Chapter 3 Practicing Vowels In this chapter we will take some time to practice the more difficult vowels. Be sure to listen carefully to yourself, teachers, and friends when they say the words you find here. [ o a ] → Let’s start with the vowel most often pronounced by students of English with a different vowel than is used by North American native English speakers. Some words are spelled with an but pronounced with an [a] in North American English (many “o” dictionaries will write [ɔ] for these words, but [a] is close enough). Usually they are spelled with an between two consonants. Other words are spelled with an and “o” “o” another vowel, but pronounced [a]. [kap] dot [hap] lobster [bland] clock [dat] gone [labsdr] lot [klak] cost [gan] hospital [lat] [kasd] drop [haspıdl] lobby [blak] closet [drap] gossip [labi] mob [klazət] cross [gasıp] hot [mab] body [kras] floss [hat] lock [badi] cock [flas] got [lak] modern [kak] doctor [gat] job [madrn] bomb fog [ʤab] loft [bam] cod [fag] hobby [laft] mom [kad] dog [habi] jockey [mam] bond [dag] frog [ʤaki] log [band] coffee [frag] hockey [lag] mop [kafi] doll [haki] jog [map] bottle [dal] follow [ʤag] long [badl] comedy [falo] holiday [laŋ] moth [kamədi] donkey [halədei] jolly [maθ] box god [ʤali] lost [baks] cop [gad] hop [last] knob
Chapter 3 Practicing Vowels In this chapter we will take some time to practice the more difficult vowels. Be sure to listen carefully to yourself, teachers, and friends when they say the words you find here. [ o → a ] Let’s start with the vowel most often pronounced by students of English with a different vowel than is used by North American native English speakers. Some words are spelled with an “o” but pronounced with an [a] in North American English (many dictionaries will write [ɔ] for these words, but [a] is close enough). Usually they are spelled with an “o” between two consonants. Other words are spelled with an “o” and another vowel, but pronounced [a]. [bland] [blak] body [badi] bomb [bam] bond [band] bottle [badl] box [baks] clock [klak] closet [klazət] cock [kak] cod [kad] coffee [kafi] comedy [kamədi] cop [kap] cost [kasd] cross [kras] doctor dog [dag] doll [dal] donkey dot [dat] drop [drap] floss [flas] fog [fag] frog [frag] follow [falo] god [gad] gone [gan] gossip [gasıp] got [gat] hobby [habi] hockey [haki] holiday [halədei] hop [hap] hospital [haspıdl] hot [hat] job [ʤab] jockey [ʤaki] jog [ʤag] jolly [ʤali] lobster [labsdr] lobby [labi] lock [lak] loft [laft] log [lag] long [laŋ] lost [last] lot [lat] mob [mab] modern [madrn] mom [mam] mop [map] moth [maθ] knob
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