Name: Practice Your English Pronunciation /e/ vs /eɪ/ Vowel Sounds | Course #3
Uploaded: 2025-08-21T18:14:59.000Z
Duration: 12 min 14 s
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Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In this video, we are going to focus on two English vowel sounds, 'a' and, a'.

These are two very important vowel sounds in English.

And they sound different even though very similar.

I know to some of you, they sound exactly the same.

But with a little bit of practice, you will hear the difference.

And if you keep practicing with me by the end of this video, I promise you will hear and pronounce them correctly.

I'm gonna help you make these sounds, eh and, a' in English.

I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.

Also, it's very important to know the IPA spelling.

First, let's learn how to make the sound, eh.

So your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth, okay?

For the sound, eh, it's a little bit trickier.

So it's actually two vowel sounds combined.

And your tongue goes up a little as you produce the sound.

So words that are extremely similar, but the vowel sounds change.

They're a very good way to practice your vowel sounds.

Let's now find out about other minimal pairs.

And pay attention to my mouth and how it moves.

Let's go. chess chase back bake bed bade bell bale best based bet bait bled blade bread braid breast braced debt date edge age etch age fed fade fell fail fleck flake fret freight gel jail get gate hell hail ken cane l ale led laid lens lanes less lace m aim men main mess mace met mate pen pain pent paint pest paste pled played red raid rest raced s ace sell sale sent saint set sate shed shade shell shale special spatial sped spade tech take tell tale tent taint test taste tread trade trend trained wed wade wedge wage well whale west waste wet wait when wane wreck rake wren rain x aches Excellent, guys.

And I want you to read them with the proper English vowel sound.

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