To categorize the underlined words based on their phonetic sounds, here’s how they would be placed:

### /ɪ/
- hit
- sick
- bit
- fit
- did
- is
- kin
- sin
- been
- lid
- till
- bin
- first
- gin
- until

### /ɑː/
- ago
- sofa
- album
- misconduct
- combat
- investment
- around
- cactus
- fill
- congress
- hill
- lick
- astonish
- consistent
- imprison
- it

You can place them in the respective columns for clarity.