Six phonetics Listen and read [ei] name [neim] [ai] cake [keik] eye [ai] lake [leik] pl ace [pleis] cr y [krai] day [dei] bay [bei] wife [waif] w ine [wain] way [wei] pay [pei] die [dai] tie [tai] [iə] tear [tiə] dear [diə] th eater [θiətə] fear [fiə] near [niə] c are [keə] peer [piə] b eer [biə] wh ere [weə] [j] yard [ja:d] fl y [flai] [eə] ear [iə] you [ju:] dye[dai] air [eə] pear [peə] h air [heə] b ear [beə] p are [peə] there [ðeə] [ w] yogurt [jɔgət] why [wai] what [wɔt] yellow [jel əu] want [want] watch young [jʌŋ] water [wɔtə] warm [wɔtʃ] yes [jes] [wɔ:m] Practice: a) Read the following phonetics and try to spell the words: [feiməs] [tai] [steiʃ ən] [weik] [laik] [taim] [fiə] [ dʒiə] [hiə] [eəpɔrt] [eəlain] [eəplein] [jet] [jeə] [wain] [wind əu] [wiəd] [prais] [greip] [j əugə] [west] [heə] [jɔ k] [wi:l] b) Circle the word that has a different vowels or consonants from others make taste highway nightmare heard hear will New York very eight drive tear wear bear play yesterday work waste height dad weird where yourself water c) Please write the common vowels or consonants among the following words high light hate deer airline bright site Kate game age idea beard here stare hare glare youth yummy yeah your wood week win wet d) Please organize the words into sentences E.g is/ Lily/ a / Young Pioneer → Lily is a Young Pioneer 1) Uncle John/ middle-aged/ a / man/ is 2) a pair of/ wears/ Tony/ glasses 3) My parents/ TV/ at home/ watch/ I / and 4) please/ me/ wait for 5) How about/ yellow one/ the ? 6) you/ Can/ me/ how/ to make/ tell/ a cake ? 7) need/ You/ to/ wash/ hair/ your 8) Don’t/ class/ again/ be late for ! 9) Jim/ feel/ always/ tired/ after work 10) don’t / Why/ you/ take a bus? e) Try to make sentences by using the following words E.g rode/ wide → The Zhongshan Road is very wide care/ baby → I have to take care of the baby today 1) ride/ horse 2) fly/ kite 3) waste/ time 4) your/ name 5) sister/ young 6) where/ key 7) girl/ there 8) play/ game 9) come/here 10) drink/ beer