Look at and listen to these pairs of words.

a. Peter and pepper. These start with the same consonant sound [p], but the following vowel sound is different: [pi:tə], [pepə].

b. Peter and pizza. These start with the same three sounds: [pi:tə] and [pi:tsə].

Now read the following pairs of words. How many identical sounds do they start with? Listen to the recording to check how they are pronounced.

 

Examples:

Peter/ pepper – 1 Peter/pizza – 3

1. Kate cake __ 9. Penny pizza __

2. Charles chocolate ___ 10. Margery margarine ___

3. Oliver olives ___ 11. Barbara bananas ___

4. Tom tomatoes ___ 12. Sam salmon ___

5. Susan sugar ___ 13. Colin cola ___

6. Salome salami ___ 14. Brenda bread ___

7. Pat pasta ___ 15. Jim gin ___

8. Patty pastry ___ 16. Raymond radishes ___

Ex. 4(from Test your pronunciation Unit 5, disc)

AIn each line, identify the word that has a different first consonant sound. Read them first, then listen to the recording to check.

 

BIn each line, identify the word that has a different final consonant sound. Then listen to the recording to check.

 

	picked	rubbed	fact	bought
	dragged	road	dropped	hide
	cough	safe	roof	of
	packs	ox	begs	pats
	lump	chasm	limb	name
		sock	music	arch	ache

 

 

Ex. 5 Put the following words into the correct column according to the pronunciation of”-ough”

[ɔ] (6 words)	[Λf] (3words)	[ɒf] (2 words)	[u:] (1 word)	[ə] (2 words)	[əʊ] (2 words)	[aʊ] (3 words)