THE SPELLINGS OF RP /Iː/
Further practice
The spellings of RP /iː/
bee
/bi:/
these
/ði:z/
sheep
/ʃi:p/
lead
/li:d/
leat
/li:t/
believe
/bɪˈli:v/
everybody
/ˈevribɒdi/
ladies
/ˈleɪdiz/
Please, take these seats.
/ˈpli:z ˈteɪk ði:z ˈsi:ts/
Jean, can you feel these?
/ˈdʒi:n kən ju ˈfi:l ˈði:z/
She believes discreet people perceived the scene.
/ʃi bɪˈli:vz dɪˈskri:t ˈpi:pl̩ pəˈsi:vd ðə si:n/
The queen in green screamed.
/ðə ˈkwi:n ɪn ˈɡri:n ˈskri:md/
My eel's meal´s is a piece of meat with a bit of cheese.
/maɪ ˈi:l̩z ˈmi:lz ɪz ə ˈpi:s əv ˈmi:t wɪð ə bɪt əv ˈtʃi:z/
At least, Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas
/ət ˈli:st dəˈni:z kəd ˈsni:z ənd ˈfi:d ənd ˈfri:z ðə ˈfli:z/
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
/θru: ˈθri: ˈtʃi:z ˈtri:z ˈθri: ˈfri: ˈfli:z ˈflu:/