When you say the letters of the alphabet, О has the long vowel sound /∂u/. You hear this sound in the word note. But the letter Оis also pronounced as the short vowel sound /o/, as in the word not. Listen to the sound /∂υ/ Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this long vowel sound.
Listen to the target sound /∂υ/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
Listen to the sound /o/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this short vowel sound.
Listen to the target sound /o/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
target /o/ won't want went luck lock lack get got goat fund fond phoned
Listen and repeat these examples of the target sound.
wrong rob rock gone God got doll dog dock
Important for listening! In North America, the sound /o/ is replaced by /a:/. Forthis reason, the following words may sound similar if an Englishspeaker says the first word and an American speaker says the secondword: part - pot, heart - hot, shark - shock, barks - box.
Read the words and underline the one with the different vowel sound. Then listen and check.Key.1. come 2. most 3. love 4. cow 5. cloth 6. word 7. lost Example: soap hope sold soup 1 come gone long want 2 what hot most salt 3 drove love woke hole 4 snow law cow show 5 both cloth clothes road 6 word wash boss cost 7 post lost coast rose
Listen. You will hear the sentences twice, once in American English(A), once in British English (B). Write the order A-B or B-A. Key.1.A-B 2.B-A 3.A-B 4.B-A 5.A-B Example: The coffee's hot A-B 1. The lock's at the top. 2. The song's long. 3. Stop the clock. 4. The dog's gone. 5. He's often wrong.
Listen and circle the word you hear. Key. 1. coast 2. shut 3. boat 4. woke 5. found 1 Cost or coast? What's the cost / coast like? 2 Shot or shut? They shot / shut the door. 3 Boat or boot? There's water in my boat / boot. 4 Woke or walk? I woke / walk the dog. 5 Phoned or found? Tim phoned / found her.
Follow up: Recordyourself saying the sentences in 4, choosing one of the two words. Makea note of which words you say. Then listen to your recording in abouttwo weeks. Is it clear which words you said