In this video, we're going to talk about two vowel sounds. I -- p ink, and E -- green
Extra English Practice
So these two sounds can easily be confused,
so we want to kind of show you the difference between them.
So the I, or pink color, the symbol looks like this.
this is a short I sound, so it's the sound in FILL and SIT and ..PIN. Thank you.
To form this sound, your moth's pretty relaxed, pretty relaxed.
It's not the most relaxed that it can be, that's more of an UH, but it's not tight. It's just.. I
The other sound is what we call the green sound. This is the phonetic symbol.
This is a longer sound and your mouth is in more of a... almost like a smile. EE EEE
So you pull your mouth open like that EEE.
And it's long. EEEE, I, EEEE, I.
This is the sound in the word CHEESE.
And that's why when people take a picture sometimes they say, "Say cheese!"
because your mouth smiles when you say EE
It's also in words like KEEP or TREE. So it's a long sound, mouth open.
We're gonna start with some listening practice.
You'll see a sentence above and then we will say either the word that has I in it or the word with E,
and see if you hear the same one that we're saying.
So the first sentence is "I want to LIVE here" or "I want to LEAVE here"
So maybe it's a beautiful location, I want to live there.
Or maybe I'm done and tired, and I just want to leave. Mm-hmm.
Okay, so which do you hear -- LIVE or LEAVE?
I want to leave here. I want to leave here.
I hear the long E sound. I want to LEAVE here. It must be an awful place.
Yeah, it's cold. Is it Canada??
Okay, listen again: I want to live here. I want to live here.
Did you hear it that time? It was different. It was the shorter sound -- I -- pink.
I want to live here. Oh, good! Yep. Let's try again.
I want to live here. I want to live here.
Hmm, it was the same sound as the last one. Again this one. I I -- I want to live here.
One more? Yeah. Okay.
I want to leave here. I want to leave here.
Okay, she used the green sound again, the long sound. She wants to leave. Yeah.
Okay our next sentence is either: "You need to HIT it" -- "HIT it", maybe you're playing a sport,
or: "You need to HEAT it", "You need to HEAT it".
To heat something means to make it warm, or make it hot,
so maybe you have some food from the fridge and want to heat it.
Okay, ready? I'm ready.
You need to heat it. You need to heat it.
HEAT, with the green, HEAT. Mm hmm.
You need to heat it. You need to heat it.
Again! Long sound -- HEAT.
You need to hit it. You need to hit it.
Short, HIT. One more?
You need to heat it. You need to heat it.
That's the long one -- HEAT.
This sentence is: "Where is my SHIP?" or "Where's my SHEEP?"
"Where's my SHIP?" -- My boat, my large boat. It's in the water. Presumably.
Or "Where's my SHEEP?" On the boat. Oh, on the boat! On the SHIP!
Alright, here we go.
Where's my ship? where's my ship?
Hmmm, that time hopefully she's in the water! It's a SHIP.
Where's my ship? Where's my ship?
She's still looking for it! Hasn't been able to find that ship!
Where's my sheep? Where's my sheep?
Oh, I'm more excited about this one, cute little animal.
Where's my sheep? Where's my sheep?
Did you hear -- that was the same one again, the long sound.
Next sentence: "That's a high HILL." A hill, land. "That's a high HILL."
Or: "That's a high HEEL", "That's a high HEEL."
A high heel is a type of shoe where the back part of your foot, the heel, there's a long piece there. Mm-hmm.
Usually women wear these. Not these women. They're uncomfortable. Ah, sometimes you do.
I do sometimes, yeah. Not HIGH heels. Not really high. Short heels. Medium heels. Medium.
Here we go:
That's a high heel. That's a high heel.
That's a high HEEL on that shoe. Mm-hmm.
That's a high hill. That's a high hill.
It's good for tobogganing! Yes! Slide down that hill. Mm-hmm. You need snow for that.
That's a high heel. That's a high heel.
Be careful when you're walking. Mm-hmm. Especially if you're walking up a HILL. Yes.
That's a high hill. That's a high hill. Pink one. Mm hmm.
So, we're going to practice this our favorite way -- game time! Game time!
How this works is we'll show you two words that are minimal pairs,
So one has the I sound, one has the E sound. Otherwise they're the same.
And we'll describe one or the other of the things, and you have to guess which one it is.
Ready? Yes. Great. We're gonna start with one that we've already looked at -- HIT and HEAT. HIT, HEAT. Okay?
So I'm thinking of one of them.. this is something you do often in the kitchen... mm-hmm..
It is something that often involves food. Okay, I think I know.. And making it warm..
Is it HEAT? HEAT, yeah. HEAT.
So if you say HIT, I think you mean.. this. And HEAT -- make something warm. Yeah.
I'd rather make food warm than hit somebody. Yeah, me too. Uh huh.
Okay, the next set of words is CHICK, CHICK, or CHEEK, CHEEK. Ready?
This one is something you would find in a barnyard, maybe on a farm.. Mm hmm..
It's cute. It's cute. Is it fluffy? It's fluffy.
Does it... peep? Peep peep. Peep peep. Like our little logo -- EEP, EEP.
It's a CHICK. Yeah, a CHICK. CHEEK is this. CHICK is a little bird. CHEEK -- body part.
CHICK is a baby chicken. CHICK. So cute.
Next we have LIP and LEAP. LIP, LEAP.
This is something you do. It means jump, and usually it's a long jump or a far jump.
I think she means LEAP. You take a LEAP.
LIP is this. LIP. LEAP.
The next two words are SLIP, SLIP and SLEEP, SLEEP.
So this is something we do a lot in the winter. Aaannd -- I think I do both of those in the winter.
I'm trying to make it a little tricky.
It's something we often do outside in the winter.
Sometimes inside, but in the winter in particular it happens outside.
I know -- because SLEEP -- it's too cold to do that outside, so SLIP, SLIP.
SLIP means kind of fall. Yeah. Your foot loses its grip and you fall. We do that on the ice a lot.
A lot. This winter especially, there was a lot of slipping.
Next, we've got BIN and BEAN. BIN, BEAN.
This is something you find in the kitchen. Mm-hmm. That's both of them!
It could be both. Maybe you'd have a BIN of BEANS! Yes, maybe.
This one is small. And you eat it. It can be fresh or dried or canned.
Ooo. Are you talking about BEANS? Yes. I don't think anybody's eating a BIN. No.
A BIN is like a container. So you might put things in a BIN, but you don't eat it. No.
The next words: GRIN, GRIN, and GREEN, GREEN.
The word I'm thinking of could be used to describe my appearance right now.
Oh, she's GRINning and she's wearing GREEN.
It also is the opposite, some would say, of red.
Oh, green! And also it's a Christmas color like red. Yeah that's true. They go together well. Yep.
We like to GRIN a lot, the two of us. We're doing it right now.
So it's a way of smiling. A kind of smile.
Alright, now we have RICH and REACH. RICH and REACH.
The word I'm thinking of is a word people want -- hope -- to use to describe themselves.
Oh, I think most people would hope to be RICH. Yeah. Yeah. So RICH means you have a lot of money.
Yeah, but you can also be RICH in friends or RICH in other ways. Yeah.
And REACH is like this -- REACH. Sorry, excuse my REACH. Yeah, I will excuse you.
The next two: HIS, HIS or HE'S, HE'S.
Umm, the word I'm thinking of is a contraction. Ah ha. An easy one.
A contraction is when two words come together to make another word. They usually have an apostrophe.
It's HE'S. HIS means it belongs to him. It's possessive. Yep.
Next one we have CHIP, CHIP and CHEAP, CHEAP.
This word I'm thinking of is delicious. I ate it yesterday.
We already talked about it today because we both love CHIPS. CHIPS. Potato CHIPS. Mm-hmm.
I love beet CHIPS. Yeah, I like all the vegetable CHIPS that they make. Carrot chips, yeah.
Plus, you could say that usually CHIPS are CHEAP. CHEAP is inexpensive. CHEAP.
Okay, last one. The words are FIT, FIT or FEET, FEET.
Hmmmmm. Recently I've been going to the gym a lot. And at the gym, I don't wear socks.
Which word am I thinking of?
You to to the gym to get FIT. Uh-huh. It means in good shape, healthy, strong. Strong.
But she's talking about socks, so it's FEET. Mm hmm. Why don't you wear socks?
Well, it's a martial arts gym, we do karate and kickboxing, and the tradition is you don't wear socks.
Oh, you wear bare feet! It's so you can.. you can... you know, if somebody pushes you, you've got a better grip.
I thought inside your shoes, you don't wear socks. Oh no, that would be gross. You'd get sweaty shoe feet.
So, these two sounds, I and E, are easily confused, but if you practice, it'll get easier. Mm-hmm.
You can practice by playing the same game with your friends.
Think of two words that have these sounds,
that sound similar otherwise, see if they can guess which one you mean.
And as always thanks so much for watching
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That's a high hill, high hill [snapping].
[laughter] Running out of STEEEEEEAM. Not "stim". No.
If I just stood like this. It's like a.. a leg workout. I can't do it that long!
Ok, the next two words: HIS, HIS, or HE'S, HE'S.. [phone chimes] I thought I turned the sound off...!
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