Chapter 11. Tense and Lax Vowels
In this chapter, we tackle tense and lax vowels. This is the difference between [ā], tense, and [ε], lax, [ē], tense, and [i], lax. We will start with tense vowels.
Exercise 11-1; Tense Vowels CD 4 Track 38 录音下载
Don't pay attention to spelling or meaning. Just remember, if you are in the column, they all have the same ah sound. Repeat.
o i ā ē ū ōū
1. at out ought I'd ate eat ooze own
2. bat about bought bite bait beat boot boat
3. cat couch caught kite cane keys cool coat
4. chat chowder chalk child chair cheer choose chose
5. dad doubt dot dial date deed do don't
6. fat found fought fight fate feet food phone
7. fallow fountain fall file fail feel fool foal
8. gas gown got kite gate gear ghoul go
9. hat how hot height hate heat hoot hope
10. Hal howl hall heil hail heel who'll hole
11. Jack jowl jock giant jail jeep jewel Joel
12. crab crowd crawl crime crate creep cruel crow
13. last loud lost line late Lee Lou low
14. mat mountain mop might mate mean moon moan
15. gnat now not night Nate neat noon note
16. pal pound Paul pile pail peel pool pole
17. rat round rot right rate real rule role
18. sat sound soft sight sale seal Sue soul
19. shall shower shawl shine shade she shoe show
20. slap slouch slop slide slade sleep slew slow
21. stag stout stop style stale steal stool stole
22. strap Stroud straw stride straight stream strew stroll
23. tap town top type tape team tool told
24. that thou thar thine they these though
25. thang thousand thought thigh thane thief throw
26. van vow volume viper vain veal voodoo vote
27. wax Wow! wash wipe wane wheel woo woe
28. yank Yow! yawn yikes Yale year you yo
29. zap Zowie! zombie xylophone zany zebra zoo Zoe
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