I.

SINGLE VOWELS:
SHORT VOWELS
1. / /
Dog /dg/
Hobby /'hbi/
Box /bks/
Sorry /'sri/
Job /db/
Coffee /'kfi/
Cost /kst/
Doctor/dkt(r)/
Clock /klk/ Impossible /mpsbl/
2. /I/
Bin /bn/
Begin /bn/
Fish /f/
Minute /mnt/
Him /hm/
Dinner /dnr/
Gym /gm/
Chicken /tkn/
Six /sks/
Fifty /ffti/
3. / /
Put /pt/
Sugar /'gr/
Wolf /wlf/
Woman /'wmn/
Foot /ft/
Cooker /'kkr/
Should /d/ Cushion /'kn/
Good /gd/
Butcher /'btr/
4. / /
Cut /kt/
Sunny /'sni/
Hug /hg/
Money /'mni/
Gun /gn/
Among /m/
Some /sm/ Wonder/wndr/
Dove /dv/
Nothing /n/
5. / /
Ago //
Mother /mr/
Open /pn/
Picture /pktr/
Sofa /sf/
Banana /bnn/
Around /rand/
Famous /fems/
Zebra /zibr/
Accident /
ksdnt/
6. / /
Cat /kt/
Candle /kndl/
Bag /bg/
Narrow /nr/
Black /blk/ Latter /ltr/
Hand /hnd/ Captain /kptn/
Map /mp/ Manner /mnr/
7. /e/
Check /tek/ Member /'membr/
Head /hed/
Jealous /'dels/
Scent /sent/ Ready /'redi/
Met /met/
Many /'meni/
Bell /bel/
Breakfast /'brekfst/

LONG VOWELS
1. / /
Ball /bl/
Saw /s/
Talk /tk/
Short /rt/
Door /dr/
2. /i /
Sheep /ip /
See /si/
Bean /bin/
Eat /it/
Key /ki/
3. /u /
Too /tu/
Food /fud/
Soon /sun/
Route /rut/
Flute /flut/
4. / /
Card /krd/
Start /strt/
Bar /br/
Guard /grd/
Aunt /nt/
5. / /
bird /brd/
turn /trn/
first /frst/
work /wrk/
verb /vrb/

Water /wtr/
Daughter /dtr/
Corner /krnr/
Before /bfr/
Autumn /tm/
Agree /ri/
Believe /bliv/
Complete kmplit/
Receive /rsiv//
Vietnamese /vjetnmiz/
Recruit /rkrut/
Lunar /lunr/
Remove /rmuv/
Bamboo /bmbu/
Music /'mjuzk/
Father /'fr/
Sharpen /'rpn/
Garden /'grdn/
Artist /'rtst/
Tomato /tmt/
occur /kr/
early /rli/
thirty /rti/
journey /drni/
worship /wrp/

II. RECOGNITION METHODS:

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1. / /
A. "o" ng mt mnh v c trng m ri vo thng c pht m l //.

Dog
Bother

/dg/
/br/

Stop
Dolmen

/stp/
/dlmen/

Bottle
Hotter

/'btl/
/htr/

2. /I/
A. a c pht m l // khi i vi nhng danh t c hai m tit v c tn cng bng "age"

Village
Baggage
Luggage

/vld/
Cottage
/ktd/
Shortage
/td/
/bgd/
Courage
/krd/
Damage
/dmd/
/lgd/
Message
/mesd/
Voyage
/'vd/

B. e c pht m l // trong tin t be, de v re

Begin
Defrost
Renew

/bgn/
Become
/bkm/
Behave
/bhev/
/difrst/ Decide
/dsad/
Dethrone
/droun/
/rnju/
Return
/rtrn/
Remind
/rmand/

C. i c pht m l // trong t c mt m tit v tn cng bng mt hoc hai ph m i + ph m

Win
Bit
Dim

/wn/
/bt/
/dm/

Miss
Sit
Grin

D. "ui" c pht m l //

Build
Equivalent

/bld/
Guilt
/kwvlnt/ Colloquial

/ms/
/st/
/grn/

Ship
Kit
Him

/p/
/kt/
/hm/

/glt/
Guitar
/k'lkwl/ Mosquito

/g'tr/
/mskt/

/fl/

/pl/

3. / /
A. "u" thng c pht m l //.

Put

/pt/

Full

Pull

B. "oo" thng c pht m l // trong mt s trng hp.

Book
Cook

/bk/
/kk/

Good
Foot

/gd/
/ft/

Look
Took

/lk/
/tk/

4. / /
A. "o" thng c pht m l //trong nhng t c mt m tit, v trong nhng m tit c nhn mnh
ca nhng t c nhiu m tit.

Come
Among
Nothing

/km/

Some
/sm/
Done
/dn/
/m/
Mother
/m/
Honey
/hni/
/n/
Company
/kmpn/ Thorough
/r/

B. "u" thng c pht m l // i vi nhng t c tn cng bng u+ph m

But
Gun

/bt/
/gn/

Cup
Skull

/kp/
/skl/

Dust
Smuggle

/dst/
/smgl/

5. / /
A. "a", o, e, u v ou c pht m l // khi trng m khng ri vo n.

Banana
Answer
Compare
Upon

/bnn/
/ns(r)/
/kmpe(r)/
/pn/

Apartment
Open
Random
Picture

/ptmnt/ Balance
/blns/
/pn/
Different
/dfrnt/
/rndm/ Control
/kntrl/
/pkt(r)/ Suggest
/sdest/

6. / /
A. a c pht m l // trong nhng t c mt m tit m tn cng bng mt hay nhiu ph m, v khi
trong mt m tit c nhn mnh ca mt ch c nhiu m tit v ng trc hai ph m.

Hat
Bank
Candle
Narrow

/ht/
Sad
/sd/
Fat
/ft/
/bk/
Map
/mp/
Fan
/fn/
/'kndl/
Captain
/'kptn/
Latter
/'lt(r)]/
/nr/
Calculate
/klkjlet/ Unhappy
/nhpi/

7. /e/
A. "e" c pht m l /e/ i vi nhng t c mt m tit m c tn cng bng mt hay nhiu ph m
(ngoi tr "r") hoc trong m tit c nhn mnh ca mt t.
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Send
Met
Stretch

/send/
/met/

Get
/stret/

Debt

/det/

Them

/em/

/get/
Member

Bed
/'memb/

/bed/
Tender

/'tend/

B. "ea" thng c pht m l /e/ trong mt s trng hp nh sau:

Dead
Ready
Leather

/ded/
/'redi/
/'le/

Head/
Heavy
Breakfast

/hed/
/'hev/
/'brekfst/

Bread

/bred/

Breath
Jealous

/bre/
/'dels/

8. / /
A. "a" c pht m l // trong nhng t c mt m tit m tn cng bng "ll"

Tall
Fall

/tl/
/fl/

Call
Ball

/kl/
/bl/

Small
Hall

/sml/
/hl/

B. "o" thng c pht m l // trong nhng t c nhm or+ph m

Born
North
Portrait

/bn/
/n/
/'ptrt/

Corpse
Sort
Portable

/l/
/krl/

Bawl
Draw

/kps/
/st/
/'ptbl/

Horn
/hn/
Morning
/'mn/
Fortify
/'ftfa/

/bl/
/dr/

Dawn
Awful

C. "aw" thng c pht m l // khi trong mt t c tn cng l aw hay aw+ph m

Law
Crawl

/dn/
/'fl/

D. "au" thng c pht m l // trong mt s trng hp nh:

Fault
Audience

/flt/
/'dins/

Haunt
Daughter

/hnt/
/'dt(r)/

Launch
Naughty

/lnt/
/'nt/

9. /i /
A. m "e" c pht m l/i:/ khi ng lin trc hnh thc tn cng bng ph m + e v trong nhng ch
be, he, she, me ...
Scene
/sin/
Cede
/si:d/
Complete
/km'plit/
Impede
/im'pi:d/
Vietnamese /vjetn'mi:z/
B. m "ea" thng c pht m l /i:/ khi: t c tn cng l"ea" hoc "ea" + mt ph m.
Tea
/ti:/
Meat
/mi:t/
Meal
/mi:l/
Dream
/dri:m/
Breathe
/bri:/
Neat
/ni:t/
Easy
/'i:z/
Cheap
/ti:p/
Heat
/hi:t/
C. "ee" thng c pht m l /i:/
Three
/ri:/
See
/si:/
Free
/fri:/
Heel
/hi:l/
Screen
/skri:n/
Cheese
/ti:z/
D. "ei" c pht m l /i:/ trong mt s trng hp:
Receive
/r'si:v/
Ceiling
/'si:l/
Receipt
/r'si:t/
Seize
/si:z/
Deceive
/d'si:v/
E. "ie" c pht m l /i:/ khi n l nhng nguyn m gia mt ch
Grief
/gri:f/
Chief
/ti:f/
Believe
/bi'li:v/
Belief
/bi'li:f/
Relieve
/ri'li:v/
Relief
/ri'li:f/
10. /u /
A. "o" thng c pht m l /u/ trong mt vi t thng dng c tn cng bng o hay o vi ph m.

Do
Lose

/du/
/luz/

Move
Prove

/muv/
/pruv/

Lose
Tomb

/luz/
/tum/

B. "oo" v ou cn c pht m l /u/

Cool
Group

/kul/
/grup/

Food

/fud/
Wound

Pool
/'wund/

/pul/
Soup

/su:p/
11. / /
A. "a" c pht m l // trong trng hp c ph m r pha sau:

Bar

/b/

Father

/f/

Start

/stt/

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Hard
/hd/
Carp
/kp/
B. "ua" v "au" cng c th c pht m l / /
Guard
/gd/
Heart
/ht/
Aunt
/nt/
Hearken
/'hkn/

Smart

/smt/

Laugh
Draught

/lf/
/drft/

12. / /
A. "o", "u", "i", "e", "ea" v "ou" thng c pht m l // trong mt s trng hp i cng r.

Work
Burn

/wk/
/bn/
/'ktn/

World
/wld/
Burglar
/'bglr/

III. DIPHTHONGS:
1. /a/
Die
/da/
Like
/lak/
Why
/wa/
2. /e/
H
/et/
Eight
/et/
dendr/
Plane
/plen/
3. //
Toy
/t/
Voice
/vs/
Choice
/ts/
4. /a /
How
/ha/
Now
/na/
Mouse
/mas/
5. / /
Go
//
Old
/ld/
Boat
/bt/
6. / /
Ear
/r/
Hear
/hr/
nr/
Clear
/klr/
prir/
7. /e /
Air
/er/
Care
/ker/
Share
/ter/
8. / /
Tour
/tr/
Cure
/kjr/
Poor
/pr/

Word
Curtain

/wd/

Fighting
Surprise
Childhood

/fat/
/srpraz/
/taldhd/

Tour guide
Try
High

/tr ad/
/tra/
/ha/

Later
Tasty

/letr/
/testi/

Exchange
Danger

/ kstend/
/

/ksplen/

Explain

/wet/

Wait

Noisy
/'nzi/
Enjoy
Employee
/m'pli/
Destroy
Appointment /'pntmnt/
Boy

/n'd/
/dstr/
/b/

About
Aloud

Council
Accounting
Loud

/kansl/
/kat/
/lad/
/rd/
/fn/
/ld/

/bat/
/lad/
Mountain
/matn/

Go
Boat
Phone

//
/bt/
/fn/

Road
Phone
Old

Really
Cheerful

/rli/
/tfl/

Year

Career

/krr/

/jr/
Engineer

/end

Superior

/su

Airport
Hair
Fairy tale

/ept/
/her/
/feri tel/

Barely
Wear
Upstairs

/beli/
/We(r)/
/pstez/

Truer
Sure
Jury

/trr/
/r/
/dri/

Tournament
Tourist
Doer

/tnmnt/
/trst/
/dr/

IV. RECOGNITION METHODS:

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1. /a/
2. /e/
A. "a" c pht m l /e/ trong nhng t c mt m tit v c hnh thc tn cng bng a+ph m+e, v
trong mt m tit lin trc c tn cng bng "ion" v "ian".

gate/get/ safe/sef/ tape/tep/

date/det/ fate/fet/ lake/lek/
nation/nen/ translation/trnslen/ preparation/prepren/
Asian/'en/ Canadian/knedin/ Australian/strelin/
B. "ai" c pht m l /e/ khi ng trc mt ph m tr "r"

rain/ren/ tail/tel/ train/tren/

maid/med/ afraid/fred/wait/wet/

C. "ay", ei v ey thng c pht m l /e/.

day/de/ stay/ste/ tray/tre/

eight/et/ weight/we/neighbour/neb(r)/
they/e/ prey/pre/ obey/be/

3. //

4. /a /
5. / /
6. / /
7. /e /
8. / /

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V. EXERCISES
1. a. planet
2. a. letter
3. a. humor
4. a. enough
5. a. sociable
6. a. dark
7. a. old
8. a. my
9. a. fair
10. a. spends
11. a. classmate
12. a. enough
13. a. lucky
14. a. brown
15. a. reserved
16. a. patient
17. a. fishing
18. a. conduct
19. a. upstairs
20. a. face
21. a. band
22. a. tonight
23. a. mute
24. a. deaf
25. a. speech
26. a. message
27. a. mobile
28. a. much
29. a. countless

b. character
b. twelve
b. music
b. young
b. ocean
b. father
b. sociable
b. curly
b. straight
b. laughs
b. character
b. extremely
b. volunteer
b. however
b. received
b. address
b. cousin
b. customer
b. fair
b. city
b. later
b. introduce
b. humor
b. reach
b. March
b. arrange
b. telephone
b. club
b. cousin

c. happy
c. person
c. cucumber
c. country
c. receive
c. star
c. outgoing
c. library
c. train
c. friends
c. grade
c. generous
c. sun
c. know
c. booked
c. assistant
c. invent
c. upstairs
c. straight
c. center
c. fax
c. movie
c. junior
c. speak
c. machine
c. emigrate
c. hold
c. furniture
c. about

d. classmate
d. sentence
d. sun
d. mountain
d. special
d. principal
d. volunteer
d. lucky
d. wait
d. potatoes
d. place
d. planet
d. public
d. town
d. annoyed
d. distance
d. furniture
d. introduce
d. downstairs
d. commercial
d. back
d. humor
d. music
d. dream
d. children
d. stationery
d. commerce
d. introduction
d. outside

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30. a. answer
31. a. pan
32. a. cover
33. a. injure
34. a. steamer
35. a. reach
36. a. candy
37. a. object
38. a. safety
39. a. cupboards
40. a. knife
41. a. match
42. a. equipment
43. a. folk
44. a. fairy
45. a. excited
46. a. beneath
47. a. tiger
48. a. buffalo
49. a. door
50. a. daughter
51. a. graze
52. a. folder
53. a. drug
destruction
54. a. brought
55. a. school
56. a. Spanish
satisfactory
57. a. mend
58. a. comment
59. a. meaning
60. a. across
satisfactory
61. a. late
62. a. term
63. a. list
64. a. proud
65. a. revision
66. a. vacation
67. a. highlight
habit
68. a. memory
necessary
69. a. pronounce
70. a. highlight
71. a. although
72. a. volunteer
73. a. enrol
74. a. shout
75. a. school
76. a. character
77. a. fitness
78. a. shore

b. always
b. match
b. folder
b. knife
b. reach
b. such
b. match
b. socket
b. electricity
b. boat
b. socket
b. pan
b. upset
b. hold
b. train
b. prince
b. destroy
b. fire
b. rope
b. foolish
b. light
b. past
b. cover
b. cupboard

c. wrong
c. lamp
c. send
c. kill
c. breakfast
c. chemical
c. rack
c. household
c. myself
c. soap
c desk
c. transmit
c. end
c. photo
c. afraid
c. once
c. upset
c. stripe
c. wisdom
c. choose
c. weigh
c. tale
c. mobile
c. sure

b. course
b. chore
b. habit

c. sound
c. kitchen
c. necessary

b. semester
b. promise
b. heart
b. come

c. letter
c. shop
c. eat
c. excellent

b. paper
b. necessary
b. underline
b. pronoun
b. festival
b. festival
b. meaning

c. lunar
c. semester
c. highlight
c. around
c. postcard
c. grades
c. stick

b. try
b. cousin
b. although
b. sidewalk
b. support
b. both
b. loud
b. else
b. act
b. differ
b. along

c. directory
c. enough
c. neighbour
c. along
c. century
c. lost
c. group
c. secretary
c. land
c. establish
c. support

d. write
d. save
d. answer
d. sink
d. bead
d. chore
d. wardrobe
d. opposite
d. anything
d. road
d. bookshelf
d. safety
d. help
d. neighbour
d. wait
d. escape
d. planet
d. prince
d. clothes
d. soon
d. cough
d. name
d. wardrobe
d.
d. ought
d. choose
d.
d. report
d. improve
d. speak
d.
d. pronunciation
d. mother
d. night
d. enough
d. promise
d. celebrate
d.
d.
d. country
d. laugh
d. all
d. fund
d. program
d. scout
d. position
d. similar
d. tidy
d. organization

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79. a. resource
encourage
80. a. hobbies
organizations
81. a. nation
82. a. enrol
83. a. used
84. a. aim
85. a. handicap
friend
86. a. pancake
87. a. family
88. a. business
89. a. cheap
90. a. delicious
91. a. stadium
92. a. effect
93. a. concern
convenient
94. a. organized
95. a. discount
96. a. tasty
97. a. grocery
98. a. just
99. a. around
100. a. exhibition

b. your

c. course

b. bags

d.

c. groups

d.

b. paper
b. hobby
b. voluntary
b. raise
b. education

c. bank
c. program
c. unite
c. mainly
c. tidy

d. application
d. over
d. usually
d. certainly
d.

b. surface
b. grocery
b. humid
b. please
b. concern
b. contact
b. delicious
b. customer

c. situation
c. try
c. music
c. speak
c. price
c. thanks
c. exhibition
c. contact

d. tasty
d. happy
d. community
d. area
d. parcel
d. pancake
d. selection
d.

b. lived
b. resident
b. mall
b. month
b. summer
b. delicious
b. neighborhood

c. concerned
c. serve
c. stadium
c. comfort
c. much
c. house
c. hot

d. established
d. tasty
d. change
d. money
d. ruler
d. ground
d. humid

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III. Exercises:
1. //
Johns gone to the shops.
/dnz gn t p/
Have you got a lot of shopping?
/hv ju gt lt vp/
I took my dog for a long walk in the park.
/a tk ma dg f(r) l wlk n pk/
She said the coffee wasnt very good, but I thought it was.
/i sed 'kfi wznt 'veri gd bt a t t wz/
Mary took the wrong bus and got lost yesterday.
/'meri tk r bs n gt lst jestde/
2. /I/
Miss Smith is thin.
/ms sm z n/
Jim is in the picture.
/dm z n pktr/
Bring chicken for dinner.
/br tkn fr dnr/
Listen to this ridiculous list.
/lsn t s rdkjls lst/
The pretty women are busy in the gym.
/ prti wmn r bzi n gm/
3. //
My bags full.
/ma bz fl/
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He would if he could.
/hi wd f hi kd/
It should be good wool.
/t d bi gd wl/
The woman took a good look at the wolf.
/ 'wmn tk gd lk t wlf/
Look in the cookbook for a good pudding.
/lk t 'kkbk fr gd 'pd/
4. //
The dust is under the rug.
/ dst z 'ndr r/
Hes much too young.
/hiz mt tu j/
Youre in love with my cousin.
/jr n lv w ma kzn/
Id love to come on Sunday if its sunny.
/ad lv t km nsnde f ts 'sni/
The mother won some of the money, but not enough.
/ mr wn sm v 'mni bt nt nf/
5. //
I suppose it's possible.
/a spz ts psbl/
That's an excellent question.
/ts n ekslnt kwestn/
My cousin will arrive at seven.
/a kzn wl rav t sevn/
Complete today's lesson please.
/kmplit tdez lesn pliz/
Dont complain about the problem
/dnt kmplen bat prblm/
6. / /
Pack the bags!
/pk bz/
Pat's cat is fat.
/pts kt z ft/
Have a snack, Jack?
/hv snk, dk/
Sad is the opposite of happy.
/sd z pzt v hpi/
There is a man with black pants.
/er z mn w blk pnts/
7. /e/
Send his friend a letter!
/send hz frend 'letr/
Let's rent a tent.
/lets rent tent/
Ben never gets upset.
/ben nevr gets p'set/
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10

Fred said it again and again.

/fred sed t 'gen n 'gen/
Peg slept from six until ten and then left.
/peg slept frm sks n'tl ten n en left/
1. //
It's all wrong.
/ts l r/
Is Paul's hair long or short?
/z plz her l r rt/
How much does coffee cost?
/ha mt dz kfi kst/
What is the reward for the lost dog?
/wt z rwrd fr lst d/
George talked to Corey at the airport.
/dd tkt t 'kri t i erprt/
2. /i/
Can you see the sea?
/kn ju si si/
A piece of pizza, please.
/ pis v pits pliz/
She received her teaching degree.
/i rsiv hr tit dri/
There are only three people in the museum.
/er r nli ripipl n mjuzim/
3. /u/
The girl saw the circus first.
/ rl s srks frst/
My birthday's on Thursday the thirty first.
/ma brdez n rzde rti frst/
That is the worst journey in the world.
/t z wrst drni nwrld/
Have you ever heard this word?
/hv ju evr hrd s wrd/
She has learnt German for thirteen months.
/i hz lrnt drmn fr rtin mns/
4. //
It's a farm cart.
/ts frm krt/
I park the car.
/a prk kr/
Are the stars from Mars?.
/r strz frm mrz/
He carved a large heart in the bark.
/hi crvd lrd hrt n brk/
The hard part is to start the car
/ hrd prt z t strt cr/
5. //
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The girl saw the circus first.

/ rl s srks frst/
My birthday's on Thursday the thirty first.
/ma brdez n rzde rti frst/
That is the worst journey in the world.
/t z wrst drni nwrld/
Have you ever heard this word?
/hv ju evr hrd s wrd/
She has learnt German for thirteen months.
/i hz lrnt drmn fr rtin mns/
1. /a/
2. /e/

He came a day later.

/hi kem de letr/
It was the grey day in May.
/t wz re de n me/
Is this the way to the station?
/s s we t sten/
We pray the grey day will go away.
/wi pre gre de wl we/
Wait at the gate, I'll be there at eight.
/wet t get al bi er t et/

3. //

4. /a /
5. / /
6. / /
7. /e /
8. / /

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