Unit 2: 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/
- seat: /siːt/
- team: /tiːm/
- field: /fiːld/
- piece: /piːs/
- these: /ðiːz/
- metre: /ˈmiː.tər/
- secret: /ˈsiː.krət/
- evening: /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/
- equal: /ˈiː.kwəl/
- Peter: /ˈpiː.tər/
- museum: /mjuːˈziː.əm/
- European: /ˌjʊə.rəˈpiː.ən/
- Chinese: /tʃaɪˈniːz/
- Japanese: /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/
- complete: /kəmˈpliːt/
- key: /kiː/
- ski: /skiː/
- kilo: /ˈkiː.ləʊ/
- litre: /ˈliː.tər/
- pizza: /ˈpiːt.sə/
- police: /pəˈliːs/
- machine: /məˈʃiːn/
- magazine: /ˌmæɡ.əˈziːn/
- people: /ˈpiː.pəl/
Listen and say these sentences.
- Can you see the sea?: /kæn juː siː ðə siː/
- A piece of pizza, please.: /ə piːs əv ˈpiːt.sə pliːz/
- Peter’s in the team.: /ˈpiː.təz ɪn ðə tiːm/
- A kilo of peaches and a litre of cream.: /ə ˈkiː.ləʊ əv ˈpiː.tʃɪz ənd ə ˈliː.tər əv kriːm/
- Please can you teach me to speak Portuguese?: /pliːz kæn juː tiːtʃ miː tə spiːk ˌpɔː.tʃəˈɡiːz/
C. How to make the sound /i/
/i/ 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: /i/
D. Sound and spelling
/i/ is usually spelled i. Listen and say these words.
- if: /ɪf/
- listen: /ˈlɪs.ən/
- miss: /mɪs/
- dinner: /ˈdɪn.ər/
- swim: /swɪm/
- busy: /ˈbɪz.i/
- business: /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
- building: /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
- system: /ˈsɪs.təm/
Listen and say these phrases and sentences.
- Fifty-six: /ˌfɪf.tiˈsɪks/
- Dinner in the kitchen: /ˈdɪn.ər ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃ.ən/
- A cinema ticket: /ə ˈsɪn.ə.mə ˈtɪk.ɪt/
- A picture of a building: /ə ˈpɪk.tʃər əv ə ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
- Big business: /bɪɡ ˈbɪz.nɪs/
