English Pronunciation 👄 Short Vowel - /e/ - ‘dress’, ‘head’ & ‘bed’

This is a short vowel sound -  it's pronounced /e/. Now you  

try - listen again and repeat after me: /e/ /e/.

Now here are some words which  have this sound: dress, head,  

bed, many. Now you try - listen again and  repeat after me: dress, head, bed, many. Good.

Speakers of some languages may have difficulty  telling the difference between this sound the  

short vowel /e/ and another sound the short vowel  /e/. Listen carefully to hear the difference in  

each example - I'll say the word with the short  vowel /e/ first. bed - bid, medal - middle,  

dead - did, fail - fill, pen - pin. Now you  try - listen carefully and repeat after me:  

bed - bid, medal - middle, dead -  did, fail - fill, pen - pin. Good.