Speech Work: Aural Discrimination of Vowels – Basic 6 English Lesson Note (First Term)

Sound Practice: /ɑː/ and /ɒ/

Long vowel /ɑː/ sound (like in “far”):

• lark, part, barn, car, hard, smart

Short vowel /ɒ/ sound (like in “got”):

• lock, pot, hot, got, stop, clock

Sound Practice: /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/

Diphthong /aɪ/ sound (like in “my”):

• try, fly, cry, dry, sky, buy

Diphthong /ɔɪ/ sound (like in “boy”):

• joy, toy, Roy, oil, coin, voice

Exercise A – Sound Recognition

Listen and circle the correct word:

1. lark / lock
2. part / pot
3. try / toy
4. barn / born
5. cry / Roy
6. hard / hoard

Pair Practice: Take turns reading these word pairs to your partner:

• car – cot
• park – pork
• dry – Roy
• night – point