| Question |
Answer |
| examples of front vowels |
seat that wet guess did late |
| examples of central vowel |
but bird luck supper(both vowels) once firm |
| examples of back vowels |
call tune load log push took |
| /i/ |
(front -high tense rounded) he seed reeling knead lease please leap phoenix |
| /I/ |
(high mid front lax and unrounded) hid limp did list cyst bid slid till swim |
| /e/ |
(mid- front tense unround) chaos locate staying ballet |
| /ʒ/ |
(low mid front lax unrounded) bet ferry berry merry spell tear (e in words)any send again(second a) |
| /æ/ |
(low front lax and unrounded) bad sass hand crass glass hang bland |
| /a/ |
(low-frontlax and unrounded) rarely appears in english |
| /ɝ/ |
(mid central tense and rounded )(stressed) sir irk work divert(er) return (ur) worker (or) stirrup (irr) |
| /ɚ/ |
(mid-central lax and rounded schwar) (unstressed) northern (er) upper ruler laquer earner (or) stupor |
| /ə / |
(mid- central, lax and unrounded)(schwa)(unstressed)
again abut await ruckus (us) imitate (i in middle) purpose (o) |
| /ʌ / |
(mid central lax and rounded) (stressed) rough nut abut enough (u)sun supper (U) ruckus(u with c) upset(u) once(O) |
| /u/ |
(high-back tense and rounded) sue ooze noodle pollute canoe cruise new cruel balloon |
| /ʊ/ |
(high mid back lax and unrounded) wood hoof should nook bull understood good cook pull sugar |
| /o/ |
(mid back tense rounded) rotate locate mode toes ocean ode collate emotion road rollcall donate solo |
| /ɔ/ |
low back tense and unrounded) hop pot clod balm folly opera slot doll holly |
| vowel |
l is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! [ɑː] or oh! [oʊ], pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. |
Buen Viaje lv.2 ch 8
