Pronunciation: Castle on the hill

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Check the following sentences
1. wɛn aɪ wɒz sɪks jɪəz əʊld aɪ brəʊk maɪ lɛg
2. aɪ faʊnd maɪ hɑːt
3. maɪ fɜːst kɪs ɒn ə ˈfraɪdeɪ naɪt
4. wiː faʊnd ˈwiːkˈɛnd ʤɒbz, wɛn wiː gɒt peɪd
5. wʌn wɜːks daʊn baɪ ðə kəʊst
6. wʌn hæd tuː kɪdz bʌt lɪvz əˈləʊn
Write the previous sentences in English
1. _____________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _________________________________________ ____
6. _____________________________________________

Listen to the song again and write as many one-syllable words that you can
recognize and write then in the spaces. Then write next to the vowel sounds that
these words have.

Words Vowel Sound
Diphtong
Words Vowel Sound
Diphtong
Wife aɪ

2. Write the missing phonetic symbol

a) Mountain : maʊnt___n
b) Tasted: t___stɪd
c) Fields: fiːld___
d) Country: k__ntri
e) Sunset: s__nset
f) Smoking: sm____kɪŋ
g) Friends: frend___
h) Friday: fr___deɪ
i) Jobs: ʤ___bz
j) Brother: brʌ___ər

Write the name of these Ed Sheeran songs

a) gɪv miː lʌv __________________________________________
b) ˈθɪŋkɪŋ aʊt laʊd __________________________________________
c) ˈlɛgəʊ haʊs __________________________________________
d) ˈfəʊtəgrɑːf __________________________________________
e) kɪs miː __________________________________________
f) aɪ siː ˈfaɪə __________________________________________
g) juː niːd miː, aɪ dəʊnt niːd juː __________________________________________
h) drʌŋk __________________________________________
i) dəʊnt __________________________________________
j) hɑːts dəʊnt breɪk əˈraʊnd hɪə ________________________________________
k) wɒt duː aɪ nəʊ? __________________________________________
l) weɪk miː ʌp __________________________________________
m) smɔːl bʌmp __________________________________________
n) ˈɔːtəm liːvz __________________________________________
o) ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ hæz ʧeɪnʤd __________________________________________
p) sɪŋ __________________________________________
q) kəʊld ˈkɒfi __________________________________________