English audio course: Phonetics 1

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In this session we are going to do some phonetic exercises. As you know the pronunciation of many English words is different from their spelling. Let''s start with the short /i/ sound.
Listen to the following words:

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big
clip
fit
in
it
which
bin

Now let''s make some simple sentences with these words:

A clip.
It''s a clip.
It''s a big clip.
It''s a big clip.
It fits.
It fits in.
It''s a big clip which fits in the bin.

And some more words:

live
him
with
Bill
Jill
in
winter
Nashville

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