273 Go to /a/ Worksheet Go to /ʌ/ Worksheet TRAP /a/ “cat” vs STRUT /ʌ/ “cut” Watch Video Lesson
- 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! TRAP /a/
STRUT /ʌ/
Spelling Patterns
FEEL usually spelled with “a” never spelled with “a”
tongue forward
tongue central
HEAR
higher-pitched when whispered
lower-pitched when whispered
Comparisons
Minimal pairs are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between bad /bad/ and bud /bʌd/ is the vowel sound.
Words (minimal pairs in the order /a/ - /ʌ/) 1 bad - bud
2 cab - cub 6
fanned - fund
7
brash - brush
3 drag - drug 8
carriage - courage
4 lamp - lump 5 9
campus - compass
10
batter - butter
distraction - destruction
Potentially Embarrassing Mix-Ups (minimal pairs in the order /a/ - /ʌ/) 1 bagger – ! bugger 4 ! fanny - funny 2 cant* – ! cunt 3 fact - ! fucked 5 slat - ! slut 6 ! slag - slug *this is cant /kant/ and not can’t /kɑ:nt/