00:08This is a short vowel sound. It's pronounced IH. Now you try. Listen and repeat after me. IH. IH.
00:25Now here are some words which have this sound. Kit. Bid. Him. Minute. Now you try. Listen carefully and repeat
00:39after me.
00:40Kit. Bid. Him. Minute. Good.
00:59For speakers of some languages, it may be difficult to tell the difference between this vowel, the short vowel IH,
01:07and another sound, the long vowel EEE.
01:11Listen carefully to hear the difference between the two. In each pair of examples, I'll say the short sound IH
01:20first.
01:22Hit. Heat. Lip. Leap. Sick. Seek. Will. Wheel.
01:32Now you try. Listen carefully and repeat after me.
01:39Hit. Heat. Lip. Leap. Sick. Seek. Will. Wheel.
02:01Wheel. Good.
