Pizza for dinner /iː/ and /ɪ/
A. How to make the sound /iː/
/iː/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then say the sound. Make your mouth wide, like a smile. Your tongue touches the sides of your teeth. Target sound: /iː/
B. Sound and spelling
/iː/ is usually spelled ee or ea. Listen and say these words:
- see /siː/
- agree /əˈɡriː/
- eat /iːt/
- sea /siː/
- team /tiːm/
Listen and say these other words with /iː/:
- field /fiːld/
- piece /piːs/
- these /ðiːz/
- metre /ˈmiːtə(r)/
- secret /ˈsiːkrət/
- evening /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
- equal /ˈiːkwəl/
- Peter /ˈpiːtə(r)/
- museum /mjuˈziːəm/
- European /ˌjʊərəˈpiːən/
- Chinese /ˌtʃaɪˈniːz/
- Japanese /ˌdʒæpəˈniːz/
- complete /kəmˈpliːt/
- ski /kiː/
- kilo /ˈkiːləʊ/
- tire /ˈliːtə(r)/
- pizza /ˈpiːtsə/
- police /pəˈliːs/
- machine /məˈʃiːn/
- magazine /ˌmæɡəˈziːn/
- people /ˈpiːpl/
Now listen and say these sentences:
- Can you see the sea? /kæn juː siː ðə siː/
- A piece of pizza, please. /ə piːs əv ˈpiːtsə pliːz/
- Peter’s in the team. /ˈpiːtəz ɪn ðə tiːm/
- A kilo of peaches and a litre of cream. /ə ˈkiːləʊ əv ˈpiːtʃɪz ənd ə ˈliːtər əv kriːm/
- Please can you teach me to speak Portuguese? /pliːz kən juː tiːtʃ miː tə spiːk ˌpɔːtʃʊˈɡiːz/
C. How to make the sound /ɪ/
/ɪ/ is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then say the sound. Make your mouth a bit less wide than for /iː/. Your tongue is a bit further back in your mouth than for /iː/. Target sound: /ɪ/
D. Sound and spelling
/ɪ/ is usually spelled i. Listen and say these words:
- list /lɪst/
- listen /ˈlɪsn/
- miss /mɪs/
- dinner /ˈdɪnər/
- swim /swɪm/
Listen and say these other words with /ɪ/:
- busy /ˈbɪzi/
- business /ˈbɪznəs/
- building /ˈbɪldɪŋ/
- system /ˈsɪstəm/
Now listen and say these phrases:
- fifty-six /ˌfɪfti ˈsɪks/
- dinner in the kitchen /ˈdɪnər ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃɪn/
- a cinema ticket /ə ˈsɪnəmə ˈtɪkɪt/
- a picture of a building /ə ˈpɪktʃər əv ə ˈbɪldɪŋ/
- big business /bɪɡ ˈbɪznəs/
Note: Eight letters of the alphabet have the sound /iː/. Listen and repeat: B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V.
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