Here you’ll find in-depth practice with each individual sound in Standard American English, as well as various combinations of sounds. These exercises are designed to help you notice and practice the pronunciation of these sounds using vocabulary and sentences relevant to members of the Baruch community.
- Voiced and Voiceless Sounds — Start Here!
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Clusters
- Word Endings
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Consonants
/b/
buy | verb | about/d/
doubt | add | mind/dʒ/
jail | challenge | wager/ʒ/
usually | measure | massage/f/
fine | safe | painful/g/
go | dialogue | flag/h/
have | Manhattan | hopeful/k/
kind | occupy | back/l/
like | fall | please/m/
maybe | form | impossible/n/
can’t | woman | know/ŋ/
bring | finger | drank/p/
power | trap | apartment/r/
real | store | third/s/
same | mice | except/ʃ/
shop | issue | motion/t/
too | attract | skirt/t∫/
choose | watch | change/θ/
thanks | bath | nothing/ð/
the | either | breathe/v/
very | leave | favorite/w/
Weissman | switch | awhile/y/
yesterday | yield | use/z/
close | Zicklin | exactly
Vowels
Introduction to Vowels
/i/
cheap | cookie | hourly/ɪ/
chip | sick | distribute/e/
say | paid | valet/ɛ/
bed | said | execute/æ/
wrap | attract | laugh/ʌ/
come | lucky | function/u/
group | Baruch | chew/ʊ/
good | pull | understood/o/
row | photo | boat/ɑ/
wrong | want | hot/ɑɪ/
might | try | advice/ɑʊ/
towel | cow | amount/ɔɪ/
toilet | annoying | join
/r/-Controlled Vowels (fair, fear, fire & more)
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Clusters
/kw/
question | acquire | quiz/st/
stocks | stare | straight/sk/
skip | exclusive | score/ks/
expensive | exercise | axis/sp/
spray | splice | spot/sl/
slide | slim | slope
Additional Clusters