How many ways do we pronounce written single o?
Vowel Sounds are made inside the mouth and are voiced. You need to vibrate your vocal cords to make the sound.
In this lesson, we answer the question:
where do you find vowel sound /ʌ/.
There are only a few groups of words with
1 written o = /ʌ/.
They are, however, everyday words,
so it’s important to learn their pronunciation.
glove … love … shove
/glʌv/ … /lʌv/ … /ʃʌv/
come …some
/kʌm/ … /sʌm/
one … done … none …
/wʌn/ … /dʌn/ … /nʌn/
Note: usually o + silent e = /ow/
home /howm/
won … son … ton
/wʌn/ … /sʌn/ … /tʌn/
does … dozen
/dʌz/ … /ˈdʌ-zɪn/
I need to get a dozen eggs.
/ay-ˈniy-də-gɛ-də-ˈdə–zɪ–nɛgz/
once …. won … one
/wʌns/ … /wʌn/ … /wʌn/
I once competed at the state fair.
/ay-wʌns-kəm-ˈpiy-dɪ-dæ-ðə-steyt-ˈfɛ-ɚ/
I only won one ribbon, but it was first place.
/a-yown-liy-ˈwʌn–wʌn-ˈrɪ-bɪn-bʌ-dɪt-wəz-ˈfɚst-pleys/
country … cousin
/ˈkʌn-triy/ … /ˈkʌ-zɪn/
The U.S. is a big country.
/ðə-yu-ˈwɛs-ɪ-zə-ˈbɪg-ˈkʌn–triy/
couple … double … trouble
/ˈkʌ-pəl/ … /ˈdʌ-bəl/ … /ˈtrʌ-bəl/
These raccoons like to cause trouble.
/ðiyz-ræ-ˈkuwnz-layk-tə-kawz-ˈtrʌ–bəl/
