VOWEL SOUNDS > /I/ x /i:/ - MAGIC (COLD PLAY)

Cold Play is a COOL band. Is that simple! What else could we say about them? 

I. Read the pair of sentences. Which words have the sounds /I/ and /i:/?

After all that we've been through

Still believe in magic

II. Fill in the gaps as you listen to the song.

Call it 1._________ /ˈmædʒɪk/
Call it true
I call it magic
When I'm with you
And I just got 2._________ /ˈbrəʊkən/
Broken into two
Still I call it magic
When I'm next to you

And I don't, and I don't
And I don't, and I don't
No, I don't, it's true
I don't, no, I don't 3._________ /nəʊ/
I don't, no, I don't
Want anybody else but you  x2

Call it magic
Cut me into two
And with all your magic
I disappear from view
And I can't get 4._________ /ˈəʊvə(r)/
Can't get over you
Still I call it magic
It's such a precious 5._________ /ˈdʒuːəl/

Want to fall, fall so 6._________ /fɑː(r)/
I want to fall, fall so hard
And I call it magic
And I call it true
I call it magic

And if you were to ask me
After all that we've been 7._________ /θruː/
Still believe in magic
Oh yes I do
Oh yes I do
Yes I do
Oh yes I do
Of course I do

III. Now put the words you’ve underlined into the correct group below.  

IV. Do the same with these words:

This, these, chip, cheap, slip, sleep, colleague, coffee, repeat, see, fee, click, flick, casino, pea

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KEY

I

After all that we've been through

Still believe in magic        

II.

1. magic

2. broken

3. no

4. over

5. jewel

6. far

7. through

III.

/I/ - still, believe, in, magic

/i:/ - we, been, believe

IV.

/I/ - this, chip, slip, coffee, repeat, click, flick,

/i:/ - these, cheap, sleep, colleague, repeat, see, fee, casino, pea