Ўзбекистон республикаси олий ва ўрта махсус таълим вазирлиги ўзбекистон давлат жаҳон тиллари университети

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ı/-/u/ and /ı/-/ʌ/.

/ı/ - /u/	/ı/ - /ʌ/
pit - put bill - bull kick - cook sick - sook pill - pull	bit - but did - done kip - cup fin - fun hit - hut

Exercise 2. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ı/-/u/ and /ı/-/ʌ/.

/ı/ - /u/		/ı/ - /ʌ/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
pit - put bill - bull kick - cook sick - sook pill - pull			bit - but did - done kip - cup fin - fun hit - hut

Exercise 3. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ı/ - /ɔ/ and /ı/ - /æ/.

/ı/ - /ɔ/	/ı/ - /æ/
slit - slot pit - pot dig - dog big - bog kit - cot	sit - sat bid - bad kit - cat pit - pat big - bag

Exercise 4. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ı/ - /ɔ/ and /ı/ - /æ/.

/ı/ - /ɔ/		/ı/ - /æ/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
slit - slot pit - pot dig - dog big - bog kit - cot			sit - sat bid - bad kit - cat pit - pat big - bag

Exercise 5. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ı/ - /e/ and /ı/ and /ә/.

/ı/ - /e/	/ı/ and /ә/
pin - pen tin - ten bit - bet nit - net lit - let	peppy - pepper n. canny adj. - canner n. [4, 53]

Exercise 6. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ı/ - /e/ and /ı/ and /ә/.

/ı/ - /e/		/ı/ - /ә/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
pin - pen tin - ten bit - bet nit - net lit - let			peppy - pepper n. canny adj. - canner n. [4, 53]

Exercise 7. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ı/ - /u:/ and /ı/ - /ɔ:/.

/ı/ - /u:/	/ı/ - /ɔ:/
sin - soon kin - coon brim - broom pill - pool kill - cool	bill - ball kill - call ill - all bin -born hill - hall

Exercise 8. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ı/ - /u:/ and /ı/ - /ɔ:/.

/ı/ - /u:/		/ı/ - /ɔ:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
sin - soon kin - coon brim - broom pill - pool kill - cool			bill - ball kill - call ill - all bin -born hill - hall

Exercise 9. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ı/ - /a:/ and /ı/ - /з:/.

/ı/ - /a:/	/ı/ - /з:/
kid - card hid - hard kit - cart din - darn bid - bard	hit - hurt tin - turn kit - curt fin - fern bin - burn

Exercise 10. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ı/ - /a:/ and /ı/ - /з:/.

/ı/ - /a:/		/ı/ - /з:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
kid - card hid - hard kit - cart din - darn bid - bard			hit - hurt tin - turn kit - curt fin - fern bin - burn

6.2 Compare the short vowel /u/ with the other short and long vowels:

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /u/ - /ʌ/ and /u/ - /ɔ/.

/u/ - /ʌ/	/u/ - /ɔ/
look - luck book - buck took - tuck shook - shuck sook - suck	put - pot look - lock could - cod sook - sock shook - shock

Exercise 2. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /u/ - /ʌ/ and /u/ - /ɔ/.

/u/ - /ʌ/		/u/ - /ɔ/.
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
look - luck book - buck took - tuck shook - shuck sook - suck			put - pot look - lock could - cod sook - sock shook - shock

Exercise 3. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /u/ - /æ/ and /u/ - /e/.

/u/ - /æ/	/u/ - /e/
put - pat look - lack book - back sook - sack foot - fat	put - pet full - fell took - tech book - beck rook - wreck

Exercise 4. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /u/ - /æ/ and /u/ - /e/.

/u/ - /æ/		/u/ - /e/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
put - pat look - lack book - back sook - sack foot - fat			put - pet full - fell took - tech book - beck rook - wreck

Exercise 5. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /u/ - /ı/.

/u/ - /ı/

foot - fit took - tick hook - hick full - fill put - pit

Exercise 6. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /u/ - /ә/ and /u/ - /ı/.

/u/ - /ı/
Words	Transcription
foot - fit took - tick hook - hick full - fill put - pit

Exercise 7. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /u/ - /ı:/ and /u/ - /ɔ:/.

/u/ - /ı:/	/u/ - /ɔ:/
full - feel foot - feet book - beak pull - peel sook - seek	took - talk could - cord put - port full - fall pull - pall

Exercise 8. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /u/ - /ı:/ and /u/ - /ɔ:/.

/u/ - /ı:/		/u/ - /ɔ:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
full - feel foot - feet book - beak pull - peel sook - seek			took - talk could - cord put - port full - fall pull - pall

Exercise 9. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /u/ - /a:/ and /u/ - /з:/.

/u/ - /a:/	/u/ - /з:/
put - part book - bark foot - fart could - card hood - hard	full - furl pull - purl took - Turk hood - herd could - curd

Exercise 10. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /u/ - /a:/ and /u/ - /з:/.

/u/ - /a:/		/u/ - /з:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
put - part book - bark foot - fart could - card hood - hard			full - furl pull - purl took - Turk hood - herd could - curd

6.3 Compare the short vowel /ʌ/ with the other short and long vowels:

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ɔ/ and /ʌ/ - /æ/.

/ʌ/ - /ɔ/	/ʌ/ - /æ/
nut - not cut - cot mud - mod gut - got tut - tot	but - bat mud - mad cut - cat tut - tat shut - shot

Exercise 2. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ɔ/ and /ʌ/ - /æ/.

/ʌ/ - /ɔ/		/ʌ/ - /æ/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
nut - not cut - cot mud - mod gut - got tut - tot			but - bat mud - mad cut - cat tut - tat shut - shot

Exercise 3. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /e/ and /ʌ/ - /ә/.

/ʌ/ - /e/	/ʌ/ - /ә/
pun - pen fun - fen gut - get mud - med nut - net	some /strong form/ – some /weak form/

Exercise 4. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /e/ and /ʌ/ - /ә/.

/ʌ/ - /e/		/ʌ/ - /ә/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
pun - pen fun - fen gut - get mud - med nut - net			some – some [4, 53]

Exercise 5. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /u/ and /ʌ/ - /ı/.

/ʌ/ - /u/	/ʌ/ - /ı/
cud - could buck - book luck - look tuck - took shuck - shook	pun - pin nut - nit chuck - chick luck - lick but - bit

Exercise 6. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /u/ and /ʌ/ - /ı/.

/ʌ/ - /u/		/ʌ/ - /ı/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
cud - could buck - book luck - look tuck - took shuck - shook			pun - pin nut - nit chuck - chick luck - lick but - bit

Exercise 7. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ı:/ and /ʌ/ - /u:/.

/ʌ/ - /ı:/	/ʌ/ - /u:/
bun - been blood - bleed luck – leek ruck – reek cup – keep	but - boot nun - noon bun – boon cup - coop cull – cool

Exercise 8. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ı:/ and /ʌ/ - /u:/.

/ʌ/ - /ı:/		/ʌ/ - /u:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
bun - been blood - bleed luck – leek ruck – reek cup – keep			but - boot nun - noon bun – boon cup - coop cull – cool

Exercise 9. Practice the pronunciation of the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ɔ:/ and /ʌ/ - /з:/.

/ʌ/ - /ɔ:/	/ʌ/ - /з:/
cut - court bud - board cup - corp. bun - born cull - call	bud - bird cut - curt bun - burn cull - curl luck - lurk

Exercise 10. Transcribe the words including the monophthongs /ʌ/ - /ɔ:/ and /ʌ/ - /з:/.

/ʌ/ - /ɔ:/		/ʌ/ - /з:/
Words	Transcription		Words	Transcription
cut - court bud - board cup - corp. bun - born cull - call			bud - bird cut - curt bun - burn cull - curl luck - lurk