If you did the first 2 exercises...now let’s go a little bit deeper and practice some sample sentences with each of the words that you practiced above. Listen along as I say them. Then repeat them yourself to practice each of the sounds in the video lesson at http://exlenglish.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-how-to-pronounce-the-short-i-sound-in-english/

1. Phrases In English
With A ‘Short I’ Sound
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2. He sleeps on a big bed

3. The necklace has many
yellow beads

4. They placed a bid
at the auction

5. John and Mary bid
on the bed of beads

6. She tried to reach the keys

7. My father-in-law was a wretch
after the stock market crashed

8. Ellen is a very rich woman

9. The wretch wanted to reach
out to his rich father for help

10. Joe left after the game

11. I leafed through
the book carefully

12. You can’t lift that heavy box

13. Mary leafed through the books
but left them because she
couldn’t lift the whole box

14. He placed a bet
on the horse race

15. That song has a fast beat

16. They drank a bit of paint
to see what it tasted like

17. They bet a good bit of money
that the driver would
beat the horse

18. Allen fell off the horse

19. I feel sick

20. Can you fill this up
for me, please

21. If you feel sorry for him,
fill up the jar for the boy
who fell off the horse

22. Download the full list of words
with the ‘Short I’ sound at
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