/ iː /
This vowel sound is pronounced just the same you will pronounce letter e. However because it is a long vowel, indicated by the colon, you have to drag the pronunciation a bit so that it sounds a bit longer. Why not try and pronounce the sound right away. You got it right? Wow, that's good! So pronounce the sound in the words below.
'ee' deep, feet, sleep, sheep, peel, keen
'ea' beat, reach, peace, least, jealous
'ie' belief, shield, piece, relieve
'ei' receipt, deceive, conceive, receive
'e' legal, penal, veto, vehicle
Pronounce / iː / in the following words: police, people, foetus, amoeba.
Do not forget to pronounce / iː / in the following words: key, quay, legal, penal, veto, vehicle
Module 1: Pronunciation of the words in the special list
people is to be pronounced PEEPLE
amoeba is to be pronounced AMEEBA
foetus is to be pronounced FEETUS
vehicle is to be pronounced VEEKUL
veto is to be pronounced VEETO
legal is to be pronounced LEEGUL
penal is to be pronounced PEENAL
quay is to be pronounced KEY
machine is to be pronounced MASHEEN
police is to be pronounced POLEASE
How the sound is tested in exams
There are two ways in which sounds are generally tested by public examining bodies. First, candidates are given a word and asked to choose from four options lettered A to D the word that has the sound as the underlined letter in the given word. An example is shown below.
bee
A. sell
B. ready
C. team
D. dead
The correct option is C.
The second way sounds are tested is to be given a phonetic symbol and asked to identify from a list of four options, the word in which the government sound is pronounced. An example is shown below.
/ iː /
A. agree
B. build
C. bread
D. money
The correct option is A.
We also observed that questions on this sound are usually set on the words that second language speakers of English usually pronounce wrongly. Hence, you should pay attention to the fact that this sound is pronounced, for the purpose of repetition, in the following words:
i. police
ii. people
iii. foetus
iv. amoeba
v. quay
vi. veto
vii. vehicle
viii. legal
ix. penal
x. machine
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
1. people
A. quay
B. leopard
C. shone
D. pip
2. deep
A. police
B. twice
C. kick
D. spill
3. heat
A. wife
B. beard
C. legal
D. sieve
4. least
A. lice
B. list
C. ameoba
D. best
5. seat
A. marine
B. measure
C. click
D. pleasant
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