Lesson 6. Bread and Jam.

/e/ and /æ/

Lesson 6; Part A

How to make the sound /e/
/e/ is a short sound.
Look at the diagram.
Listen and say the sound.
Open your mouth quite wide.
Target sound: /e/

Lesson 6; Part B

Sound and spelling
/e/ is usually spelled e, but sometimes ea, ie, a or ai.
Listen and repeat.

e
ea
ie
a
ai

check     leg     letter     red     sentence
bread     head     read (past tense)
friend
any     many
again     said

Listen and say these sentences.
1   Tell me again.
2   Send me a cheque.
3   Correct these sentences.
4   Twenty to twelve.
5   Help your friend.

Lesson 6; Part C

How to make the sound /æ/
/æ/ is a short sound.
Look at the diagram.
Listen and say the sound.
Open your mouth wide.
Target sound: /æ/

Lesson 6; Part D

Sound and spelling /æ/ is usually spelled a. Listen and repeat. back camera factory hat jam manager map plan traffic
Listen and say these sentences. 1 Thanks for the cash. 2 I ran to the bank. 3 Where's my black jacket? 4 That man works in a jam factory. 5 Let me carry your bags.

Exercises

1 Write the words.

Write these words.
Example: /mæр/ map

1 /hænd/	_______hand	5 /men/	_______men
2 /best/	_______best	6 /'meni/	_______many
3 /eg/	_______egg	7 /hæv/	_______have
4 /mæn/	_______man	8 /nekst/	_______next

Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

2 Seven of these numbers have e. Which are they?

Seven of these numbers have /e/.
Which are they?

3 7 8 10 11 12 13 17 18 20 70 80 100
seven _______10 _______11 _______12 _______17 _______20 _______70

Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

3 Match the phrases to make sentences.

Match the phrases to make sentences with an /ae/ and an /e/.

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1   The first plan    was the best   .
2   He said _______Thank you.
3   How many _______stamps do you need?
4   I haven't got _______any milk.
5   I'll be back _______again tomorrow.
6   My friends live _______in a flat over there.

Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

a any milk.
b again tomorrow.
с in a flat over there.
d stamps do you need?
~~e was the best.~~
f "Thank you."

4 Listen and circle the word you hear.

Listen and circle the word you hear.
Check with the Key.
1   men / man   Keyman
2   cat / cut Keycut
3   bad / hard    Keyhad
4   pepper / paper Keypaper
5   head / heard   Keyhead
6   set / sit    Keyset
7   better / butter   Keybutter

Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

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