PRON Final Test Review

Review the sheets giving in class.  The sounds that will be evaluated are
long a, long e, and long u
dipthongs au ou ow ay oo u ew ui




Practice pronouncing the following words:

bail        bait       fail       gain       hail      jail      laid      maid      mail      maim      main       paid     

pain       raid       rail      rain       sail       tail       entertain        maintain       migraine     ponytail  

portrait    traitor       mermaid        rainbow        refrain   contain       curtail        explain       against 

vain      waif     wail       wait      again       avail       await       braid       brain      chain       claim       

daisy       drain      faint       faith       frail       grain       maize      paint       plain       quail     

braise       dainty       detail       detain      maiden      obtain       praise       quaint      raisin      remain    

sprain       strain       tailor       waiter         available       cocktail      complain        restrain   

straight      bay       day       hay       jay       lay      may       nay       pay       ray       say      way     

away       bray      clay      fray     okay      play       pray      stay      sway       tray      decay 

delay       essay        inlay      layer      relay       spray       stray       today     affray      always  

acorn       able       ache       alien       angel      aphid       apron      apricot       break       great       steak

eight       freight       neigh       neighbour       sleigh     weigh       weight

Postponed

The PRON Test was "put off" until tomorrow during the first period.

PRON Test

Next Tuesday we will have the PRON Test: ew/oo/u  sounds
Part I  Pronunciation
Part II Spelling
Part III Fill in the blank

Loooong U sound Short u sound

Click on the link and complete the online exerciseU sounds

More Dipthongs

how   clown   now   down   shower   town   plow  

1. The farmer drove the _________________ around the field.
2. Mary said to empty the trash ________________!
3. The baby fell _______________ and cried.
4. Jessica lives in the ___________________ of Oaksville.
5. My father will show you ______________ to shave.
6. Doris took a hot __________________.
7. We saw a funny ______________ at the circus.

Dipthongs

south   mouth   our   count   noun   about   out   found   house   shout

1. Tony can ___________________ up to 100.
2. John ____________________ his dog in the back yard.
3. My mother said, "Don't put that dirty comb in your __________________.
4. The opposite of north is _______________.
5. We should not _________________ in the library.
6. The dog ate __________ lunch today.
7. The name of a person, place, or thing is called a _________.
8. The girl was kicked _______________ of the girl scouts for being rude.
9. The story is ________________ a boy and a dolphin.
10. Linda lives in that brown _________________.

Unscramble / Writing

a.  Unscramble the following letters.
b.  Write a sentence with each word.

1. ilma
2. rolati
3. ratins
4. napli
5. nagai
6. owarnib

What is it?

Instructions:  Read each sentence and state whether the underlined word is being used as a noun, verb, or adjective.

EXAMPLE:  Michelle braided her long black hair.  braided  = verb
                        Michelle had a long braid.   braid  = noun
                        Michelle braided hair is pretty.  braided = adjective

1. The monkey's tail  is very long.
2. Jessica wants blue paint for her bedroom.
3. The prisoners were detained at the prison.
4. Joel has gained 2 pounds.
5. The ketchup stain on my shirt won't come out.
6. The pain will not go away.
7. We will drive on the main road.
8. Hail from the sky.
9. Will you paint that wall?
10. We stayed at a quaint hotel.
11. There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
12. The police car was tailing the crooks.
13. The box contains a surprise.
14. I heard the daily news report on the radio.
15. The river is tainted by the toxic waste from the factories.
16. I took a pain reliever for my headache.

ay and ai sounds practice

Fill in the blanks with the correct letters to complete each word.

1. The pots were made of cl ___ ___.
2. Shirley bought blue p ___ ___ nt for her room.
3. Alex's horse eats h ___ ___.
4. The r ___ ___ n hasn't stopped and I don't have an umbrella.
5. Harry is using b ___ ___ t to catch the fish.
6. There is a lovely blue j ___ ___ singing this morning.
7. Please m ___ ___ t  ___ ___ silence in the library.
8. It will snow ag ___ ___n this afternoon.
9. You must  w ___ ___t in the lobby.
10. Skinny Sam needs to g ___ ___n  ten pounds.

au/aw/aught/ought sounds unscramble

Unscramble the following words:

1.  anwf      ___________________
2. tuna        ___________________
3. ward       ___________________
4. ltafu       ___________________
5. agutht    ___________________
6. fuwal     ___________________
7. wagk     ___________________
8. urogbht ___________________

au/aw/aught/ought sounds

Complete each word using one of the sounds.

1.  f __ __ lt
2.  bec __ __ se
3.  fl __ __ s
4.  t __ __ ght
5.  ricksh __ __
6.  th __ __
7.  g __ __ k
8. br __ __ ght
9.  dr __ __ ing
10. astron __ __ ts