Similar sounds
Mar 23, 2016•2 min
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Episode description
English has a large number of similar sounds with only very small minor variations.
Today, we are going to practise two similar vowel sounds; /e/
and /eɪ/;
wet /e/
wait /eɪ/
test /e/
taste /eɪ/
Listen to the following words and put them into the correct columns. I will say each word two times:
/e/ /eɪ/
waited ✓
wreck
rake
saint
sent
hail
hell
shed
shade
bend
vetted
Come back tomorrow and check your answers.
Flickr CC: Jeff Golden
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