Unit 2. Plane, Plan.

The vowel sounds /ei/ and /æ/
Unit 2; Part A
When you say the letters of the alphabet, A has the long vowel sound/ei/. You hear this sound in the word plane. But the letter A is alsopronounced as the short vowel sound /æ/, as in the word plan. | |||
Listen to the sound /ei/ on its own. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this long vowel sound. | Listen to the target sound /ei/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side. | ||
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Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound. play played plate grey grey great аim age eight | The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain | ||
Unit 2; Part B
Listen to the sound /æ/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this short vowel sound. | Listen to the target sound /æ/ in the words and compare it with the words on each side. | ||
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The fat cat sat on the man's black hat | |||
Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound. bank beg back can cash catch ham has hat ![]() In most accents, the following words have the vowel /æ/: ask dancecastle bath fast. But in South East England, speakers change the A soundin words such as these to /a:/. (For more about /a:/ see Unit 14.) | ![]() |
Unit 2; Part C
Spelling
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Exercises
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