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Semi Vowels and Nasal ‘ng’

In this lesson, you will focus on semi-vowels /w/ and /j/, as well as the nasal ‘ng’ sound /ŋ/. You will practise distinguishing between the sounds and their different spellings.

Wink/wɪŋk/Your/jɔː/
Wonder/’wʌndə/Young/jʌŋ/

Exercise 6A

For this activity, look at the words, and identify the correct spelling for each phonetic transcription. Choose the word that matches the sound shown.

/waɪl/ *
/lɒŋ/ *
/jelp/ *
/ˈjɑːhuː/ *