hello students this is funny welcome
back to this English pronunciation video
in this video I'm gonna focus on two
tricky vowel sounds
ah and a I know they sound similar but
they are different sounds in English so
we need to practice let's take two
example words the first word is bad can
you hear the R sound bad the second word
is bed can you hear the sound bed so bad
and bed I know they sound practically
the same but they are different and you
need to practice and by the end of this
video I promise you will hear and
pronounce them correctly so keep
watching get ready guys I'm gonna help
you make these sounds are and in English
you will be able to hear the difference
and to pronounce them correctly it's
very important also for you to know the
IPA spelling watch how I move my mouth
and always try to repeat after me in
this video I know you can do this so
let's get to it let's first learn how to
make the sound ah now as you can see my
tongue is very low and my chin as well
ah
repeat after me ah ah let's practice
with the word bad repeat after me
bad bad bad let's now make the different
sound eh now for this sound my tongue is
in the middle part of my mouth and I
stretch out my lips a little bit eh
repeat after me
ay-ay-ay let's say the word bed
repeat after me bed bed bed let's now
use minimal pairs words that sound
almost the same but the vowel sounds are
different they're a good way to practice
first just the sounds watch how my mouth
moves and repeat after me
ah ah eh eh eh ah eh ah eh ah eh let's
use the words bad and bed repeat after
me
bad bad bad bed bed bed bad bed bad bed
bad bed okay guys let's now read minimal
pairs together watch very carefully how
my mouth moves and repeat after me let's
get started
and end ox x bag
big band bend bat bet bland blend cattle
kettle dad dead fad a Fed flash flesh
gasps gasps gasps guests had head hum
him John
Jim land a lend man men manned mend Mary
Mary
Matt met pan pen Pat pet ruble rebel sad
said sat set
she'll she'll spend spend tack tick
track trick tamper temper that vet great
guys okay guys moving on to words now
I'm going to show you some words and I
want you to read them with the proper
vowel sound is it aa or is it a let's
get to it let's start with the first
word how do you pronounce this tack or
Teck Teck
next word Mary or Mary Mary next word
sad or said
said next word track or track track next
word bat or bet bat
then we have track or track track next
word and or end end next word sad or sad
sad next word bat or bet bet and finally
marry or marry marry a very good guys
okay students let's move on to sentences
containing aa and a sound pay attention
and repeat after me
the first sentence dad had a pet bat
second sentence we met sad men who beg
and finally the Mary vet had cattle
excellent guys let's move on that was
very good guys you now understand a lot
better the difference between the
English vowel sounds are and a it's
tricky but it takes time practice of
listening and speaking to master these
vowels but you can do it also you can
watch my other pronunciation videos they
are extremely helpful if you want to
improve your English skills so see you
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