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Prudent Lifestyles CHAPTER 12

Short and Long Vowel Sounds

A Say these words aloud.
B Practise the following poem

Short // Long /u/ by using the appropriate
pronunciation.
cook /kk/ glue /glu/ The Man in the Moon

put bloom Without any warning
The man in the moon
hook bruise Dropped into our school
At around about noon.
nook improve
crook prudent You may not believe me
But I have the proof
football brunette
There’s a man-in-the-moon
Shaped hole in the roof.
-Collete Hiller-
C Construct sentences from the list of words with short and long vowel
sounds below.

improve cooker onlooker coolant overtook broomstick

D Read the following Jazz Chant with correct pronunciation. A Jazz Chant can be
made more interesting if you include body movements such as clapping your
hands and snapping your fingers.
He wants one egg, Link
two pancakes, Jazz Chants were created by
three hot dogs, Carolyn Graham to make
four bananas, learning English more fun. You
five cookies, can listen to the example in the
six sandwiches, following YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/
He’s a hungry boy! watch?v=y3E12m9mVsM&feat
(Adapted from Teaching Jazz Chants to Young Learners) ure=youtube

Create a simple Jazz Chant by using short // and long /u/ vowel sounds.
You may refer to the dictionary for the word list. Present your Jazz Chant
to the class.

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