Each of the following sentences focuses on a specific vowel, diphthong or consonant sound. It is intended has a study resource, but can also be used for practice.
Dialect Study Sentences by David Smukler (Copyright 2000)
Vowels and Diphthongs
- It seems easier to see the speeding teams, if we seek the cheap senior’s seats.
- Is it possible for Lily to be in the middle of the English city in ten minutes?
- It is April’s nature to save plain paper for Kate’s rainy day radio games.
- Henry bet ten cents that you’d be dressed and checking the fresh bread.
- After Annie and Sam cracked the sandbag in half, they crashed the wagon on the castle path.
- Herman’s girl purposefully worked to curl the earthworms for the birds.
- The international lunar brotherhood was aware that the balloons were circling above both the American and Canadian worlds.
- Uncle Buck is stunned to learn money comes from undiscovered funds.
- Macho Arthur and his calm Slavic partner wandered in their almond coloured car.
- Tom wants to stop by the pond and not follow the official office clock.
- George saw the tall lawyer walking before the worn chalkboard.
- Joan hopes that the folds in the old coat holds no more mould.
- Why would a wolf put a cookie cookbook on the roof?
- A new cubical full of blue shoes by the pool was approved by the school.
- On Friday nights, I find I am inspired to multiply ninety-nine by nine.
- The loyal boys all enjoy noisy joyful voices.
- Our house is surrounded in the south by the a mountain outside the town.
- Here’s their poor ignored car near the secured square in the north part of the city.
Consonants
- Bill Barnes bought a tub of pure powdered edible pumpkin paper cups heaped with rippled, scrambled and marbled maple butter.
- Making vast volumes of money amuses many of the merchant men of Montreal.
- Where were the white-wheeled wheelbarrows working last Wednesday when we went round the west without them.
- Find five friendly people for a film featuring light fingered wolves who forage through loaves of olive leaves.
- These are the northern thickets. Do you think that Martha can see through the thick thorns wreathing the threshold?
- Let Tom hold the light in order to test the toys. I don’t doubt that his dad’s battered model train missed the track and dropped off the little desk.
- Stephen groaned when nine sinning noblemen kneeled before the king.
- She hears cats and dogs and a buzzer in the distance. She stops, strains, sits and forgets, then dozes and dreams of zoos. She should do something soon.
- Ruth’s nurse walks her around to the west wall of the red wing. Her story is written there in the horrible grim and arid rocks.
- Let Larry light the lamps while Rachel pulls a book from the shelf and feels its leather.
- You should shed your passion for fashion shoes when you shop for fish.
- Jean-Jacques treasures a vision of ancient Asia.
- The Italian yellow onions were junior’s favorite ones yesterday.
- Each child should have a chance to choose their favorite adventure.
- The Judge told George there were ginger snaps jammed in his jaw.
- Captain Kirk can quickly clean the crew’s quarters and the decks.
- Big girls signal the good guys to give them bags of green grape gum.
- Last spring on Long Island, my angry uncle’s singing rankled the distinguished songwriter from the Bronx.
- Honest Hugh had a hand in rehabilitating the house behind the molehill.