Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

Written o = silent o

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 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.

Now it’s your turn.
What written vowel is not pronounced? 

1. 

interested in

2. 

  aspirin

3. 

chocolate

4. 

colonel

5. 

Niagara Falls

6. 

opera

7. 

extraordinary

8. 

different

9. 

several

10. 

Catholic

11. 

average

12. 

every


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
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