01/10parole
Parola 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.
Parola 1Frase 1 di 1
ship/ʃɪp/noun
The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
Parola 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.
Parola 2Frase 1 di 1
sheep/ʃiːp/noun
There were sheep all over the road this morning.
Parola 3
chip
/tʃɪp/noun
A small broken piece of something, or a thin fried slice of potato.
Same short vowel as ship.
Parola 3Frase 1 di 1
chip/tʃɪp/noun
This plate has a chip on the edge.
Parola 4
cheap
/tʃiːp/adjective
Costing little money.
Long vowel, like sheep. Saying it short turns it into chip.
Parola 4Frase 1 di 1
cheap/tʃiːp/adjective
The hotel was cheap and surprisingly clean.
Parola 5
fill
/fɪl/verb
To put enough into something to make it full.
Short vowel, and the L arrives quickly.
Parola 5Frase 1 di 1
fill/fɪl/verb
Could you fill this bottle with cold water?
Parola 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.
Parola 6Frase 1 di 1
feel/fiːl/verb
I feel much better than I did yesterday.
Parola 7
soap
/soʊp/noun
What you wash with.
The vowel slides from O towards U inside one syllable.
Parola 7Frase 1 di 1
soap/soʊp/noun
There is no soap left in the bathroom.
Parola 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.
Parola 8Frase 1 di 1
soup/suːp/noun
The soup arrived before we had finished ordering.
Parola 9
walk
/wɔːk/Si dice anche wɑːk.verb
To move on your feet at a normal speed.
The L is silent, and the vowel is the one in more.
Parola 9Frase 1 di 1
walk/wɔːk/Si dice anche wɑːk.verb
We can walk there from here quite easily.
Parola 10
work
/wɜːrk/verb
To do a job.
The R colours the vowel. Nothing here sounds like walk.
Parola 10Frase 1 di 1
work/wɜːrk/verb
I have to work late again tonight.
Parola 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.
Parola 1Frase 1 di 1
ship/ʃɪp/noun
The ship leaves from the other side of the port.
Questa parola
- 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.
A seguireFrase 1 di 1
The ship leaves from the other side of the port.