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Answer — Exercise 1

11 - Pronunciation·New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

Câu hỏi

There are several different ways of pronouncing the spelling ea. Look at the examples in the chart below and put the words into the correct column.

Câu trả lời

  • /e/ = bread, jealous, leapt, breath, thread, breadth, deaf, health, meant, death, lead (n), weapon, breakfast
  • /iː/ = meat, beast, heal, lead (v), breathe, reason, scream, cheat, leap, tea, beans
  • /ɪə/ = fear, dear, hear, clear, tear (n), beard, theatre, weary, gear
  • /eə/ = wear, swear, tear (v), bear, pear
  • /eɪ/ = break, steak, great
  • /ɜː/ = learn, pearl, earth, search

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