DRESS /ԑ/ “set” vs TRAP /a/ “sat” Watch Video Lesson
Remember to do articulation exercises before practising the sounds.
- When practising sounds: - FEEL (what can you feel your muscles doing?) - HEAR (listen to the audio tracks and use the hand-phone to listen to yourself)
You may come up with different ideas to the ones in the boxes. That’s fine! DRESS /ɛ/
Spelling Patterns
FEEL HEAR
not spelled with a single letter “a” [exceptions any, many, Thames]
tongue forwards and high higher-pitched when whispered TRAP /a/ usually spelled with letter “a”: apple, sat
tongue forwards and low lower-pitched when whispered
Comparisons
The highlighted words are all minimal pairs. These are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between peck /pԑk/ and pack /pak/ is the vowel sound. Words (minimal pairs in the order /ԑ/ - /a/)
