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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dialect Study Sentences by David Smukler (Copyright 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vowels and Diphthongs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It seems easier to see the speeding teams, if we seek the cheap senior’s seats.<\/li>
  2. Is it possible for Lily to be in the middle of the English city in ten minutes?<\/li>
  3. It is April’s nature to save plain paper for Kate’s rainy day radio games.<\/li>
  4. Henry bet ten cents that you’d be dressed and checking the fresh bread.<\/li>
  5. After Annie and Sam cracked the sandbag in half, they crashed the wagon on the castle path.<\/li>
  6. Herman’s girl purposefully worked to curl the earthworms for the birds.<\/li>
  7. The international lunar brotherhood was aware that the balloons were circling above both the American and Canadian worlds.<\/li>
  8. Uncle Buck is stunned to learn money comes from undiscovered funds.<\/li>
  9. Macho Arthur and his calm Slavic partner wandered in their almond coloured car.<\/li>
  10. Tom wants to stop by the pond and not follow the official office clock.<\/li>
  11. George saw the tall lawyer walking before the worn chalkboard.<\/li>
  12. Joan hopes that the folds in the old coat holds no more mould.<\/li>
  13. Why would a wolf put a cookie cookbook on the roof?<\/li>
  14. A new cubical full of blue shoes by the pool was approved by the school.<\/li>
  15. On Friday nights, I find I am inspired to multiply ninety-nine by nine.<\/li>
  16. The loyal boys all enjoy noisy joyful voices.<\/li>
  17. Our house is surrounded in the south by the a mountain outside the town.<\/li>
  18. Here’s their poor ignored car near the secured square in the north part of the city.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Consonants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Bill Barnes bought a tub of pure powdered edible pumpkin paper cups heaped with rippled, scrambled and marbled maple butter.<\/li>
    2. Making vast volumes of money amuses many of the merchant men of Montreal.<\/li>
    3. Where were the white-wheeled wheelbarrows working last Wednesday when we went round the west without them.<\/li>
    4. Find five friendly people for a film featuring light fingered wolves who forage through loaves of olive leaves.<\/li>
    5. These are the northern thickets. Do you think that Martha can see through the thick thorns wreathing the threshold?<\/li>
    6. 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.<\/li>
    7. Stephen groaned when nine sinning noblemen kneeled before the king.<\/li>
    8. 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.<\/li>
    9. 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.<\/li>
    10. Let Larry light the lamps while Rachel pulls a book from the shelf and feels its leather.<\/li>
    11. You should shed your passion for fashion shoes when you shop for fish.<\/li>
    12. Jean-Jacques treasures a vision of ancient Asia.<\/li>
    13. The Italian yellow onions were junior’s favorite ones yesterday.<\/li>
    14. Each child should have a chance to choose their favorite adventure.<\/li>
    15. The Judge told George there were ginger snaps jammed in his jaw.<\/li>
    16. Captain Kirk can quickly clean the crew’s quarters and the decks.<\/li>
    17. Big girls signal the good guys to give them bags of green grape gum.<\/li>
    18. Last spring on Long Island, my angry uncle’s singing rankled the distinguished songwriter from the Bronx.<\/li>
    19. Honest Hugh had a hand in rehabilitating the house behind the molehill.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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