/i/ and /ɪ/Ms. Quiñones

Vowel Sounds of the Day• /i/ as in “eat”, “peel”, and “candy”• /ɪ/ as in “it”, “fish”, and “dip”

• /i/ is produced by pulling the lips back into a “smile” and keeping your tongue forward and up in the mouth.

• /ɪ/ is produced with your lips slightly open and the tongue slightly forward and midway up in the mouth.

Production

Individual Sound Practice/i/

Each preacher needs to eat three green beans before he is free to reach for the cream.

/ɪ/

Lily is itching to dip this carrot stick into the dish. She’ll go to the gym and take pills to keep slim and trim.

Now Try the Sounds Together• Phil and Neal still think they need to

seal the deal to build the bridge in Hillsville.

• Sheena and Jill think Phil and Neal need to really see how much it will take before they fill out the forms.

Additional Practice This ship is filled with cheap sheets and

chipped teacups. Will you wheel my meal to the mill for

me? Beatrice beat Bill when he bit his sister. Tim needs the team to leave him near

the street he lives on.