277 Go to /ɑː/ Worksheet Go to /ʌ/ Worksheet START /ɑː/ “cart” 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! START /ɑː/
STRUT /ʌ/
Spelling Patterns
FEEL usually spelled with “a” never spelled with “a”
tongue back
tongue central
HEAR
lower-pitched when whispered longer vowel
higher-pitched when whispered shorter vowel
Comparisons
Minimal pairs are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between heart /hɑːt/ and hut /hʌt/ is the vowel sound. Words (minimal pairs in the order /ɑː/ - /ʌ/)
1 heart - hut 6 cart – cut
2 barn – bun 3 barge – budge 4 dark - duck 7 calf- cuff
8 clerk – cluck 9 staff - stuff 5 carp – cup 10 fast - fussed
Potentially Embarrassing Mix-Ups (minimal pairs in the order /ɑː/ - /ʌ/) 1 balm – ! bum 2 ! bastard - bustard 3 can’t – ! cunt 4 last - ! lust
