Daily English - Day 4

Step 2. Raise your tongue a bit and pull it backwards. Step 3. Make the sound. Because this is a long vowel sound, so you have to lengthen the sound, like this. I want you to watch my mouth as carefully as you can as I pronounce the sound. And don't forget to try your best to mimic it. Let's move on to the ʌ sound. Follow these 3 steps to make the sound correctly. Practice along with me. Step 1. Drop the jaw and round your lips. Step 2. Raise your tongue a bit and pull it backwards. Step 3. Make the ʌ sound very quickly, in less than a second, with your lips staying still. Ok, look at my mouth carefully. Let's look at the following pairs of words to see the difference between the ʌ and ɔ sound. Keep in mind that ɔ is a long vowel sound. So, it will be pronounced longer than the short ʌ sound. Another difference is about your mouth. Your lips are rounder and tense when pronouncing the ɔ sound, while they should be relaxed and short for the ʌ sound. dawn done cord cut court cut port pot forks fucks sport spot Now we're going to practice each sound separately. Listen attentively and repeat after me. for poll walk all It's my fault. fault Paul has brought 44 forks. I saw Audrey at the airport. It's too warm to go walking. The up sound. Up, up, run, run, run, hot, hot, hot, suck, suck, suck, watch, watch, watch, top, top, top, top, box, box, box, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Don't drop that box. Make a hot coffee. Wash the socks. Exercise 1. Listen and circle the words you hear. Cut, run, cop, suck, hot, caught, bus, color, called, store. Next, listen to the whole sentence and circle the word that you hear. I'm waiting for the bus. He cut the paper. Is it far from here? This needs a new card. Did you get the name of the caller? Isn't it done yet? There's a duck on the lake. Did you see that cup? Exercise 1. Listen and circle the words you hear. Next, listen to the whole sentence and circle the word that you hear. I'm waiting for the bus. He cut the paper. Is it far from here? This needs a new card. Did you get the name of the caller? Isn't it done yet? There's a duck on the lake. Did you see that cup? Try speaking English.