, respond, comment, colleague, content, constant, concert, concept, combat, comic, console, convoy, goddess, gospel, gossip, hostile, jolly, longish, modest, nonsense, novel, oblige, option, ostrich, pollen, posture, problem, product, profit, prophet, robbers, rocket, squalor, solemn, solid, sombre, sopping, sovereign, sponsor, topic, toxic, trotting, watchman, watchmen, yonder

 

Sentences: 

The bottom of the bottle was rotten and the cotton ball was full of pollen.

I had to borrow a dollar from my father to buy some coffee.

The robber fled into the hollow of the forest and left behind his rotten cotton mask.

The doctor prescribed a pill to stop the problem in my stomach.

The novelist followed the slogan "honesty is the best policy" and wrote a novel about a robber who left his coffin in a hollow.

 

 

The /iː / sound is a long vowel sound in the English language that is pronounced by pushing the tongue forward. This sound can be heard in one-syllable words such as 'heat', 'meat', 'seat', and 'ski'. It is also present in many two-syllable words such as 'caffeine', 'believe', and 'perceive'.

 

Single syllable words: 

me, be, he, she, we, see, key, tea, fee, knee, plea, ski, flea, glee, free, spree, tree, three, sea, pea, heat, seat, meat, feat, beat, neat, cheat, treat, eat, feat, greet, street, sweet, sweep, tweet, fleet

 

Two syllable words: 

people, beetle, eagle, evil, equal, sequel, fetal, diesel, weasel, needle, wheeze, theme, elite, marine, serene, machine, caffeine, between, beneath, achieve, deceive, conceive, believe, receive, relieve, perceive

 

Sentences: 

  1. The teacher needed to see the student's completed thesis before the meeting.
  2. The thieves were caught stealing money from the wealthy elite's mansion.
  3. She was pleased to receive the keys to her new vehicle and drive away.
  4. The CEO believed that the new scheme would increase revenue for the company.
  5. The athlete received the medal for achieving first place in the race.
  6. The family went to the beach to enjoy the heat and the sea.
  7. The treatment relieved her of the severe pain she was feeling.
  8. The coffee connoisseur believed that the blend had too much caffeine.
  9. The theme of the novel was about the struggles of young people in the modern era.
  10. The eagle flew high above the trees in search of its prey.

 

 

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