Hello and welcome back to Easy English with James! Today, we're going to learn the five
ways to pronounce the letters E and A together in English. When you see these two letters together
there are actually five different ways that combination can be pronounced in English
so stick with me if you want to improve your pronunciation
and learn all five of the ways we can pronounce E and A in English!
okay number one e and a can be pronounced as you probably know ear ear
and also gear gear okay so try with me near near fear fear dear dear and gear gear okay
try this sentence dear doctor i fear my ear is too near the gear dear doctor
i fear my ear is too near the gear dear doctor i fear my ear is too near the gear this e a sound is
ear it's a diphthong one vowel slides into the other e e
number two is air another diphthong air air look at words like bear or tear or wear or pear bear
tear wear and pear practice with me bear remember that air bear
tear wear and pear okay try this practice sentence the bear wearing red was tearing the pear in half
the bear wearing red was tearing the pair in half one more time the bear wearing red was tearing the
pair in half okay okay number three is ea as uh uh in words like earn earn or early early also
learn learn and earth our beautiful planet earth okay so earn earn early early
learn learn and earth earth be careful with that th sound at the end uh earth earth okay practice
this sentence with me on earth you have to learn a lot to earn a lot i love this sentence okay
on earth you have to learn a lot to earn a lot okay on earth you have to learn a lot to earn a
lot okay okay number four is e and a as e the long vowel sound e e in words like beach beach or teach
teach or neat neat and finally reach reach okay beach beach teach teach neat neat and reach
reach okay try this sentence each of you teach me how to reach the beach each of you teach me
how to reach the beach each of you teach me how to reach the beach okay each of you teach me how to
reach the beach okay okay number five the final way we can pronounce e and a in english is as e
the short vowel sound e in words like red that's the past of reed red or dead dead or head head
and of course bread bread okay practice with me red red and dead dead and bread bread and head
head okay try this practice sentence use your head don't tread on the bread use your head
don't tread on the bread sometimes we say in english use your head it means don't be stupid
use your head don't be stupid use your head don't tread that means stand on don't tread on the bread
use your head don't tread on the bread okay use your head don't tread on the bread okay they are
five different ways that you can pronounce the letters e and a together in english go back to
the beginning practice those words again until you've mastered every single sound okay thank
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