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WEEK 5
CONTENT:
SPEECH WORK: Vowel Contrast (/i:/ and /i/, /u/ and /u:/).
COMPREHENSION: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pg. 60)
SUMMARY: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pages 61-62)
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: Foreign elements in English usage- French, Latin and Greek words.
STRUCTURE: Verbs (Active and Passive Voice)
WRITING SKILLS: Letter writing- Semi-Formal Letter
ASPECT: SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: Vowel Contrast (/i: / and /i/, /u/ and /u:/).
The vowel sounds /i:/ and /i/ are vowel sounds. The sound /i:/ is a long, front, close, spread vowel sound while /i/ is a short, front, half close, spread.
Examples:
| /i:/ | /i/ |
| bean | bin |
| beat | bet |
| beam | bin |
| feed | fit |
| peak | pick |
| seed | kid |
| Reach | rich |
/u/ and /u:/: The vowel sounds /u/ and /u:/ are vowel sounds. The sound /u/ short, back, half- close rounded vowel while the sound /u:/is a long, back, close, rounded vowel sound.
Examples:
| /u/ | /u:/ |
| look | luke |
| full | fool |
| pull | pool |
| could | cooed |
| wood | wooed |
| should | shoe |
| Foot | fruit |
EVALUATION: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
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