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Word 1
ship
/ʃɪp/noun
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea.
Short and clipped. Let it end almost before it starts.
Word 1Sentence 1 of 1
ship/ʃɪp/noun
The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
Word 2
sheep
/ʃiːp/noun
A farm animal kept for its wool and its meat.
The vowel is held twice as long as in ship. Length is the only clue.
Word 2Sentence 1 of 1
sheep/ʃiːp/noun
There were sheep all over the road this morning.
Word 3
chip
/tʃɪp/noun
A small broken piece of something, or a thin fried slice of potato.
Same short vowel as ship.
Word 3Sentence 1 of 1
chip/tʃɪp/noun
This plate has a chip on the edge.
Word 4
cheap
/tʃiːp/adjective
Costing little money.
Long vowel, like sheep. Saying it short turns it into chip.
Word 4Sentence 1 of 1
cheap/tʃiːp/adjective
The hotel was cheap and surprisingly clean.
Word 5
fill
/fɪl/verb
To put enough into something to make it full.
Short vowel, and the L arrives quickly.
Word 5Sentence 1 of 1
fill/fɪl/verb
Could you fill this bottle with cold water?
Word 6
feel
/fiːl/verb
To notice something through your body or your emotions.
Long vowel before the L. Most speakers cut it short and land on fill.
Word 6Sentence 1 of 1
feel/fiːl/verb
I feel much better than I did yesterday.
Word 7
soap
/soʊp/noun
What you wash with.
The vowel slides from O towards U inside one syllable.
Word 7Sentence 1 of 1
soap/soʊp/noun
There is no soap left in the bathroom.
Word 8
soup
/suːp/noun
A hot liquid food you eat with a spoon.
One steady vowel, no slide. That is the whole difference from soap.
Word 8Sentence 1 of 1
soup/suːp/noun
The soup arrived before we had finished ordering.
Word 9
walk
/wɔːk/Also said wɑːk.verb
To move on your feet at a normal speed.
The L is silent, and the vowel is the one in more.
Word 9Sentence 1 of 1
walk/wɔːk/Also said wɑːk.verb
We can walk there from here quite easily.
Word 10
work
/wɜːrk/verb
To do a job.
The R colours the vowel. Nothing here sounds like walk.
Word 10Sentence 1 of 1
work/wɜːrk/verb
I have to work late again tonight.
Word 1
ship
/ʃɪp/noun
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea.
Short and clipped. Let it end almost before it starts.
Word 1Sentence 1 of 1
ship/ʃɪp/noun
The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
This word
- ship
- 1The ship leaves from the other side of the port.The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
- sheep
- 1There were sheep all over the road this morning.There were sheep all over the road this morning.
- chip
- 1This plate has a chip on the edge.This plate has a chip on the edge.
- cheap
- 1The hotel was cheap and surprisingly clean.The hotel was cheap and surprisingly clean.
- fill
- 1Could you fill this bottle with cold water?Could you fill this bottle with cold water?
- feel
- 1I feel much better than I did yesterday.I feel much better than I did yesterday.
- soap
- 1There is no soap left in the bathroom.There is no soap left in the bathroom.
- soup
- 1The soup arrived before we had finished ordering.The soup arrived before we had finished ordering.
- walk
- 1We can walk there from here quite easily.We can walk there from here quite easily.
- work
- 1I have to work late again tonight.I have to work late again tonight.
- ship
- 1The ship leaves from the other side of the port.The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
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The ship leaves from the other side of the port.