Test the long I in time, light, buy and child, the vowel you use every time you say I. This version uses C2 sentences: near-native challenges, dense sounds and fast rhythm.
The long I is a diphthong: it starts with an open A sound, as in father, and glides up to a short I. It appears in many essential words, including I, my, time, like and night. Learners sometimes shorten it or flatten it, so time sounds like Tom or like sounds like lake.
At C2 the aim is effortless, near-native clarity. These proficiency sentences pack difficult sounds into fast, dense phrases, many of them close to tongue twisters, so even confident speakers find out what still needs work.
Making only the first part, so time sounds like tahm
Saying the long A, so like sounds like lake
Making it too short in words like right and white
Mispronouncing silent letters in night and light
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