[iy] and [i]

[iy]

[iy] is articulated with the front of the tongue raised close to the roof of the mouth. The lips are spread and close together, as if smiling. [iy] is sligthly diphthongized.

[i]

The articulation of [i] is similar to that of [iy], except that the lips are not spread so wide. The tongue is a little lower, too.

PLAY

bead ~ bid

lead ~ lid

deed ~ did

greed ~ grid

feel ~ fil

heel ~ hill

peel ~ pill

cheap ~ chip

neat ~ knit

seat ~ sit

This kid eats peas and sips milk.

Silly sheep weep and sleep on this hill.

Six sick slick slim sheep leap across the pit.

Jim drinks bitter beer and cheap fizzy drinks.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

Six thick thistle sticks are sitting on this big window sill.