Phonetics e-a
by Torsten Daerr
0 / 0
Session 13 is another ponethic session. This time we are going to practise the /e:/ sound and the /ei/ sound.
First listen to the following words:
/e:/
ten
desk
rest
test
press
net
fret
met
Now listen to these words and find out the difference:
/ei/
tape
late
great
main
plane
take
shape
save
Now let's compare both sounds:
men -- main
test -- taste
let -- late
get -- gate
wet -- wait
mad -- made
fret -- freight
sell -- sale
tell -- tale
It's important that you listen to these sounds before you read the words because the spelling is often different from the pronunciation.
OK, I hope to meet you in our English class where you can tell me your tale.
Related Articles
Introduction
Torsten Daerr
Dear Listener, more and more people in the world are learning English. English is the mother tongue of many countries not only Great Britain and the United States, but Canada, Australia an
Getting to know each other
Torsten Daerr
Hello everybody, how are you today? I'm fine because when you are listening to this CD our new English class has started. This means I will meet new interesting people from Saxony or other
Job activities
Torsten Daerr
Hello everyone, this is Sue from English Online again. How are you doing? Today I'm going to tell you something about my daily activities.
I usually get up at about 6:30 and the
