Hello guys. This is F@nny. 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:/ /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. 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/. 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. Now what's the pronunciation of this word? 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. chin 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. Thank you so much guys for watching my video. If you’ve liked it and if you want to see
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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/
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. Which one is it?
‘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. 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. Thank you so much guys for watching my video. If you liked it, please show me your support. Click ‘like’. Subscribe to the channel. Put your comments below. Share the video. Hello, students. This is F@nny. 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 improve your hearing and pronunciation
of these two vowel sounds. 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. 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. 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/
With the word ‘late’. Repeat after me. late
late late
Great job! Let's now use minimal pairs. 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, next word. ‘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. ‘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. Thank you so much guys for watching my video. if you've liked it, show me your support. Click ‘like’. Subscribe to the channel. Put your comments below and share the video. See you. Hello, students. This is F@nny. 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’
M second word is, ‘run’. /ʌ/
run run
run Can you hear the difference? Well if you can't I promise by the end of
this video, you will improve your hearing and pronunciation
of these two vowel sounds. So keep watching. Get ready guys. I am going to help you make these sounds. are and 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/. /ʌ/
Your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth. 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/
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. 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. Which one is it?
rag or rug? rag
Next word. F@nny or funny? funny
Next word. Which one is it?
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/ sound 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 also make sure to watch my other pronunciation
videos. They're very important if you want to improve
your English skills. See you next time. Thank you so much guys for watching my video. If you've liked it show me your support. Click ‘like’. Subscribe to the channel. Put your comments below. Share the video. Hi guys. This is F@nny. 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:/ Let's now take our words 'so' and 'saw'. Repeat after me. so - so - so
saw - saw - 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. 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. Then we have 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! So keep practicing and watch my other
pronunciation videos. They're very useful if you want to improve
your English skills. So see you next time. Thank you so much for watching guys. If you've liked it, show me your support. Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put
your comments below And share this video. See you. 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
bowed 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
walk 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’? ‘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. Then we have ‘rob’ or ‘robe’? ‘robe’ in this case. ‘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. Great job 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. That was amazing guys. 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. And make sure to watch my other pronunciation
videos they are very helpful if you want to improve your English skills. So see you next time. Thank you so much for watching guys. If you've liked the video, please show it. Click like, subscribe to the channel, put
your comments below, and share the video. See you. Hello, students. This is F@nny. Welcome back to this English pronunciation
video. In this video, I'm gonna 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’? ‘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’
Then we have ‘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. Thank you so much for watching my video guys. If you've liked it,
show me your support, click ‘like’,
subscribe to the channel, put your comments below,
and share my video. See you. Hello, students. This is F@nny. Welcome to this English pronunciation video. In today's video, I'm gonna 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 gonna 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/ ?
/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:/ Then we have
/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. Thank you so much for watching my video, guys. If you liked it, please show me your support. Click ‘like’, subscribe to the channel. Put your comments below and share the video. See you!
