Gold Becomes More Popular-IPA to Text Writing level 1

Refer to the phonetic chart and write the sentence based on the IPA symbols:

/ɡəʊld/ /ɪz/ /ˈveri/ /ˈspeʃᵊl/.
/ɡəʊld/ /kɒsts/ /ə/ /lɒt/.

/ˈmeni/ /ˈpiːpᵊl/ /baɪ/ /ɡəʊld/.
/ðeɪ/ /wɒnt/ /tuː/ /biː/ /seɪf/.  

/ɡəʊld/ /meɪks/ /ðem/ /seɪf/.
/ˈpiːpᵊl/ /trʌst/ /ɡəʊld/.

/sʌm/ /seɪ/ /ˈpraɪsɪz/ /fɔːl/.
/bʌt/ /naʊ/ /ɡəʊld/ /ɪz/ /kɪŋ/.
                  

Match each word on the left with its correct phonetic transcription on the right.

gold	/ˈspeʃᵊl/
very	/ɡəʊld/
special	/kɒsts/
cost	/ˈveri/

Select the word on the right that has the same stressed syllable sound as the word on the left.

many	eye
buy	table
want	cat
safe	hot

Select the word on the right that has a similar phonetic structure to the word on the left.

make	song
trust	bank
want	dress
king	mike

Write the number of syllables in each word .

• people: _____ syllables
• them: _____ syllables
• safe: _____ syllable
• gold: _____ syllable
• price: _____ syllables

Group these lesson words by their vowel sounds.

Word bank: fall, trust, want, safe, many

Long vowels:  

Short vowels:  

Diphthongs:  

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