Short Vowel Sounds


 

Act

After

As

Ask

At

Language

Pattern

Map

Practice

Always

Plant

Small

Large

Saw

Part

Watch

Draw

Start


 

Again

Center

Develop

End

Every

Example

Friend

Measure

Question

Animal

Bring

Busy

City

Figure

If

Children

Interest

Minute

  

Body

Brought

Common

Cross

Often

Off

Follow                                          


Body

Thought


Certain

Above

Appear

Common

Complete

Country

Earth

Develop

Done

Book

Could

Foot

Should

Understood

Took

Look

Put

Good

Difference in Small i and ee

I eat it.
The beat was a bit strong.
Give me a kiss for the keys.
The chick's cheek is soft.
He did the deed.
These shoes fit my feet.
The Martian's grin was green.
Put your heel on the hill.
Jill's jeep's here.
Let's creep near the crib.
He bumps his lip when he leaps.
She had a meal at the mill.
He can knit neatly.
Don't peel the pill.

Sentences with eh & ae sounds

Anna sat down after losing the first set.
The brave men manned the hostile border.
The camel went to the chemist and said he was sad.
Her head had hurt all night.
Then he asked if Kevin was taller than Keith.
Let's bet on Sachin's bat.
The fat boy went to the fete. 
He got a message from her in the massage parlour.
He's eating a red radish.
His dad is unfortunately dead. 
He went to bed with a bad cold.
He was merry 'coz he didn't marry.
When will the van start working?
She was happy to go out with her hen-pecked husband.
He lagged behind the others because of a led injury.

Sentences with schwa sound



Tim's neighbor keeps on disturbing him.
He wants to become either a doctor or an actor.
I went around the theater.
A while ago I ate a potato and a tomato.
Among them nobody was allowed to move about or else they would get arrested.
The governor succumbed to the frivolous demands of the labor union.
You go do a thorough study of the documentary.
Neither the magician nor the musician could make the sad princess happy.

Sentences with u: sound


The cool winds drew the blue birds inside.
Sue knew the truth.
Luke shooed Lucy at the school pool.
Ruth went to the booth to show her tooth.
Choose the blue dress for the new moon.

Sentences with u sound


He stood on the wood to look taller.
The wolf tried to pull the wool away from red riding hood.
If I could I would, but should I?
The bull ate the butcher's sugar.

Sentences with oi Sounds


Boiling the drinking water you can destroy the germs in it. 
The royal family loves to eat oysters.
I told the boy to apply some ointment.
He lost his job for shouting at his employer.

Sentences with aye Sounds


She went there to get her chair.
Where did you get your hair cut from?
Dare you be unfair to your partner.
Don't tear the stuffed bear.

Sentences with eu sounds


She bought a new dress from the market.
They distributed the sweets in the School.
The customers were standing in the queue.
The can used for taking the patients is called an ambulance.

Sentences with ea sounds


We should not interfere in other's work.
She was wearing lovely earrings in her ears.
We love our near and dear ones.
She had tears in her eyes when she got hurt.


Aw and Oh sounds



Last Sunday, I went to the mall with my family. There we visited a stall selling western clothes/ I liked a shawl with a bold print. I was about to buy when my mother saw a hole in it. I called the tall salesman and wrote a complaint on the form. Then we hopped into our car thanking our stars that we hadn't bought that shawl.

Title

O Henry discovered the genius, which slept, within his brain after he had met with great misfortune and was confined to a prison cell, in Columbus Ohio. Being forced through misfortune, to become acquainted with his "other self"  and to use his imagination he discovered himself to be a great  author instead of a miserable criminal and outcast.

Charles Dickens began by pasting labels on blacking posts. The tragedy of the first love penetrated the depths of his soul and converted him into one of the world's truly great authors. Hellen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her great misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Pronunciation of Short and Long Vowels

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Pronunciation of Short and Long Vowels

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