Worksheet 16 - Spelling-to-Sound Read the following words and sentences and choose the correct pronunciation for the letter that is underlined New telephone orders have spiked in The ship sustained only minor damage the last two years • aɪ • ju: • jʊ • eɪ • ə • i: • ɜ: • ɜ: • ɪ • ʌ There is no other job I would rather We watched the waves crashing against • æ the rocks • ɑ: • aɪ • ɒ • e • ɔ: • eɪ • əʊ • ə • Fish and chips to take away, please • k • s ɪ Despite her eighty years, Elsie was full of vitality • aɪ • tʃ • eə • ʃ • eɪ • ʤ • i: • ɪə Forecasts of economic growth are being a herd of cows with one bull revised downwards • ju: • aʊ • u: • u: • ɜ: • ɔ: • ʊ • əʊ • ʌ • ʌ Northampton Borough Council 10 He looked displeased but she ploughed • aʊ • ɒf on regardless • ə • aʊ • əʊ • ɒf • ʌf • ɔ: • əʊ • 11 It's rude to stare • ju: • u: ʌf 12 With stocks going up, investors can breathe easily • s • ɜ: • t • ʊ • tj • ʌ • ð • θ 13 One of the chief causes of crime today 14 Troops opened fire on the is drugs demonstrators • k • u • s • ɔ: • tʃ • ə • ʃ • ɜ: • ʤ 15 The shop was boarded up • i: • u: • ʌ 16 An interim government was established • aɪ • ɔ: • eɪ • əʊ • i: • ʌ 17 Only the president can authorize a nuclear attack • ɜ: • ɪ 18 A baby communicates its needs by crying • u: • ju: • ɑ: • jʊ • ɔ: • jʊə • əʊ • u: • ʊə • ʌ 19 He put the car into first and roared 20 'I'm not going to it,' said Margaret away decidedly • i: • k • u: • s • ɔ: • z • əʊ • ʃ • ʌ • ʒ