/æ/ as in "cat" · /ʌ/ as in "cut"
| cat | cut |
| hat | hut |
| cap | cup |
| lack | luck |
| sack | suck |
| batter | butter |
| ran | run |
| bank | bunk |
| track | truck |
| stack | stuck |
| snag | snug |
| ban | bun |
| dam | dumb |
| sank | sunk |
| drank | drunk |
| ankle | uncle |
| rag | rug |
| cab | cub |
| paddle | puddle |
| tramp | trump |
Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two vowel sounds.