Full English Pronunciation Course | 8 Lessons Practicing Vowel Sounds

Hi, guys.

This is Fanny.

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:/

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.

So keep watching!

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/.

/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:/

/i:/

/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/

/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.

Which one is it?

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.

chit 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.

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/

/e/

/ɪ/

/e/

/ɪ/

/e/

/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.

‘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.

And 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.

Hello, students.

This is Fanny.

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 hear and pronounce them correctly.

So keep watching.

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.

/e/

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.

/eɪ/

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/

Let's practice with the word ‘late’.

Repeat after me.

late

late

late

Great job!

Let's now use minimal pairs.

So 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/

/e/

/eɪ/

/e/

/eɪ/

Let's now use our words ‘let’ and ‘late’.

Repeat after me.

let

let

let

late

late

late

let

late

let

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.

‘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 word.

‘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.

Hello, students. This is Fanny.

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’

My second word is, ‘run’.

/ʌ/

run

run

run

Can you hear the difference?

I knew 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 am going to help you make these sounds: /æ/ and /ʌ/ 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/.

Your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth.

/ʌ/

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/

/ʌ/

/æ/

/ʌ/

/æ/

/ʌ/

Let's now use the words ‘ran’ and ‘run’.

Please repeat after me.

ran ran

ran run

run

run

ran

run

ran

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.

/æ/ or /ʌ/

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.

rag or rug?

rag

Next word.

F@nny or funny?

funny

Next word.

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/ sounds,

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 make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos.

They're very important if you want to improve your English skills.

See you next time.

Hi guys.

This is Fanny.

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:/

/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:/

/ɔ:/

/əʊ/

/ɔ:/

/əʊ/

/ɔ:/

/əʊ/

/ɔ:/

Let's now take our words 'so' and 'saw'.

Repeat after me.

so

so

so

saw

saw

saw

so

saw

so

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 it.

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.

Next word.

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!

Also, make sure you watch the  rest of my pronunciations videos,

very important if you want to  master the English language.

See you next time.

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/

/ɒ/

/əʊ/

/ɒ/

/əʊ/

Let's practice with two words ‘hop’ and 'hope'.

Again, repeat after me.

‘hop’

‘hop’

‘hop’

‘hope’

‘hope’

‘hope’

‘hop’

‘hope’

‘hop’

‘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

bode

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

wok

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’?

Which one is it?

‘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.

Following word...

‘rob’ or ‘robe’?

‘robe’ in this case.

Next word.

‘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.

Awesome, 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.

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.

Also, make sure to watch  the rest of my pronunciation 

videos.

Very important if you want to  master the English language.

So see you next time.

Hello, students. This is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In today's video, I'm going  to 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 going to 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:/

/ɑ:/ /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:/ /ɜ:/

/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:/

/ɑ:/ /ɑ:/

/ɜ:/ /ɜ:/

/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/ ?

Which one is it? /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:/

Next word. /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. Hello, students.

This is F@nny.

Welcome back to this English pronunciation video.

In this video,

I'm going to 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/

/æ/

/e/

/æ/

/e/

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’

‘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’?

Which one is it?

‘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’

Next word.

‘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.