Phoneme /æ/

Phoneme /æ/

The lips are spread

• The vowel [ æ ] does not exist in Spanish and may be difficult for you to hear and produce.

• The pronunciation is like "a" but NOT spread your mouth too much.

               If you say [a] instead of [æ] , hat will sound like hot

               If you say [Ɛ] instead of [æ], bad will sound like bed

Examples        at    /æ/

                     and   / ænd/

                      cat   /cæt/  

                   have   /hæve/

If you want learn more and practice that you have learned, this game will help you to improve your skills.

Phoneme [æ]

Find the minimal par.

     [æ]                              [Ɛ]

  ______                         Head

  Mat                               ______

  ______                         Lend

  ______                         Said

  And                               ______

  ______                          Ed