Practice 7 to 14 - Vowels

7: /I/ and /i/


1. sheep, ship
2. sleep, slip
3. eat, it
4. feat, fit
5. seat, sit

8: /I/ and /i/


1. You need to proof-read your report carefully before you submit it. Please read it again.
2. Mr. Green was grinning from ear to ear when he knew that his six pretty little sisters living in the city were going to visit him.
3. Sit on this seat and see if these slippers fit your feet.


9: /e/ and /æ/


1. pen, pan
2. men, man
3. lend, land
4. send, sand
5. said, sad


10: /e/ and /æ/


1. Jack said that he was very sad because he had broken his radio set.
2. Send that man who landed on the sand a bag of sand.
3. The man who is cooking with a pan is not one of the men who have bought the pens.


11:


1. port, pot
2. sport, spot
3. short, shot
4. court, cot
5. cork, cock


12:


1. John has bought a lot of sausages because he has sausages as breakfast almost every morning.
2. Doctor Wong, who is pointing to the clock on the wall, is Uncle Tom's daughter.
3. George is drawing four saws, four swords, four walls and four doors on the board.


13:


1. Luke, look
2. food, foot
3. hoot, hood
4. fool, full
5. pool, pull


14:


1. Look! Luke is pulling a fool out of the pool in the wood.
2. June said to Sue, "You should bring along with you some food and wear proper shoes when visiting the zoo next Tuesday with Ruth."
3. Who took away the cookery book?