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Are You Making These 5 English Pronunciation Mistakes?

Watch The Video To Get Started

Mistake 1: ɑː vs ʌ 

Mistake 2: ɔː vs ʌ 

Mistake 3: əʊ vs ɒ 

Mistake 4: iː vs ɪ 

Mistake 5: iː vs ɪ 

Bonus Mistake: iː vs ɪ 

Bonus Training: 7 Confusing English Vowel Sounds Compared

In this English Pronunciation tutorial you will discover how to clearly pronounce all 7 of these English vowel sounds, and what the differences are between each of them.

 

  1. coat – əʊ
  2. curt – ɜː
  3. cat – æ
  4. caught – ɔː
  5. cut – ʌ
  6. cart – ɑː
  7. cot – ɒ

 

Sound Recognition Test

Which do you hear?

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – can’t or cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork or fuck
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – coke or cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – sheet or shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – beach or bitch

Answers at the bottom of the page 

Summary and Next Steps

Comparisons 

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – can’t vs cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork vs fuck
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – coke vs cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – sheet vs shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – beach vs bitch

Bonus Mistake: iː vs ɪ – piece/peace vs piss

Sound Recognition Test Answers:

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – bitches

Watch the video to get started

Mistake 1: ɑː vs ʌ

Mistake 2: ɔː vs ʌ 

Mistake 3: əʊ vs ɒ

Mistake 4: iː vs ɪ

Mistake 5: iː vs ɪ

Bonus Mistake: iː vs ɪ

Bonus Training:

7 Confusing English Vowel Sounds Compared

In this English Pronunciation tutorial you will discover how to clearly pronounce all 7 of these English vowel sounds, and what the differences are between each of them.

 

  1. coat – əʊ
  2. curt – ɜː
  3. cat – æ
  4. caught – ɔː
  5. cut – ʌ
  6. cart – ɑː
  7. cot – ɒ

 

Mistakes Recap

Comparisons

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – can’t vs cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork vs fuck
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – coke vs cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – sheet vs shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – beach vs bitch

Bonus Mistake: iː vs ɪ – piece/peace vs piss

Sound Recognition Test

Which do you hear?

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – can’t or cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork or fuck
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – coke or cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – sheet or shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – beach or bitch

Answers at the bottom of the page 

Summary and Next Steps

Sound Recognition Test Answers:

  1. ɑː vs ʌ – cunt
  2. ɔː vs ʌ – fork
  3. əʊ vs ɒ – cock
  4. iː vs ɪ – shit
  5. iː vs ɪ – bitches