Hello guys.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In this video we will focus on two English vowel sounds:
/I/ and /i:/
Now I know they sound very similar, but they are different.
And they are two very important vowel sounds in English.
So let's start with our two example words:
sit
Now listen to how I pronounce this word.
sit
Can you hear the /i/ sound?
sit
Now listen to another word:
seat
Can you hear the pronunciation?
seat /i:/
/i:/ sound.
seat
sit
seat
I know it can be difficult at first.
But with a little bit of practice, I'm sure you will hear them differently.
Although they are similar, they are two different vowel sounds.
I promise you by the end of this video
you will hear and pronounce them differently.
Get ready students.
I'm gonna help you make these vowel sounds /I/ and /i:/.
I really want you to be able to hear the difference and to pronounce them correctly.
It is very important for you to know the IPA spelling.
Watch how I move my mouth.
And always repeat after me in this video.
I know that you can master these vowel sounds.
Let's get started.
First, let's try to make the sound /I/.
So when you pronounce, it your tongue is a little higher in your mouth, closer to the
front.
/I/ Stretch out your lips a little.
And it's a short sound.
/I/ Repeat after me.
/I/ /I/
/I/ Let’s now practice with the word, sit.
Repeat after me.
sit sit sit Good guys.
Let's now practice the second sound, /i:/.
So the tongue has the same position.
It's a little bit higher, closer to the front.
But, when you say /i:/, you stretch out your lips a little more.
And it's a long sound.
/i:/
Your lips should feel a little tighter, too.
/i:/
Repeat after me.
/i:/
Let's practice with the word, seat.
Repeat after me.
seat seat
seat Good guys.
So we're going to use minimal pairs.
They’re words with very similar sounds, but the actual vowel sounds are different.
And they're a very good way to practice these vowel sounds.
So let's now practice together.
First, just the sounds.
Watch my mouth.
And repeat after me.
/I/ /I/
/I/ /i:/
/i:/
/I/ /i:/
Can you see my mouth?
Okay let's now practice with the words.
sit sit sit seat seat seat
sit seat sit seat sit seat Good job guys.
Okay guys let's now move on to minimal pairs.
I have a few for you.
I'm gonna read them to you.
I want you to be very careful.
Look at my mouth - how it moves.
And repeat after me.
Let's get started.
bid bead bin been
bit beat bitch beach
biz bees blip bleep
chick cheek chip cheap
chit cheat did deed
dip deep fill feel
fist feast fit feet
fizz fees gin gene
grid greed grin green
hid heed hill he’ll
hip heap his he’s
hit heat ill eel
is ease it eat
itch each kid keyed
kip keep knit neat
lick leak lip leap
mill meal mitt meet
pick peek pill peel
pip peep piss peace
pit peat pitch peach
risen reason slick sleek
slip sleep slit sleet
shin sheen sick seek
sill seal sim seem
sin seen sip seep
skid skied skim scheme
skit skeet still steel
till teal tin teen
wit wheat Let's practice further.
I'm now going to show you some words and I want you to read them with the proper
English vowel sound.
/I/ or /i:/
Let's get started.
Let's start with the first word.
Now what's the pronunciation of this word?
Is it sit or is it seat?
Of course it is sit.
Next word.
Is it chick or is it cheek?
It's chick.
Next word.
fill or feel?
fill Next word.
his or he's?
Of course his.
chin or cheat?
Its cheat.
Is it pip or is it peep?
Of course people it’s pip.
Next word.
bitch or beach?
It's beach.
Then we have sit or seat.
Which one is it?
It's seat.
his oh he's?
It's he's.
And finally, is it hill or heel?
It's heel.
Great guys.
Let's continue on.
Okay guys, let's now move on to sentences.
I have a few sentences for you with different /I/ and /i:/
sounds.
So pay attention and repeat after me.
The first sentence is: Pick a seat and sit without making a peep.
The second sentence: Don't peel a peach or eat its pit.
And finally.
I feel sick and ill after eating the big meal.
Excellent guys.
Let's move on.
Great job guys.
I know you now have a better understanding of the difference between the English vowel
sounds /I/ and /i:/.
It's difficult.
It takes time and practice to master, but you can do it.
So keep practicing and make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos
very important if you want to improve your English skills.
See you next time.
Thank you so much guys for watching my video.
If you’ve liked it and if you want to see other videos please show me your support.
Click like.
Subscribe to the channel.
Put your comments below and share the video.
Bye Hello guys and welcome to this English pronunciation
video.
In this video, I'm going to focus on two very important vowel sounds in English.
/e/ and /ɪ/ Let's take two example words.
The first word is 'bed'.
Can you hear /e/ the sound?
'bed' Now the second word is, bid.
Can you hear the /ɪ/ sound?
bid bed bid I know they sound similar, but they are different.
And with a little bit of practice, you will start hearing them differently.
I promise you that.
So keep watching.
Get ready guys.
I am going to help you make these sounds /e/ and /ɪ/.
I want you to 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 as usual, repeat after me.
I know that you can master these vowel sounds, So let's get to it.
So let's first practice how to make the sound /e/.
So your tongue is in a middle part of your mouth.
/e/ Watch my mouth.
How it moves.
/e/ Can you watch my mouth and repeat after me
now?
/e/ /e/ /e/.
Okay let's now practice with a word, ‘bed’.
Can you repeat after me?
bed bed bed Good job.
Moving on to the sound /ɪ/.
Now your tongue - it's a little higher than for the /e/ sound.
And you should stretch out your lips a little.
And it's a short sound.
/ɪ/ So let's practice.
Repeat after me.
/ɪ/ /ɪ/ /ɪ/ Let's practice with a word, ‘bid’.
Watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
bid bid bid Okay guys, let's now use minimal pairs -
same words only the vowel sounds change.
They're a good way to practice these sounds.
But first just the sounds, so just watch how my mouth moves
and repeat after me.
/e/ /e/ /e/ /ɪ/ /ɪ/ /ɪ/ Let's now take the words ‘bed’ and ‘bid’.
Repeat after me.
bed bed bed bid bid bid
bed bid bed bid bed bid Good, guys.
Okay guys, let's now read minimal pairs together.
Repeat after me.
And watch how my mouth moves.
Let's go.
beg big bell bill
belt built bet bit
bless bliss check chick
clench clinch crept crypt
dead did desk disk
fell fill fleck flick
gem gym head hid
heck hick hell hill
hem him hex hicks
Ken kin led lid
left lift lest list
let lit mess miss
meddle middle messed mist
peg pig pet pit
set sit quell quill
Okay let's continue practicing.
I'm now going to show you some words and I want you to read them with the proper
English vowel sound /e/ and /ɪ/.
Let's get started.
Let's start with the first word.
Which one is it? ‘beg’ or ‘big’?
It's beg.
Next word.
Which one is it? ‘bet’or ‘bit’?
It's ‘bit’.
Next word.
Which one is it? ‘mess’ or ‘miss’?
It’s ‘mess’.
The following word.
Which one is it? ‘set’ or ‘sit’?
It's ‘set’ of course.
Next word.
Which one is it? ‘left’ or ‘lift’?
lift Next word.
‘hell’ or ‘hill’?
‘hill’ obviously.
Next word.
‘beg’ or ‘big’?
It's ‘big’ this time.
Next word.
‘dead’ or ‘did’?
It's ‘dead’of course.
Then we have ‘mess’ or ‘miss’?
It is ‘miss’.
And finally, ‘dead’ or ‘did’? ‘did’
Great guys!
Let's continue on.
Okay guys.
Moving on to sentences now.
I have sentences for you and they're filled with /e/ and /ɪ/ sounds.
Repeat after me.
The first sentence is, ‘Ken did not sit on the hill.’
The second sentence, ‘My pet pig fell off the cliff.’
And finally, ‘Set the big desk in the middle.’
Good job, guys.
Let's carry on.
Great guys.
Well now you have a better understanding of the difference between the English vowel sounds
/e/ and /ɪ/.
Keep practicing.
Practice makes perfect.
I know you can do it.
And make sure to watch the rest of my pronunciation videos.
They're very important if you want to improve your English skills.
See you next time.
Thank you so much guys for watching my video.
If you liked it, please show me your support.
Click ‘like’.
Subscribe to the channel.
Put your comments below.
Share the video.
Hello, students.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In this video we are going to focus on two English vowel sounds.
/e/ and /eɪ/ These are two very important vowel sounds
in English.
And they sound different even though very similar.
Let's start with two example words.
The first word is ‘let’.
Can you hear the sound /e/?
‘let’ The second word is ‘late’.
/eɪ/ ‘late’
So ‘let’ and ‘late’ I know to some of you they sound exactly the
same.
But with a little bit of practice you will hear the difference,
so keep watching.
By the end of this video, I promise you will improve your hearing and
pronunciation of these two vowel sounds.
Get ready guys.
I'm gonna help you make these sounds /e/ and /eɪ/ in English.
I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Also, it's very important to know the IPA spelling,
watch how I move my mouth, and as usual repeat after me.
I know that you can master these sounds, so let's get to it.
First, let's learn how to make the sound /e/.
So your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth.
Okay, and your mouth and doesn't move.
Can you repeat after me?
/e/ /e/
/e/ Let's now practice with a word please.
Repeat after me.
let let
let For the sound /eɪ/.
It's a little bit trickier.
It's what we call a diphthong.
So it's actually two vowel sounds combined.
So as you can see, your mouth moves and your tongue goes up a
little as you produce the sound /eɪ/.
Can you repeat after me?
/eɪ/ /eɪ/
/eɪ/ With the word ‘late’.
Repeat after me.
late late
late Great job!
Let's now use minimal pairs.
Words that are extremely similar but the vowel sounds change.
They're a very good way to practice your vowel sounds.
First let's just practice the sounds.
So watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
/e/ /e/
/e/ /eɪ/
/eɪ/ /eɪ/
/e/ /eɪ/
Let's now use our words ‘let’ and ‘late’.
Repeat after me.
let let
let late
late late
let late
Excellent job.
Guys, let's now find out about other minimal pairs.
I'm gonna read them to you.
I want you to repeat after me and pay attention to my mouth and how it moves.
Let's go.
chess chase
beck bake
bed bade
bell bail
best based
bet bait
bled blade
bread braid
breast braced
debt date
edge age
etch H
fed fade
fell fail
fleck flake
fret freight
gel jail
get gate
hell hail
Ken cane
L ale
led laid
lens lanes
less lace
M aim
men main
mess mace
met mate
pen pain
pent paint
pest paste
pled played
red raid
rest raced
S ace
sell sale
sent saint
set sate
shed shade
shell shale
special spatial
sped spade
tech take
tell tale
tent taint
test taste
tread trade
trend trained
wed wade
wedge wage
well whale
west waist
wet wait
when wane
wreck rake
wren rain
X aches
Excellent guys.
Let's move on.
Ok let's continue practicing.
Now I'm going to show you some words and I want you to read them with the proper
English vowel sound /e/ and /eɪ/
Let's get started.
Let's start with the first word.
Is it ‘bed’ or ‘bade’?
It's ‘bed’ of course.
Next word.
‘fell’ or ‘fail’?
Which one is it?
It's ‘fail’.
Next word.
‘test’?
‘taste’?
It’s ‘taste’.
Guys, next word.
‘men’?
‘main’?
‘main’ Next word.
‘ren’?
‘rain’?
It's ‘rain’.
Next ‘sell’ or ‘sale’?
It's ‘sell’.
Next word.
‘test’?
‘taste’?
Which one is it?
In this case, it's ‘test’.
Next.
‘men’?
‘main’?
It's ‘men’.
Next word.
‘sell’ or ‘sale’?
‘sale’ of course.
And finally, ‘when’ or ‘wane’?
It's ‘when’.
Very good.
Great job guys.
Let's carry on.
Okay guys let's now practice with sentences.
I have sentences containing /e/ and /eɪ/sounds.
So pay attention and repeat after me.
The first sentence is: ‘Ken made cakes well.’
The second sentence: ‘Tell him to send red paint.’
And finally: ‘Men fed a whale in the rain.’
Great guys.
Let's continue on.
Great job guys.
You now have a better understanding of the difference
between the English vowel sounds /e/ and /eɪ/.
But keep practicing.
It takes time and practice of listening and speaking to master the vowel sounds.
But you can do it.
Also make sure you watch the rest of my pronunciation videos.
Very important if you want to master the English language.
See you next time.
Thank you so much guys for watching my video.
if you've liked it, show me your support.
Click ‘like’.
Subscribe to the channel.
Put your comments below and share the video.
See you.
Hello, students.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In this video, I'm going to focus on two English vowel sounds:
/æ/ and /ʌ/ They sound similar, but they are different
so you need to pronounce them differently.
Let's start with two example words.
My first example word is ‘ran’.
Can you hear the sound?
‘ran’ M second word is, ‘run’.
/ʌ/ run
run run
Can you hear the difference?
Well if you can't I promise by the end of this video,
you will improve your hearing and pronunciation of these two vowel sounds.
So keep watching.
Get ready guys.
I am going to help you make these sounds.
are and in English I want you to hear the difference very clearly
and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Also you should know the IPA spelling, watch how I move my mouth,
and please try to always repeat after me.
I know you can do it so let's get started.
First, let's try to make the sound /æ/.
So your tongue is very low in your mouth.
/æ/ Can you repeat after me:
/æ/ /æ/
/æ/ Let's now use the word, ‘ran’.
Repeat after me.
ran ran
ran And now let's produce the sound /ʌ/.
/ʌ/ Your tongue is in the middle part of your
mouth.
Please repeat after me.
/ʌ/ Let's now practice with the word ‘run’.
Repeat after me.
run run
run Good guys.
Let's now use minimal pairs.
Words that are very similar, but the vowel sounds change.
A very good way to practice the vowel sounds.
First, just the sounds.
Repeat after me.
And watch how my mouth moves.
/æ/ /ʌ/
/æ/ Let's now use the words ‘ran’ and ‘run’.
Please repeat after me.
ran ran
ran run
run run
ran run
Great guys.
Ok, guys.
Let's see other minimal pairs together.
Repeat after me and pay attention to my mouth how it moves.
Let's get started.
ankle uncle back buck
bad bud badge budge
bag bug ban bun
bank bunk bat but
began begun brash brush
cab cub cam come
cap cup cat cut
champ chump cram crumb
crash crush dabble double
dab dub dad dud
dam dumb damp dump
dank dunk drank drunk
fan fun fanned fund
F@nny funny flank flunk
flash flush flax flux
gash gush glam glum
grab grub hag hug
ham hum hang hung
hash hush hat hut
hatch hutch jag jug
lag lug mad mud
massed must mat mutt
match much pack puck
paddle puddle pan pun
pat putt rabble rubble
rag rug ram rum
rang rung rash rush
sack suck Sally sully
sang sung sank sunk
sapper supper sax sucks
scam scum shacks shucks
slag slug slam slum
slang slung slash slush
stab stub stack stuck
stand stunned stank stunk
swam swum tab tub
tack tuck tag tug
tang tongue thrash thrush
track truck tramps trumps
Excellent job guys.
Let's carry on.
Okay, guys.
Let's practice further.
I'm going to show you some words.
I want you to read them, but with the proper vowel sound.
Let's get started.
Let's start with word number one.
Which one is it? ‘hang’ or ‘hung’?
‘hung’ Very good.
Next word.
dad or dud?
dud Next word.
Which one is it? rag or rug?
rag Next word.
F@nny or funny?
funny Next word.
Which one is it? stab or stub?
It's ‘stab’.
Next word.
hang or hung?
It's ‘hang’.
Next word.
dad or dud?
It’s ‘dad’.
Next word.
rag or rug?
rug Next word.
stab or stub?
It’s ‘stub’.
And finally, F@nny or funny?
It's ‘F@nny’.
Very good guys.
Awesome guys.
Let's move on.
Okay, guys.
Let's move on to sentences now.
I have sentences for you and they all contain /æ/ and /ʌ/ sound
so pay attention and repeat after me.
The first sentence is: ‘My funny uncle must come’.
The second sentence: ‘The bad crab stunk’.
And finally: ‘F@nny must teach funny slang’.
Excellent, guys.
Let's move on.
Great job, guys.
I know it's hard but you now have a better understanding of the
difference between the English vowel sounds /æ/ and /ʌ/.
Keep practicing.
It takes time and practice of listening and speaking to master the English vowel sounds.
But you can do it.
And also make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos.
They're very important if you want to improve your English skills.
See you next time.
Thank you so much guys for watching my video.
If you've liked it show me your support.
Click ‘like’.
Subscribe to the channel.
Put your comments below.
Share the video.
Hi guys.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In this video, I'm gonna focus on two tricky sounds:
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
sounds similar but they are very different and you need to hear
the difference and to pronounce them differently.
Let's take two example words shall we...
the first word is 'so'.
/əʊ/ is the sound.
Can you hear it? 'so'
The second word is 'saw'.
The sound is /ɔ:/.
Can you hear it? so /səʊ/
saw /sɔː/ Now I know they sound very similar to most
of you.
But they are different and with a little bit of practice,
you will improve your skills.
I promise you by the end of this video, you will hear and pronounce them
differently.
So keep watching.
Let's go guys!
I'm gonna help you make these sounds /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/ in English.
I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Also you should know the IPA spelling.
Watch how I move my mouth.
And please try to repeat after me.
I know you can do this so let's get to it.
First, let's make the sound /əʊ/.
/əʊ/ is actually a diphthong.
So it's two vowel sounds /əʊ/.
So as you pronounce it, as you can see, my mouth is quite round.
It moves and it becomes smaller.
/əʊ/ Let's practice.
Repeat after me.
/əʊ/-/əʊ/-/əʊ/ Let's practice now with the word 'so'.
Repeat after me.
so - so - so And now for the sound /ɔ:/.
As you can see my mouth is round as well but it's doesn't move.
And the sound is a tiny bit longer.
/ɔ:/
Let's practice.
Repeat after me.
/ɔ:/
- /ɔ:/
Let's take the word 'saw'.
Please repeat after me.
saw - saw - saw Good.
Let's now use minimal pairs.
Words that are very similar but the vowel sounds change.
They're a very good way to practice these vowel sounds.
First, let's just practice the sounds.
Watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
/əʊ/ - /əʊ/ - /əʊ/ /ɔ:/
- /ɔ:/
/əʊ/ - /ɔ:/
Let's now take our words 'so' and 'saw'.
Repeat after me.
so - so - so saw - saw - saw
so - saw Excellent guys.
Okay students let's now move on to minimal pairs together.
I'm gonna read them to you you should repeat after me.
And watch my mouth - how it moves.
Let's get started.
boat bought
bode bored bow bore
code cord coke cork
cone corn copes corpse
choke chalk chose chores
close claws crow craw
doe door dome dorm
doze doors drone drawn
foam form foe for
folk fork go gore
goal gall hone horn
implode implored Joe jaw
know nor load lord
low law moan morn
moaning morning mole maul
motor mortar mow more
o or oat ought
owe or poach porch
poke pork sew saw
scone scorn show shore
show sure shown shorn
snow snore stoke stork
stow store toe tore
tone torn tote taught
quote quart Good guys.
Let's carry on.
Okay guys.
Let's practice further.
I'm going to show you a couple of words I want you to read them
with the proper English vowel sound: /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
Let's get to.
Let's start with the first word.
Is it stoke or stalk?
It's stoke.
Next word.
moaning or morning?
It's 'morning' of course.
next word code or cord?
code Next word.
stoke or stork?
stork.
Very nice.
Next word.
poke or pork?
It's 'poke'.
Very good.
Then we have boat or bought?
Its 'bought'.
Next word.
poke or pork?
It's 'pork', guys.
Next word.
hone or horn?
horn Then we have 'code' or 'cord'.
It's 'cord'.
And finally... boat or bought?
'boat' Very nice.
That was excellent guys.
Let's move on.
Ok guys moving on to sentences containing /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
sounds.
So pay attention and repeat after me.
The first sentence I saw four crows fly low.
Second sentence...
Joe chose pork and corn.
And finally...
There's more snow on the low shore.
Great guys.
Let's move on.
Great job guys.
You now have a better understanding of the difference between the English vowel sounds
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
But keep practicing.
It takes time and practice speaking and listening
to master these vowel sounds.
But you can do!
So keep practicing and watch my other pronunciation videos.
They're very useful if you want to improve your English skills.
So see you next time.
Thank you so much for watching guys.
If you've liked it, show me your support.
Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put your comments below
And share this video.
See you.
Hello, guys.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
And in today's video, I'm gonna focus on two different vowel sounds in English:
/ɒ/ and /əʊ/ Let's take two example words.
The first example word is ‘hop’.
Can you hear the /ɒ/ sound?
‘hop’ The second word is ‘hope’.
The sound is /əʊ/.
Can you hear it? ‘hope’
So ‘hop’ and ‘hope’.
I know they sound very similar, but if you practice with me
I promise by the end of this video you will hear and pronounce them correctly.
So keep watching.
Get ready guys.
I'm gonna help you make these sounds /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ in English.
I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Don't forget it's important to know the IPA spelling,
watch how I move my mouth, and try to repeat after me.
I know you can do this so let's get started.
Let's first learn how to make the sound /ɒ/ So when you produce this sound,
your mouth is round, your tongue is very low in your mouth,
and it's a very short sound /ɒ/ Repeat after me.
/ɒ/ /ɒ/
/ɒ/ Let's practice saying the word ‘hop’.
Repeat after me.
‘hop’ ‘hop’
‘hop’ Now with the sound /əʊ/.
The sound /əʊ/ is a diphthong, so it's actually two vowel sounds - /əʊ/
And as you can see, when I say it, my mouth is round.
It moves and it gets smaller.
/əʊ/ Repeat after me.
/əʊ/ /əʊ/
/əʊ/ Let's practice with the word ‘hope’.
Repeat after me.
‘hope’ ‘hope’
‘hope’
Good guys.
Let's now use minimal pairs – words that are extremely similar,
but different vowel sounds.
They're a very good way to practice.
First, let's practice only the sounds.
Repeat after me and watch how my mouth moves.
/ɒ/ /ɒ/
/ɒ/ /əʊ/
/əʊ/ /əʊ/
/ɒ/ /əʊ/
Let's practice with two words ‘hop’ and 'hope'.
Again, repeat after me.
‘hop’ ‘hop’
‘hop’ ‘hope’
‘hope’ ‘hope’
‘hop’ ‘hope’
Great Job.
Okay guys.
Let's now read minimal pairs together.
I want you to repeat after me.
And don't forget to watch my mouth - how it moves.
Let's get started.
block bloke
blot bloat
bod bowed
bond boned
bossed boast
clock cloak
cod code
cop cope
con
cone cost
coast doss
dose dot
dote god
goad jock
joke lob
lobe mod
mode mop
mope mot
moat nod
node non
known not
note odd
owed pop
Pope rob
robe rod
road rot
rote shod
showed slop
slope smock
smoke sock
soak sod
sewed sop
soap stock
stoke Todd
toad tossed
toast tot
tote want
won't walk
woke Amazing guys.
Let's move on.
Okay guys let's a practice further.
I'm gonna show you some words.
I want you to read them, but be careful use the proper English vowel
sound.
Is it /ɒ/ or is it /əʊ/?
Let's get to it.
Let's start with the first word.
Is it ‘jock’ or ‘joke’?
‘joke’ Next word,
‘clock’ or ‘cloak’?
‘clock’ Next word.
‘cost’ or ‘coast’?
‘coast’ Next word.
‘rob’ or ‘robe’?
‘rob’ Next word.
‘want’ ‘won't’?
‘want’ Good.
Then we have
‘rob’ or ‘robe’?
‘robe’ in this case.
‘cost’ or ‘coast’?
It’s ‘cost’.
Next word.
‘clock’ or ‘cloak’?
‘cloak’ Next word.
‘jock’ or ‘joke’?
It’s ‘jock’.
And finally, ‘want’ or ‘won't’?
‘won't’ Very good.
Great job guys.
Let's move on.
Okay guys.
Let's now practice with sentences containing /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ English vowel sounds.
Pay attention and repeat after me.
First sentence.
‘Rob wrote an odd note’.
Second sentence.
‘We won't joke about Todd’s bod’.
And finally, ‘We don't want a cop on that road’.
Amazing students.
Let's move on.
That was amazing guys.
I know you now have a better understanding of the English vowel sounds /ɒ/ and /əʊ/.
Now keep practicing.
It takes a lot of speaking, a lot of listening, a lot of time to really master these vowel
sounds.
But you can do it.
And make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos they are very helpful
if you want to improve your English skills.
So see you next time.
Thank you so much for watching guys.
If you've liked the video, please show it.
Click like, subscribe to the channel, put your comments below, and share the video.
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Hello, students.
This is F@nny.
Welcome back to this English pronunciation video.
In this video, I'm gonna focus on two tricky vowel sounds, /æ/ and /e/.
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 /æ/ sound?
‘bad’.
The second word is ‘bed’.
Can you hear the /e/ 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 /æ/ and /e/ 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 /æ/.
Now as you can see my tongue is very low and my chin as well.
/æ/ Repeat after me.
/æ/ /æ/
/æ/ Let's practice with the word, ‘bad’.
Repeat after me.
‘bad’ ‘bad’
‘bad’ Let's now make the different sound /e/.
Now for this sound, my tongue is in the middle part of my mouth
and I stretch out my lips a little bit.
/e/ Repeat after me.
/e/ /e/
/e/ 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.
/æ/
/æ/ /æ/
/e/ /e/
/e/ /æ/
/e/ Let's use the words ‘bad’ and ‘bed’.
Repeat after me.
‘bad’ ‘bad’
‘bad’ ‘bed’
‘bed’ ‘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’
‘axe’ ‘X’
‘bag’ ‘beg’
‘band’ ‘bend’
‘bat’ ‘bet’
‘bland’ ‘blend’
‘cattle’ ‘kettle’
‘dad’ ‘dead’
‘fad’ ‘fed’
‘flash’ ‘flesh’
‘gas’ ‘guess’
‘gassed’ ‘guest’
‘had’ ‘head’
‘ham’ ‘hem’
‘jam’ ‘gem’
‘land’ ‘lend’
‘man’ ‘men’
‘manned’ ‘mend’
‘marry’ ‘merry’
‘mat’ ‘met’
‘pan’ ‘pen’
‘pat’ ‘pet’
‘rabble’ ‘rebel’
‘sad’ ‘said’
‘sat’ ‘set’
‘shall’ ‘shell’
‘spanned’ ‘spend’
‘tack’ ‘tech’
‘track’ ‘trick’
‘tamper’ ‘temper’
‘vat’ ‘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 /æ/ or is it /e/?
Let's get to it.
Let's start with the first word.
How do you pronounce this ‘tack’ or ‘tech’?
‘tech’ Next word.
‘marry’ or ‘merry’?
‘merry’ Next word.
‘sad’ or ‘said’? ‘said’
Next word.
‘track’ or ‘trek’?
‘track’ Next word.
‘bat’ or ‘bet’?
‘bat’ Then we have ‘track’ or ‘trek’?
‘trek’ Next word.
‘and’ or ‘end’?
‘end’ Next word.
‘sad’ or ‘said’?
‘sad’ Next word.
‘bat’ or ‘bet’?
‘bet’ And finally,
‘marry’ or ‘merry’?
‘marry.
Very good guys.
Okay students.
Let's move on to sentences containing /æ/ and /e/ sounds.
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 merry 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 /æ/ and
/e/.
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 next time.
Thank you so much for watching my video guys.
If you've liked it, show me your support,
click ‘like’, subscribe to the channel,
put your comments below, and share my video.
See you.
Hello, students.
This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In today's video, I'm gonna focus on two important vowel sounds in English.
/ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/
They are very very important, and they actually sound differently although
they sound similar.
So let's take two example words.
The first word is ‘far’.
Can you hear this very deep sound /ɑ:/
? ‘far’
And the second word is ‘fur’.
Can you hear the /ɜ:/
sound? ‘fur’
So ‘far’ and ‘fur’.
Now I know they sound very similar, but they are different.
And if you keep practicing with me, by the end of this video,
I promise you will hear and pronounce them correctly.
So keep watching.
Get ready, students.
I'm gonna help you make these sounds /ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/ in English.
Because I want you to be able to hear the difference
and to pronounce them correctly.
It's important also to know the IPA spelling.
Always watch how I move my mouth.
And always repeat after me.
You can do this.
So let's get started.
First, Let's learn how to make the sound, /ɑ:/
Now as you can see, when I say /ɑ:/, my mouth is round.
My tongue and my chin are very low.
And it's a long sound.
It's very deep.
/ɑ:/
Please repeat after me.
/ɑ:/
Let's practice with the word, ‘far’.
Repeat after me.
‘far’ ‘far’
‘far’ The sound /ɜ:/ is also a long vowel sound,
very deep.
But my tongue is in the middle area of my mouth.
Repeat after me.
/ɜ:/
Let's practice with the word, ‘fur’.
Repeat after me. ‘fur’
‘fur’ ‘fur’
Let's take minimal pairs these words that sound very similar,
but the vowel sounds are different.
Very good way to practice our vowel sounds.
First, just the sounds.
Repeat after me, and always watch how my mouth moves.
/ɑ:/
/ɜ:/
/ɑ:/
/ɜ:/
/ɑ:/
/ɜ:/
/ɑ:/
/ɜ:/
Let's now take two words, ‘far’ and ‘fur’.
Repeat after me.
‘far’ ‘far’
‘far’ ‘fur’
‘fur’ ‘fur’
‘far’ ‘fur’
‘far’
‘fur’ ‘far’
‘fur’ Good guys.
Okay, guys.
Let's now read minimal pairs together.
Now be careful watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
Let's get going.
‘ark’ ‘irk’
‘bard’ ‘bird’
‘bar’ ‘burr’
‘barn’ ‘burn’
‘bath’ ‘birth’
‘blah’ ‘blur’
‘card’ ‘curd’
‘cart’ ‘curt’
‘carve’ ‘curve’
‘dart’
‘dirt’ ‘far’
‘fir’ ‘farm’
‘firm’ ‘fast’
‘first’ ‘guard’
‘gird’ ‘ha’
‘her’ ‘hard’
‘heard’ ‘heart’
‘hurt’ ‘parched’
‘perched’ ‘pass’
‘purse’ ‘pa’
‘per’ ‘par’
‘purr’ ‘park’
‘perk’ ‘part’
‘pert’ ‘sarge’
‘surge’ ‘shark’
‘shirk’ ‘star’
‘stir’ ‘quark’
‘quirk’ Good guys.
Let's move on.
Okay, guys.
Let's continue practicing.
I'm now gonna show you some words, and I want you to read them with the proper
vowel sound, /ɑ:/ or /ɜ:/.
Let's get to it.
Let's start with our first word.
Do you say /bɑ:d/ or /bɜ:d/ ? /bɜ:d/
Next word, /pɑ:k/ or /pɜ:k/ ?
/pɜ:k/ Next word,
/pɑ:t/ or /pɜ:t/ ? It’s /pɑ:t/
Next word, /kɑ:v/ or /kɜ:v/ ?
/kɜ:v/ Next word,
/stɑ:/ or /stɜ:/
? /stɑ:/
Then we have /pɑ:s/ or /pɜ:s/ ?
It’s /pɑ:s/ Next word,
/hɑ:/ or /hɜ:/
? It’s /hɜ:/
Next word, /pɑ:s/ or /pɜ:s/ ?
/pɜ:s/, of course.
Next word, /pɑ:k/ or /pɜ:k/ ?
Yes, this time it's /pɑ:k/.
And finally, /stɑ:/ or /stɜ:/
? It’s /stɜ:/
That was so good, guys.
Let's continue on.
Okay, students.
Let's move on to sentences containing the sounds /ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/ in English.
Pay attention and repeat after me.
Our first sentence is, ‘The bird was hurt in the park.’
Second sentence, ‘The heart beats hard and fast.’
And finally, ‘The barn burned on the farm.’
Excellent, students.
Let's continue on.
That was excellent, guys.
You now have a better understanding of these two English vowel sounds
/ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/.
Keep practicing.
It takes a lot of speaking and listening and some time to master these vowel sounds,
but you can do it.
Also you can watch my other pronunciation videos.
They're really helpful if you want to improve your English skills.
So see you next time.
Thank you so much for watching my video, guys.
If you liked it, please show me your support.
Click ‘like’, subscribe to the channel.
Put your comments below and share the video.
See you!