Sounds of letters I and Y – Exercise 455

These words have the same pronunciation but different meaning. Sort out the pair.

I'd like to speak to

Daniels.

Mike

his girlfriend.

Mrs

misses

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Sounds of letters I and Y

Sound	Letters	Examples
/ɪ/	closed syllable	begin, dinner, listen, big, fifty, picture, sit, wing, think crystal, lynx, physics, syllable, system, typical
/aɪ/	I(Y)_cons_E igh ie, ye, i y	drive, fine, life, price, smile, write, style, type, Skype bright, fight, light, sigh, thigh die, lie, tie, dye, child, find, pint, wild by, cry, my, try, why
/ɜː/	I_R_cons	bird, birth, circle, dirt, girl, shirt, third, thirsty, virtue
/ɪː/	i ie	kilo, pizza, machine, suite, magazine, police, ski, kiwi achieve, believe, chief, field, piece