Exercise 11-4: Lax vowels practice paragraph
Again, go over this paragraph and mark the lax vowels, starting with [e]. the first one （of about 12 possible） is in 'hello' and 'American'. The first [i] sound （of 9 to 22）may be found in 'is'. （the numbers are approximations because you may have already reduced the [e] of 'hello' and the [i] of 'is' into schwas.） Pause the CD to do the marking. Check your answer in the Answer Key, beginning on page 193.
Again, go over this paragraph and mark the lax vowels, starting with [e]. the first one （of about 12 possible） is in 'hello' and 'American'. The first [i] sound （of 9 to 22）may be found in 'is'. （the numbers are approximations because you may have already reduced the [e] of 'hello' and the [i] of 'is' into schwas.） Pause the CD to do the marking. Check your answer in the Answer Key, beginning on page 193.