Sunday, 7 July 2013

/ æ / ----- [ a ]



Letter(s)                   Phoneme                    Word
[a ]                             / æ /                                cat            41
Hed felt bad and sad yesterday.                                          
He felt mad (/mæd/) as well
when his mum only gave (/geIv/)him
half a loaf of bread.
He sank (sæŋk) into the bean bag
and yank (jæŋk) off the head of his toy cat.
When his dad, Ted’s pet kitty, Ann saw this,
she was really frightened.
She ran (ræn) really fast (/f α:st/) for her life.


[ a ]          / æ /                 cat                                    41
Hed has a toy van (væn).                                                   
He likes to play with it on the sand.
Ann quite likes Hed’s toy van.
But she only stands (stændz) behind a tank
and looks at it.
Ann has a can and a pan
to play with behind the tank.
A pan and a can clank (klæŋk)
when Ann pushes the can into the pan.


[ a ]          / æ /                 cat                                    42
Hed cannot have too much bread.                                               
He has an apple instead.
He is not angry (ˈæŋgrI).
In fact, he feels glad to wear a black cap
and carries a small flag (/flæg/).
He claps his hands when he sees a bat.
He taps his feet when he sees a rat.
He pats his shoulders
when he sees his neighbour’s cat.
He dances to the tune of the music
when he sees the band (bænd).
He is no longer mad with so little bread.

[ a ]          / æ /         cat                                            43
Hed also likes to wear a hat (/hæt/).                                            
He thinks wearing a hat
does not make him look so fat. 
Sometimes he carries a map (/mæp/)
and a bag on his back.
He packs a big floor mat in his bag.
He likes to take a nap on the mat
under an old big tree
near the grand (/grænd/) old house.

  
Vowels in comparison
                / e /                          / æ /                                 48
1.             bed                           bad                                  
2.             bet                            bat
3.             Ben                           ban
4.             bend                         band
5.             lend                          land
6.             send                         sand
7.             fen                            fan           
8.             less                           lass
9.             met                           mat
10.            men                          man
11.            peck                         pack
12.            pen                           pan
13.            pet                            pat
14.            set                            sat
15.            rent                          rant
16.            cent                          cant
17.            ten                            tan   

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