Unit 3 Exercise 1

Short and long vowels. Listen and repeat each word:

1. thin live rich pit
2. queen leave peat dream
3. rib wish will mist
4. teach feast eve eat

Unit 3 Exercise 2
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. bin been
2. rid read
3. ill eel
4. Rich reach
5. pit peat
6. six seeks
7. live leave
8. lip leap
9. wick week
10. is ease

Unit 3 Exercise 3
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully
1. mean /min/
2. spit /spt/
3. sleeves /slivz/
4. linked /lkt/
5. stripped /strpt/
6. meal /mil/
7. sleeps /slips/
8. yeast /jist/
9. risk /rsk/
10. plinth /pln/

Unit 3 Exercise 4
Identification. Identify the vowel sound in each of the following words
1. fin 2. seed 3. neat 4. shrimp
6. hit 7. fish 8. bead 9. real

Unit 3 Exercise 5
Short and long vowels. Listen and repeat each word:
1. bet send fresh elves
2. a the was were
3. hers learn bird were
4.burner absurd enter ascend

Unit 3 Exercise 6
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. end and
2. ate at
3. head had
4. then than
5. for fur
6. were were
7. an earn
8. had heard
9. turn ten
10. worst west

Unit 3 Exercise 7
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. first /fst/
2. occur /k/
3. mesure /me/
4. girl /l/
5. spread /spred/
6.cursor /ks/
7. feather /fe/
8. church /tt/
9. further /f/
10. better /bet/




Unit 3 Exercise 8
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. curtain 2. bend 3. shirt 4. nervous
6. assert 7. ascend 8. world 9. object

Unit 3 Exercise 9
Short and long vowels. Listen and repeat each word:
1. bat bad rack rag
2. cart yard grass dance
3. hut bud much love
4. stuck plan plant

Unit 3 Exercise 10
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. stack stark
2. cat cart
3. bark buck
4. heart hut
5. much match
6. luck lack
7. pat part
8. mast must
9. mud mad
10. but bat

Unit 3 Exercise 11
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. carved /kvd/
2. scratch /skrt/
3. barge /bd/
4. hunt /hnt/
5. class /kls/
6.won /wn/
7. harm /hm/
8. blood /bld/
9. lass /ls/
10. sad /sd/

Unit 3 Exercise 12
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. none 2. thatch 3. wrapped 4. halve
6. scarred 7. bust 8. plans 9. last



Unit 3 Exercise 13
Short and long vowels. Listen and repeat each word:
1. ox frost clock cough
2. hawk raw horse ought
3. hot spot moth shot
4. score talk forced north

Unit 3 Exercise 14
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. spot sport
2. moss morse
3. rod roared
4. con corn
5. wok walk
6. cot court
7. what wart
8. pod poured
9. wand warned
10. cod cord

Unit 3 Exercise 15
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. born /bn/
2. warm /wm/
3. shore //
4. mob /mb/
5. straw str/
6. sold /sld/
7. sworn /swn/
8. clawed /kld/
9. shots /ts/
10. block /blk/

Unit 3 Exercise 16
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. cork 2. pond 3. lock 4. course
6. wasp 7. force 8. scored 9. sauce

Unit 3 Exercise 17
Short and long vowels. Listen and repeat each word:
1. put Bush book full
2. root Room lute rude
3. wool Push took pulled
4.lose Food true loose
Unit 3 Exercise 18
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. could cooed
2. hood whod
3. would wooed
4. look luke
5. soot suit
6. full fool
7. pull pool

Unit 3 Exercise 19
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. route /rut/
2. cooks /kks/
3. flute /flut/
4. bull /bl/
5. should /d/
6. soup /sup/
7. rude /rud/
8. pulpit /plpt/
9. canoe /knu/
10. tool /tul/

Unit 3 Exercise 20
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. food 2. book 3. moon 4. pulpit
6. pudding 7. blew 8. woman 9. butcher

Unit 3 Exercise 21
Centering diphthongs. Listen and repeat each word:
1. ear Sneer here beard
2. air Fair flare hares
3. sure Tour poor gourd
4.rural Share clear aware

Unit 3 Exercise 22
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. Ware wier
2. snare sneer
3. hair hear
4. share sure
5. tear tour
6. pear poor
7. stairs steers
8. fair fear
9. chaired cheered
10. spare spear

Unit 3 Exercise 23
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. glare /le/
2. beer /b/
3. care /ke/
4. steer /st/
5. pour /p/
6. clear /kl/
7. tear /t/
8. tea /te/
9. Touring /tr/
10. were /w/

Unit 3 Exercise 24
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. pier 2. gear 3. blare 4. gourd
6. cheer 7. scare 8. moor 9. dare

Unit 3 Exercise 25
Closing diphthongs. Listen and repeat each word:
1. stain clay quaint
2. pine spy find
3. toy spoil void
4.nose bone own
5. Mouse now plough

Unit 3 Exercise 26
Listen and repeat each minimal pair:
1. stay sty
2. buy boy
3. toy toe
4. goat gout
5. bough bay
6. Lane line
7. ply ploy
8. loin loan
9. no now
10. Plough play

Unit 3 Exercise 27
Production. After hearing the number, say the word (which appears in spelling and
transcription). When you hear the word, repeat it carefully.
1. cloud /klad/
2. Choice /ts/
3. brave /brev/
4. prose /prz/
5. prize /praz/
6. lounge /land/
7. globe /lb/
8. strike /strak/
9. Boise /nz/
10. faith /fe/

Unit 3 Exercise 28
Identification. Identify the vowel sound(s) in each of the following words
1. clay 2. south 3. nice 4. coin
6. snow 7. sprays 8. boil 9. rain

Unit 3 Exercise 29
Listen and repeat each word:
fire Greles spiral virus
tower Flower powerful hour

Unit 3 Exercise 30
Listen and repeat each word:
Employer record-player lawn-mow

Unit 3 Exercise 31
(vowel quantity) [contrastive]: Listen to the following pairs of words in Spanish and
English, paying special attention to the extra quantity of long vowels in English. Repeat each
pair after you hear it.
Tip! Remember that not only vowel quantity but also quality is a great difference between
Spanish and English.
Spanish English
/a/ //
mar mar
paz pass
bar bar
/e/ //
ten turn
en urn
es errs
/i/ /i/
si sea
pi pea
mi me
/o/ //
dos doors
don dawn
so saw
/u/ /u/
t too
mus moose
luz loose

Unit 3 Exercise 32
(diphthongs) [contrastive]: Listen to the following Spanish and English words containing
diphthongs. Pay attention to how the first element of the diphthong receives more
emphasis in English. Repeat each word after you hear it.
Spanish English
/ei/ /e/
deis dace
peine pain
/ai/ /a/
dais dies
hay I
/oi/ //
voy boy
estoy destroy
/au/ /a/
aula owl
auto out

Unit 3 Exercise 33
(English central vowels) [contrastive]: The following pairs of words illustrate the contrast
between English central vowels //, // and // and Spanish /a/, /e/ and /o/. For each
pair of words, listen carefully and repeat, paying special attention to the difference in vowel
quality.
Spanish /a/ English //
blanda blunder
des does
don done
Spanish /e/ English //
tan turn
me myrrh
nos nurse
Spanish /o/ English //

hedor adore
tomate tomato

Unit 3 Exercise 34
(English central vowels): The following words all contain an English central vowel. For each
word, listen carefully and write the first vowel sound you hear. Then check your answers,
listen again and repeat each word after you hear it.