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Example: cheque neck
(compare neck with peck, deck, wreck, speck and so on)
| 1 | dome | some | 5 | rich | stitch | 9 | file | style |
| 2 | mash | cache | 6 | chest | breast | 10 | taste | waist |
| 3 | steak | make | 7 | wand | bond | 11 | want | pant |
| 4 | moon | prune | 8 | blood | mud | 12 | cut | put |
Ex. 3.4 (
, track 3)
A: In this section the spelling is 100% predictable from the pronunciation. Listen to the recording and write these individual words down.
| 1 | ________ | 5 | ________ | 9 | ________ | 13 | ________ |
| 2 | ________ | 6 | ________ | 10 | ________ | 14 | ________ |
| 3 | ________ | 7 | ________ | 11 | ________ | 15 | ________ |
| 4 | ________ | 8 | ________ | 12 | ________ | 16 | ________ |
B: Now see if you can read the following words aloud before you listen to them on the recording. Remember that the pronunciation is still predictable from the spelling.
| 1 | scoop | 5 | patched | 9 | puddle | 13 | shun |
| 2 | muted | 6 | rotter | 10 | stutter | 14 | candle |
| 3 | glitch | 7 | hugged | 11 | handy | 15 | rumbled |
| 4 | spine | 8 | treck | 12 | budge | 16 | trash |
