Practice Your English Pronunciation /e/ vs /eɪ/ Vowel Sounds | Course #3

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Hello, students.
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This is Fanny.
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Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
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In this video we are going to focus on two English vowel sounds.
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/e/ and /eɪ/
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These are two very important vowel sounds in English.
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And they sound different even though very similar.
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Let's start with two example words.
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The first word is ‘let’.
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Can you hear the sound /e/?
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‘let’
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The second word is ‘late’.
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/eɪ/
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‘late’
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So ‘let’ and ‘late’
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I know to some of you they sound exactly the same.
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But with a little bit of practice you will hear the difference,
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so keep watching.
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By the end of this video, I promise
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you will hear and pronounce them correctly.
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So keep watching.
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Get ready guys.
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I'm gonna help you make these sounds
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/e/ and /eɪ/ in English.
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I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
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Also, it's very important to know the IPA spelling,
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watch how I move my mouth,
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and as usual repeat after me.
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I know that you can master these sounds,
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so let's get to it.
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First, let's learn how to make the sound /e/.
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So your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth.
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Okay, and your mouth and doesn't move.
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/e/
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Can you repeat after me?
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/e/
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/e/
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/e/
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Let's now practice with a word.
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Please, repeat after me.
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let
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let
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let
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For the sound /eɪ/.
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It's a little bit trickier.
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It's what we call a diphthong.
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So it's actually two vowel sounds combined.
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/eɪ/
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So as you can see, your mouth moves
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and your tongue goes up a little as you produce the sound.
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/eɪ/
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Can you repeat after me?
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/eɪ/
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/eɪ/
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/eɪ/
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Let's practice with the word ‘late’.
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Repeat after me.
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late
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late
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late
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Great job!
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Let's now use minimal pairs.
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So words that are extremely similar
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but the vowel sounds change.
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They're a very good way to practice your vowel sounds.
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First let's just practice the sounds.
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So watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
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/e/
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/e/
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/e/
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/eɪ/
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/eɪ/
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/eɪ/
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/e/
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/eɪ/
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/e/
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/eɪ/
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/e/
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/eɪ/
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Let's now use our words ‘let’ and ‘late’.
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Repeat after me.
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let
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let
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let
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late
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late
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late
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let
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late
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let
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late
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let
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late
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Excellent job, guys.
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Let's now find out about other minimal pairs.
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I'm gonna read them to you.
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I want you to repeat after me.
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And pay attention to my mouth and how it moves.
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Let's go.
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chess
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chase
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beck
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bake
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bed
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bade
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bell
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bail
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best
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based
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bet
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bait
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bled
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blade
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bread
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braid
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breast
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braced
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debt
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date
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edge
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age
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etch
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fed
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fade
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fell
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fail
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fleck
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flake
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fret
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freight
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gel
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jail
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get
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gate
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hell
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hail
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Ken
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cane
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ale
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led
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laid
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lens
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lanes
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less
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lace
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aim
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men
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main
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mess
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mace
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met
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mate
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pen
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pain
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pent
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paint
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pest
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paste
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pled
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played
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red
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raid
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rest
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raced
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ace
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sell
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sale
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sent
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saint
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set
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sate
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shed
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shade
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shell
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shale
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special
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spatial
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sped
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spade
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tech
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take
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tell
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tale
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tent
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taint
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test
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taste
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tread
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trade
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trend
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trained
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wed
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wade
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wedge
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wage
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well
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whale
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west
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waist
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wet
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wait
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when
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wane
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wreck
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rake
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wren
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rain
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aches
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Excellent guys.
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Let's move on.
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Ok let's continue practicing.
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Now I'm going to show you some words and I want you to read them with the proper
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English vowel sound /e/ and /eɪ/
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Let's get started.
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Let's start with the first word.
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Is it ‘bed’ or ‘bade’?
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It's ‘bed’ of course.
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Next word.
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‘fell’ or ‘fail’?
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Which one is it?
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It's ‘fail’.
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Next word.
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‘test’?
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‘taste’?
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It’s ‘taste’, guys.
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‘men’?
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‘main’?
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‘main’
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Next word.
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‘ren’?
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‘rain’?
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It's ‘rain’.
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Next.
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‘sell’ or ‘sale’?
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It's ‘sell’.
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Next word.
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‘test’?
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‘taste’?
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Which one is it?
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In this case, it's ‘test’.
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Next word.
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‘men’?
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‘main’?
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It's ‘men’.
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Next word.
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‘sell’ or ‘sale’?
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‘sale’ of course.
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And finally,
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‘when’ or ‘wane’?
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It's ‘when’.
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Very good.
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Great job guys.
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Let's carry on.
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Okay guys let's now practice with sentences.
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I have sentences containing /e/ and /eɪ/sounds.
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So pay attention and repeat after me.
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The first sentence is:
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‘Ken made cakes well.’
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The second sentence:
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‘Tell him to send red paint.’
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And finally:
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‘Men fed a whale in the rain.’
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Great, guys.
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Let's continue on.
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Great job guys.
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You now have a better understanding of the difference
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between the English vowel sounds /e/ and /eɪ/.
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But keep practicing.
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It takes time and practice of listening and speaking to master the vowel sounds.
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But you can do it.
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Also make sure you watch  the rest of my pronunciation videos.
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Very important if you want to master the English language.
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See you next time.
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