Vowel ɛ and Vowel ʌ Speaking Practice (Podcast)
Vowel /ɛ/ (red tent) and vowel schwa /ʌ/ (such fun) have a similar amount of opening. Vowel /ɛ/ is a front vowel, which means the back of the tongue will be lifted, while vowel /ʌ/ is a central vowel, which means the tongue will be relatively flat. Use the recording below to practice these vowel contrasts, as well as phrases with both sounds, to feel the similarities and differences between the vowels.
Word list:
ten ton, pen pun, bet but, wet what, many money, pep pup, tech tuck, best bust, better butter, kept cupped, ready ruddy, left luffed, get gut, jest just, send sunned, den done, whence once, fend fund
Phrases:
get it done, red sun, went running, met my son, met everyone, get one, get some, said it was, bet it was, every month, any one, better come, meant something, wet one, get another, best one, best couple, get a couple, read something, suggest something, send someone, said nothing, said something
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