Phonological Patterns
List 1: Different flavors of <l>
1.
a. Leak
b. Bowl
2.
a. Laugh
b. Cool
3.
a. Probably
b. Control
4.
a. Lift
b. Stall
5.
a. Left
b. Pull
List 2: cot/caught merger
Same vowels
1.
don
2.
hock
3.
cot
4.
bot (robot)
5.
knot
dawn
hawk
caught
bought
naught
List 3: pin/pen merger
Same vowels
1.
din
2.
tin
3.
gin
4.
pin
den
ten
Jen
pen
Different vowels
5.
pit
6.
knit
7.
bid
pet
net
bed
List 4: Regular past tense
1. drip
2. knit
3. kick
4. score
5. stretch
6. bag
7. bat
8.explain
9. need
10.cry
11.side
12. flex
Say each of these verbs out-loud in the past tense and note the sound of
the past tense marker for each of them. Sort the verbs into one of the following
three columns according to which past tense marker attaches to them.
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[d]
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[Id]
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