Listening discrimination – British English
/e/ as in sell
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/eɪ/ as in sale
Listen carefully to the word. Then decide which vowel sound you hear.
Click SELL if you hear /e/, or SALE if you hear /eɪ/.
You can listen to the word again before answering.
First listen to the two sounds.
Remember:
/e/ is the vowel sound in sell, bet, pen, tell and red.
/eɪ/ is the vowel sound in sale, bait, pain, tale and raid.
/e/ is a short vowel sound, whereas /eɪ/ is a diphthong: the tongue moves during the vowel.