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ENGLISH FORM 1 NOTES
By Sir Obiero Amos 0706 851 439
LISTENING AND SPEAKING.
PRONUNCIATION
PRONUNCIATION OF VOWEL SOUNDS
In English, we have various vowel sounds. We shall study them one after the other.
Sound /ᵆ/
Consider the letter ‘a’ in the words below. Each says this sound.
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• Pan • Pat • Track • Rag
• Fan • Dad • Cram • Sand
• Ban • Ham • Fanned • Slam
• Brash • Mat • Flash • Tag
• Cat • Rash • Pack • Man
Sound /ᶾ˸/
➢ This sound is more like the sound you make when you are disgusted.
➢ The letters in boldface say this sound. Study them carefully.
• Bird • Berth • Cur • Pert
• Shirt • Her • Fur • Stir
• Flirt • Heard • Firm • Blur
• Turn • Hurt • Herd • Shirk
• Learn • Purse • Burn • Surge
• First • Birth • Curt
Sound /a:/
➢ It is pronounced by having a much wider open mouth position.
➢ Inside your mouth is shown in the process of saying this sound.
➢ Examples of words bearing this sound include:
• Far • Heart • Bard • Dart
• Farm • Hard • Cart • Card
• Guard • Bar • Car • Par
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Sound /ə/
➢ This sound (referred to as schwa) is a short vowel sound.
➢ It mostly found in words containing letter ‘o’, for example,
• Confuse • Contemptuou • Continue
s • Condolence
➢ Also in words such as:
Business
Sound /Ʌ/
Examples of words containing this sound include:
• Sun • Cum • Fun • Brush • Drum
• Son • Cup • Sung • Hum • Dumb
• Some • But • Swum • Rung • Fund
• Pun • Much • Bug • Truck
• Fun • Begun • Bunk • Stunned
Sound /ɔ˸/
➢ It is a long sound.
➢ The mouth doesn’t move while saying this sound, and it can be pronounced as long
as you have breath.
➢ It is said in words such as:
• Or • Pork • Nor • Horn • Chalk
• More • Door • Law • Lord • Jaw
• Chores • Four • Cord • Saw • Scorn
• Dorm • Fore • Form • Shore
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