How to pronounce [э] sound

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Vowel -> Monophthongs -> Central

Links to Phonetics: the sound of American English

Let's practice

Words

pasta

pizza

police

tuna

parrot

Other word examples

Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly saying the low

front vowel_[э]_ accurately and distinctly.

Initial

away,apply,alarm,apart,upon,awake,ago,alas,alike,anoint,acquire

Medial

parrot,parliament,confirm,concern,mature,part,strategy,madam,sandal,paragon

Final

pasta, banana,papaya,panda,soda,data,pizza,tuna,mocha,orchestra,China,algebra,omega

Phrases

banana and papaya mocha ice cream

pasta and pizza deadly boa and piranha

upon appeal danced the rumba

Sentences

1. They agreed upon the decision.

2. The suspect will confess to the police.

3. They love Italian pasta,noodles and pizza.

4. At the ice cream parlor,the girls had mocha cake and pop soda.

5. The piranha is a deadly fish.

Tongue Twisters

1.She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?

2.This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.

Article reading

Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the / э / sound accurately. Then answer the following questions.

No Work, No Food

Hyakujo, the Chinese Zen master, used to labor with his pupils even at the age of eighty, trimming the gardens, cleaning the grounds, and pruning the trees.

The pupils felt sorry to see the old teacher working so hard, but they knew he would not listen to their advice to stop, so they hid away his tools.

That day the master did not eat. The next day he did not eat, nor the next. “He may be angry because we have hidden his tools,” the pupils surmised. “We had better put them back.”

The day they did, the teacher worked and ate the same as before. In the evening he instructed them: “No work, no food.”