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Target Level 4 – Bread and Butter

Skills - Vowel Choices

Vowel choices – Unstressed vowels

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Unstressed vowels

Some vowels are difficult to hear clearly as they are spoken quickly or quietly.

For example: generous; literature; miserable.

Which of the vowels were difficult to hear?

Did you spell them correctly?definitelyfamilylotteryWednesdaystationery

Unstressed vowels

Listen to these words then write them down.

Decide which of the words in these sentences are missing vowels, and which vowels they are missing.

I defnitely want to study mathmatics not litrature at university.I definitely want to study mathematics not literature at university.

We have a famly busness making jewellry.We have a family business making jewellery.

The carpt factry genrally closes on Satdays.The carpet factory generally closes on Saturdays.

Unstressed vowels