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Phonology Ordinario Study Sheet
You have to know the symbol for the underlined sound in each word:
read | iː |
sit | ɪ |
cat | æ |
part | ɑː |
not | ɒ |
sort | ɔː |
book | ʊ |too | uː |
America | ə / ɘ |
word | ɜː / ɘr |
men | e / Ɛ |
but | ʌ / ɘ |
church | tʃ |
judge | dƷ |
think | θ |
the | ð |
six | s |
zoo | z |
short | ʃ |
casual | Ʒ |
no| n |
sing | ŋ |
hello | h |
window | w |
yes | j |
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free | /i:/ |
sea | /i:/ |
piece | /i:/ |
me | /i:/ |
these | /i:/ |
city | /i:/ |
unique | /i:/ |
sit | / ɪ / |quit | / ɪ / |
gym | / ɪ / |
hot | ɒ |
want | ɒ |

Question: Write the missing word in the minimal pair: | Answer: |
/i:/ | / ɪ / | |
leave | | live |
feel | | fill |
least | |list |
he´s | | his |
sleep | | slip |
cheap | | chip |
beat | | bit |
/e/ (/Ɛ/) | /æ/ | |
men | | man |
said | | sad |
end | | and |
/æ/ | /ɒ/ | |
hat | | hot |
lack| | lock |
sack | | sock |
/ɒ/ | /ʌ /( /ɘ/) | |
shot | | shut |
fond | | fund |
got | | gut |

There will also be a few questions on the exam about the following information. Youwill NOT have the paragraphs to look at, but you will be expected to know the information. Read, understand, and study this information:

The Vowel Sounds

The English alphabet has five vowels, butit has about 15 main vowel sounds. For some learners this is one of the most difficult aspects of English to master. Spanish has fewer vowel sounds than English. Spanish speakers are likely to speakEnglish using only the same number of sounds that exist in their native language. Consequently, students who are learning English as a second language might pronounce ´´hill´´ and ´´heal´´ the sameway.

Because there is not always a direct relationship between how a word is spelled and how it is pronounced, you should become familiar with the phonetic symbols that represent the sounds that...