English Pronunciation Exercises - Short Vowels and Consonants

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Minimal pairs change words by one phoneme so that the basic pronunciation pattern remains the same with one slight - minimal - difference. This allows students to really focus in on the slight difference in jaw, tongue, or lip placement needed to make the various phonemes.

  4. Try to invent sentences using each sound at least once. For example: The big bat bet he could beat the others. - Don't worry too much about the sentence making much sense!
ih - pronounced 'ih' as in 'hit'ee - pronounced 'ee' as in 'see'eh - pronounced 'eh' as in 'let'ae - pronounced 'ae' as in 'cat'

Vowel Sounds


Diphthong Sounds
