\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/i/ AS IN MEET}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{ee}} & meet, feel, see, free, sheet \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ea}} & team, reach, mean, sea \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{ie and ei}} & belief, piece, neither, receive \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{final e}} & me, we, she, he \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5.- {\bf{e + consonant + e}} & these, Chinese, Peter \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 6.- {\bf{final y}} & city, duty, country, ability \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 7.- {\bf{endings with ique}} & unique, boutique, critique \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.39356 cm} x{3.58344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɛ/ AS IN GET}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{e}} & get, end, next, general \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ea}} & heavy, head, read, measure \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{exceptions:}} said, says again, against, any, many,} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɘ*/ AS IN FUN*}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{u}} & but, fun, summer, drunk \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{o}} & love, done, come, son \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 2.- {\bf{ou}} & cousin, country, enough \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{*The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbol for the stressed vowel is /ʌ/ and for the \newline unstressed vowel it is /ɘ/. They are basically the same sound. Throughout this book the /ɘ/ \newline will be used for both. For further study of this reduced, neutral sound, refer to Chapter Five, \newline which deals with syllable stress and reduced vowels} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.34379 cm} x{3.63321 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ʊ/ AS IN GOOD}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{o}} & good, look, childhood, understood \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{u}} & push, full, pull, sugar \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{ould}} & would, could, should \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{exception}}: woman sounds like "wumun"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/aɪ/ AS IN TIME}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{y}} & fly, sky, apply, style \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{i}} & nice, kind, fine, sign \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{igh}} & light, fight, sight, night \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{ie}} & lie, tie, tried \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.58804 cm} x{2.38896 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/I/ AS IN SIT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{i}} & sit, give, this, dinner \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ui}} & build, quit, quick, guilty \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{y between consonants}} & system, gym, symbol, hymn \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{exceptions}} ": women , sounds like wimin (the o is an /I/ sound)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.39356 cm} x{3.58344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/æ/ AS IN FAT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{a}} & hat, apple, man, answer \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.39356 cm} x{3.58344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɔ/ AS IN SAW}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{aw}} & saw, law, awful, awesome \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{au}} & author, August, applaud, audition \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{al}} & small, walk, tall, always \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{ought}} & bought, thought, fought \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5.- {\bf{aught}} & daughter, caught \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 6.- {\bf{0}} & gone, off, long \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.39356 cm} x{3.58344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/u/ AS IN TOO}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{oo}} & too, food, school, tool \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ue}} & true, blue, avenue \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\emph{o}} & do, who, lose, prove \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{ew}} & new, blew, drew \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5.- {\emph{u}} & super, rule, duty, student \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/aʊ/ AS IN HOUSE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{ou}} & found, loud, around, thousand \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ow}} & now, down, crowd, vowel \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/eɪ/ AS IN TAKE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{a + consonant + e}} & late, came, take, save \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- ai & rain, wait, pain, aim \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{ay}} & say, away, play, Monday \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{ey}} & they, survey, obey \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5.- {\bf{eigh}} & weigh, eight, neighbor, freight \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{6.- {\bf{a}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{less common}} : April, alien, angel} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɑ/ AS IN FATHER}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{o}} & hot, stop, modern, job \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{a}} & father, watch, dark, want \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.69218 cm} x{3.28482 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/oʊ/ AS IN BOAT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{o}} & no, don't, home, only \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{oa}} & road, coat, boat \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{ow}} & own, slow, window \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4.- {\bf{ough}} & though, although \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɘr/ AS IN BIRD}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{er}} & her, mercy, mother, winner \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{ear}} & heard, learn, earth \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3.- {\bf{ir}} & first, girl, firm \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 4,- {\bf{or}} & doctor, word, worry \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 5.- {\bf{ur}} & occur, curtain, jury \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 6.- {\bf{ure}} & insecure, culture \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 7.- {\bf{ar}} & grammar, collar \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.44333 cm} x{3.53367 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{/ɔɪ/ AS IN BOY}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1.- {\bf{oi}} & avoid, oil, moist, join \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2.- {\bf{oy}} & enjoy, toy, employ, royal \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} 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