| Relax the mouth and keep sound short. |
/ɪ/ |
"sit" |
/i:/ |
"seat" |
Minimal Pairs /ɪ/ or / i: / practice
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| Move tongue to a lower front position. |
/æ/ |
"man" |
/e/ |
"men" |
Minimal Pairs /e/ or /æ/ practice
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| Tongue more central. Lips relaxed. |
/ʌ/ |
"cup" |
/æ/ |
"cap" |
Minimal Pairs /æ/ or /ʌ/ practice
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| Mouth not so large. Lips relaxed. |
/ʌ/ |
"cut" |
/ɑ:/ |
"cart" |
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| Tongue low central. Lips relaxed. |
/ʌ/ |
"bud" |
/ɜ/ |
"bird" |
Minimal Pairs /ʌ/ or /ɜ:/ practice
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| Back of tongue high. Lips rounded but relaxed. Short. |
/ʊ/ |
"full" |
/u:/ |
"fool" |
Minimal Pairs /ʊ/ or / u: / practice
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| Tongue low & back. Jaws together. Long. |
/ɔ:/ |
"nought" |
/ɒ/ |
"not" |
Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ or /ɔ:/ practice
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| Increase mouth opening. Drop front of tongue. |
/ɔ:/ |
"call" |
/u:/ |
"cool" |
"Pronunciation Tasks" Unit 5 |
| Move tongue back and make mouth rounder. |
/ɔ:/ |
"saw" |
/ɜ:/ |
"Sir" |
Minimal Pairs /ɔ/ or /ɜ:/ practice
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| Tongue low, back & fixed. Jaws together. |
/ɔ:/ |
"bought" |
/əʊ/ |
"boat" |
Minimal Pairs /ɔ:/ or /əʊ/ practice
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| Tongue high and front. Move to centre. |
/ɪə/ |
"beer" |
/i:/ |
"be" |
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| Voiceless. Friction. Tongue between teeth. |
/θ/ |
"thin" |
/t/ |
"tin" |
Minimal Pairs /θ/ or /t/ practice
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| Voiced. Friction. Tongue between teeth. |
/ð/ |
"they" |
/d/ |
"day" |
Minimal Pairs /ð/ or /d/ practice
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| Quickly push air from throat out of mouth. |
/h/ |
"hot" |
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"ch" in "loch" |
Minimal Pairs /h/ or silent "h" practice
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| Back of tongue to back roof. Nasal. |
/ŋk/ |
"think" |
/ŋ/ |
"thing" |
Minimal Pairs /ŋ/ or /ŋk/ practice
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| British "r" is weaker & usually silent unless followed by a vowel. |
silent |
"survivor" |
/r/ |
"Sir Ivor" |
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| Start with lips tightly rounded. Unround & glide. |
/w/ |
"west" |
/v/ |
"vest" |
Minimal Pairs /w/ or /v/ practice
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