Pronunciation of Vowels

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The Connecting Sounds

Vowels help us in distinguishing one word from another. Needless to say, when you are not fluent with the vowel sounds, your speech sounds confusing and vague.

There are no straightforward answers to the question of which language has more vowels, since that entirely depends on how they are counted. However, in the following activity, we have tried to list the most common variations on vowels in English. You are requested to read the words aloud to understand the difference in pronunciation vowels bring in words with almost identical spellings.

Practicing Vowel Sounds-I

[I:] As In TREE:

• Equal Even Evening Evil Recent Region
• Sea Tea Team Cream Clean Lead Read

[I] As In NEAR

• Fear Hear Ear Near Clear Rear

[I] As In BIT

• Hit Him His Is It Fit Did
• Cabin Habit Unit Justice Public

[E] As In BED

• Red Bed Bet Let Met Set Sell
• Embrace Employ Engage Enjoy Enlarge

[E] As In FARE

• Care Dare Bare Rare Share Spare Scare
• Fair Hair Air Affair Pair Repair Despair

Practicing Vowel Sounds-II

[] As In BAT

• Land Hand Sand Stand Command Demand
• Dance Chance Glance Fancy Answer Dancer

[A:] As In TAR

• Car Card Hard Are Far Bar Garden
• Mirage Garage Massage Facade Ensemble

[O:] As In SHORE

• Core More Bore Before Shore Sore Store
• Boring Story Sorry Borrow Sorrow Tomorrow

[O] As In HOT

• Hot Lot Not Got Forgot Forgotten Bottle
• College Dollar Tom Bomb Comment Compliment

[U:] As In RULER

• Rude Rule Rumor Brutal Lucy June Junior
• Food Cool School Fool Foolish Pool Tool

[U:] Or [U]

• Room Broom Roof Root Soot Hoof Coop Boulevard

[Yu:] As In USER

• Use Useful Union Unit Unite Unique University
• Fuse Refuse Future Cute Cube Huge Humor Human

[U:] Or [Yu:] As In TUMOR

• Tune Tulip Tumor Student Studio Stupid
• New Newspaper Nude Nuclear Numeral Nutrition

[U] As In BOOK

• Book Cook Hook Look Shook Took Good Hood
• Put Push Pull Full Bull Bullet Bush Butcher

[r] As In SIR

• Her Herb Verb Serve Perfect Person Certain
• Mister Cover Buyer Better Teacher Finger

[] As In BUT

• But Nut Fun Sun Dull Lucky Ugly Suddenly
• Correct Collect Contain Memory History Freedom