• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

  • word final -ed
  • word final -s
  • linking
  • reduction
  • consonants
  • vowels
  • gh words
  • quizzes
  • wonder words
  • latest

Written o = silent o

Sunday, October 15, 2017 by Eva Easton2 Comments

 How many ways do we pronounce written single o?

Reduction is when a vowel in an unstessed syllable is pronounced /ә,ɪ/ or disappears completely.

In this lesson, we practice unstressed vowels that disappear completely.

chocolate
/ˈt͡ʃɔ–klɪt/


comfortable
/ˈkʌmf–tə–bəl/


favorite … favorable
/ˈfey–vrɪt/ … /ˈfey–vrə–bəl/


laboratory
/ˈlæ–brə–tɔ–ɚ–iy/


honorable …  honorably
/ˈan–rə–bəl/ … /ˈan–rə–bliy/


Now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.

1. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-several.mp3several
2. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-colonel.mp3colonel
3. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-average.mp3average
4. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-interested-in.mp3interested in
5. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-chocolate.mp3chocolate
6. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-aspirin.mp3 aspirin
7. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-niagara.mp3Niagara Falls
8. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-catholic.mp3Catholic
9. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-every.mp3every
10. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-extraordinary.mp3extraordinary
11. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-opera.mp3opera
12. https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-different.mp3different

clock.png

Time is Up!



Related Lessons:

  1. /a/
  2. /ow/ [part 1]…[part 2]…[practice /a-ow/]
  3. /aw/ [part 1]…[part 2]…[practice /a-ow-aw/]
  4. /ɔ/
  5. /ʌ/
  6. /ʊ/
  7. silent o
  8. /ɚ/
  9. /ə/ schwa
Thank you for visiting
Tell your friends. Share this lesson.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. IMANsays

    Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 7:01 am

    INCREDIBLE EXELLENT VERY GOOD IT WAS WONDERFUL.THANK YOU A LOT.!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Eva Eastonsays

      Monday, February 17, 2020 at 4:15 am

      Thank you. Eva

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Footer

evaeaston.com

  • Latest Lessons
  • Wonder Words
  • Word Final – ED
  • Word Final -S
  • Linking
  • Reduction
  • Consonant Sounds
  • Vowels Sounds
  • Quizzes

Online Since 1997

  • YouTube
  • Librivox Reader
  • Russian-English Lexis

About

  • American English Pronunciation
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy & Disclosures

Copyright © 1997 - 2020 · Eva Easton · All Rights Reserved

Thanks for signing up!

Watch your email. I will send you secrets.