An open syllable is a syllable which ends in a vowel, for example: sto-ne. According to the 1st type of reading the English vowels are pronounced in the same way as they are pronounced in the alphabet. Letter e at the end of words is a silent letter, it means it is not pronounced. Letter y at the end of words is pronounced [ i ] as in lady.
a [ eI ]lake o [ əʊ ]hope itime
[ aI ]
e [ i: ]be u [ ju: ]tube ystyle
Exercise 1.Practice reading the words.
a [ eI ] fame, make, slave, grape, made, fate, rate, fake, cave, flame, basin, baby;
e [ i : ] me, we, be, bee, see, cede, eve, fee, tree, Pete, delete, complete;
o [ əʊ] go, nose, rose, scone, drove, probe, stone, pose, broke, bone, alone, close;
u [ ju:] tube, cube, cute, tulip, due, tune, reduce, fume, mute, music, student, pupil;
i [ aI ] time, lime, slide, smile, kite, pride, dine, drive, lie, die, divine, dice, wine, vine, site;
y [aI ] my, by, bye, dye, rye, try, sly, fly, dry, cry, rely, deny, style, type, reply.
Exercise 2.Read and transcribe the words. Do not forget to put the stress mark if a word has two or more syllables.
Blame, pose, pride, Pete, flame, stone, cry, mute, delete, style, lace, basin, fee, dry, trace, broke, cede, lice, sly, cute, male, bone, like, stroke, gave, music, reply, prime, bane, cone, slide, fume, vine, grave, eve, probe, pupil, life, try.
Exercise 3.Write the words.
[ saId ], [ pəʊz ], [ geIt ], [ raIz ], [ rəʊp ], [ praIm ], [ nəʊ ], [ ‘beIbi ], [ tri: ], [ fi’meIl ], [ maIl ], [ drəʊv ], [ tju:n ], [ straIk ], [ nəʊt ], [ raIp ], [ krəʊn ], [ waIn].
Exercise 4.Read the words and underline those with indicated sounds.
[ aI ] time, mate, be, rise, fly, make, pick, kite, fee, brick, sex, tax, bride, neat.
[ eI ] mile, made, by, model, fame, tune, cave, file, hate, basin, pane, mail, coin.
[ i: ] dine, bee, gate, see, Pete, style, stroke, flow, me, tame, given, copy.