279 Go to /a/ Worksheet Go to /ʌɪ/ Worksheet TRAP /a/ “fat” vs PRICE /ʌɪ/ “fight” 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! TRAP /a/
Tongue starts more back and down in the mouth. It then moves forwards and up.
The vowel sound moves.
Comparisons
The highlighted words are all minimal pairs. These are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between add /ad/ and I’d /ʌɪd/ is the vowel sound. Words (minimal pairs in the order /a/ - /ʌɪ/)
1 add – I’d 6 lack – like 2 atom – item 3 had – hide 7 nan – nine 8 flat – flight 4 fat – fight 5 dad – died 9 cram – crime 10 glad – glide
Potentially Embarrassing Mix-Ups (minimal pairs in the order /a/ - /ʌɪ/) 1 ! ass – ice 2 ! pants – pints
