The Classification of English Vowel Phonemes 4 page

“You shall go,” said Mr ·Winkle.

“I will,” said Mr ·Pickwick. “ Sam,½ have my 'greatcoat and 'shawl ready,½ and order a con'veyance to ·be at the door to·morrow evening, ½ rather ·earlier than is 'absolutely necessary,½ in ·order that we may be in good time.”

Mr Weller ·touched his hat,½ as an earnest of his o bedience,½ and with drew to make 'all 'needful prepa'rations for the expe dition.

(Charles Dickens)

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1. I’ll take the papers when I come a little later.

2. Gray’s pronunci'ation is quite different from Bacon’s.

3. Will you wait till I’ve had time to ar range it?

4. Is Jane going to leave by the eight twenty- eight?

5. Grace wants you to take the class to day.

6. Payne said he’d wait for us at the station.

7. They’ll play the game later in the day.

8. The train was derailed by a violent gale.

II

1. Clay: Could you stay and play a nother game?

Baker: I’m afraid I’m al ready late.

2. Taylor: I am sorry I gave the game away.

Bray: It doesn’t matter, Jake. We all make mistakes sometime.

3. Mc Kay: What does the cable say?

Trail: Jane and Ray have been de layed ½ but will get here to day.

4. Page: He didn’t make it that way.

Gray: Which way did he make it, then?

5. Davis: It rained on seven days out of eight.

Payne: On how many days?

6. Capes: There’ll be no race if James has to work late.

Day: If who has to work late?

7. Grace: What a miserable day!

Wales: Cheer up, Clay. It’ll soon stop raining.

8. Slade: He sails on the twenty- eighth.

Bacon: What date does he sail?

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1. The island is nine miles long½ and five miles wide.

2. The climate’s pretty mild in Ireland.

3. I don’t think you’ll mind my trying it several times.

4. Out of sight½ out of mind.

5. I was sur prised½ that neither reply was right.

6. You must light a fire to warm the dining-room.

7. I should like you to write your reply on Friday.

8. Will you have time to type a few lines for me?

II

1. Wilde: Mike’ll 'meet us at nine.

Hide: At what time?

2. Bright: It’s entirely up to you, Giles.

Giles: Would you mind if I re·fused?

3. Whyte: My knife’s hopeless.

Price: Well, would mine cut any better?

4. Fyle: Be nice to Blythe.

Lisle: Be nice to Blythe? Why should I?

5. Dighton: I should fry them.

Miles: You would fry them?

6. Dives: Would you like to try?

Pyke: Would I like to try?

7. Dyson: Tell me the time, please.

Rider: Tell you the time? Nine minutes past nine.

8. Spikings: These matches won’t strike.

Riding: Mine strike.

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Mr Howard: I may be a bit late to night. There’s a meeting of the Council,½ at five,½ and there’s no saying how long it’ll go on. Would it make things easier ½ if I had something to eat in Town?

Mrs Howard: Just as you like. If you think it’d be less tiring to have dinner before you come down,½ you’d better do that.

Mr Howard: As far as I’m con cerned,½ I’d rather not. But I don’t ·want to keep you waiting a bout ½ and spoil your evening.

Mrs Howard: You needn’t worry about that. If you’re going to be late,½ I shall go round to Mrs Gower this after noon,½ and I needn’t hurry back. We can have something out of a tin if necessary. If you change your mind½you can ring me up at Mrs Gower’s.

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1. No, I don’t think so – ½ or rather I don’t know.

2. I hope you’re both going home.

3. There’s no place like home.

4. When he comes home ½ he throws open all the windows.

5. I don’t know ½ how to make the dough for scones.

6. I hope you know ½ who wrote those poems.

7. No one knows ½ where the old fogey obtained the loan.

8. I don’t smoke so much as Joe does.

II

1. Clover: You can phone me to morrow.

Holmes: When can I phone you?

2. Robeson: I’ve got to go to Oakland.

Mo lony: You’ve got to go?

3. Clow: Joan broke her arm. So she couldn’t sew.

Mould: Why couldn’t she sew?

4. Crowe: It’s going to turn cold.

Colts: Think so?

5. Owen: Show me those postcards.

Coles: Show them to you?

6. Rowe: Shall we go boating?

Bones: To morrow?

7. Snow: It’s broken on both sides.

Noble: On both sides?

8. Oakley: I stopped smoking a long time ago.

Soames: A long time ago? How long ago?

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1. Small boys like noise-making toys.

2. Most coins are made of alloys.

3. I think Joyce is a bit hoity- toity.

4. Do you know the boiling and freezing points of water?

5. Any noise annoys an oyster ½ but a noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

6. Joy cooked them in boiling oil.

7. You en joyed eating the oysters,½ didn’t you?

8. Roy was annoyed with the boy ½ because he’d spoiled his toy.

II

1. Doyle: I’m glad she’s enjoyed her stay.

Bois: Has she enjoyed it?

2. Boyd: Is that your little boy?

D’Oyley: My little boy?

3. Boycott: What ever made you join them?

Joyce: It couldn’t be a voided.

4. Boyton: There’s no point in asking Roy.

Joy: He’s got a good voice.

5. Roy: I’m quite en joying this turmoil.

Lloyd: Then for heaven’s sake don’t look disap pointed.

6. Mac quoid: I’ve asked Joyce to stand in.

Oyster: Joyce!½ She’ll be a disap pointment.

7. Poynter: He spoiled my best decoy.

Royce: How terriby an noying for you.

8. Poynings: He refused point- blank.

Toye: How very an noying!½ A kill-joy,½ that’s what he is.

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1. He made it clear ½ that his criticism would be se vere.

2. I fear he’s far from being sin cere.

3. It’s real cash mere, my dear.

4. The day was clear ½ and the boys went to the pier.

5. If it’s not fear,½ then what else is it, Mr Tier?

6. Don’t sneer at his inex perience, dear.

7. Towards night ½ the severe weather turned into a real storm.

8. Steer clear of Mr Geare.

II

1. Tear: What are you staging this year?

Cleary: Shakespeare’s “King Lear”.

2. Dearley: Peary’s grown a beard.

Tier: A beard.

3. Geare: I can’t see to type here.

Spearman: Move the other light nearer.

4. Geary: I hate beer.

Leary: So do I, dear.

5. Geering: I thought you were in Ismai lia.

Kearley: Where did you get that idea from?

6. Mrs Keary: Oh dear, oh dear!

Mr Keary: What is it, my dear?

7. Pearson: Why didn’t he come here?

Peary: I haven’t the slightest i dea.

8. Pearce: I think I can clear seven feet.

Rean: Can you really?

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1. I can’t tell you about Clare. I wasn’t there.

2. Oh there you are, Mary!

3. Why don’t you wear this pair of shoes?

4. His angry glare didn’t scare them.

5. Give Clare a fair share of pear jam.

6. Clare’s dairy is in want of re pairs.

7. The unwary bear was caught in his lair.

8. This mare won a prize at the fair.

II

1. Carey: I’ve said I’ll wear it.

Sheard: Yes, but where?

2. Cairns: What shall I do with these chairs?

Blair: Have them re paired.

3. Mrs Laird: I haven’t got a decent hat to wear.

Mr Laird: Wear the one you wore at the fair.

4. Mrs Fairbanks: I can’t bear Clare.

Mr Fairbanks: Nor can your parents.

5. Fairfax: I can’t find the square anywhere.

Daring: Have you looked in the warehouse?

6. Dares: The stairs is being re paired!

Fairfield: I’ll be very careful.

7. Fairleigh: Just leave the whole affair to Clare and me.

Wareham: For heaven’s sake be careful.

8. Fairford: You should dye your hair, Clare.

Clare: Dare I risk it?

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1. I’m absolutely sure it’s pure wool.

2. She couldn’t endure seeing animals treated cruelly.

3. He needs a rest-cure, I’m sure.

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