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British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 13 - 3 'O' Sounds PRACTICE

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 13 - 3 'O' Sounds PRACTICE

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Practice three key British vowel sounds: /ɒ/, /əʊ/, and /ɔː/. Improve your pronunciation with clear examples and focused contrast exercises.

Transcript:

/ɒ/ — octopus, on, olive, lot, stop, dog, clock, box, shop, pocket, orange, problem, bottle

/ɔː/ — door, floor, more, short, born, or, ornament, four, core, store, before, score

/əʊ/ — open, ocean, oak, go, home, nose, road, stone, hope, boat, don’t

/ɒ/ and /ʌ/: cot - cup, cot – cut, not – nut, lock – luck, stock – stuck, cop – cup, pot - putt, rock - ruck, sock - suck, mock - muck, dock - duck, rob - rub

/ɒ/ and /ɔː/: cot – caught, stock – stalk, cod – cord, collar – caller, pot - port, shot - short, flock - fork, wok - walk, Don - dawn, not - nought, cot - court, stop - stork

/əʊ/ and /ɔː/: so – saw, no – nor, go – gore, toe – tore, load – lord, bow - bore, low - law, row - roar, show - shore, code - cord

/əʊ/ and /ɒ/: no – not, go – got, code – cod, hope – hop, load – lot, rode – rod, robe – rob, choke - chock, toad - Tod

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