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Vowel Sound /ʌ/

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 by Eva Easton 4 Comments

compare /ʌ, a/

Vowel sounds are made inside the mouth and are voiced.
You vibrate your vocal cords to make the sound.

In this lesson, we answer the question:
Where do you find vowel sound /ʌ/?


And now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Which word has vowel sound /ʌ/?

1. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-country.mp3We used to live in a big city. Now we live in the country, where it's really quiet.

2. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-thumb.mp3Ouch! I just hit my thumb with a hammer.

3. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-cup.mp3The coffee in my cup is too hot.

4. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-lunch.mp3What's for lunch? I don't know.

5. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-color-collar.mp3What is the color of the collar of that shirt?

6. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-oven.mp3What do you have baking in the oven? Smells great.

7. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-mother.mp3Her mother bought her a new bicycle.

8. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-color.mp3What color is that flower?

9. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-shut.mp3I shut the front door, got in the car and drove to work.

10. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-because.mp3I'm visiting my friend today because I haven't seen her for a while.

11. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-country-2.mp3Where were you born? In what country?

12. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/uh-flooded.mp3Look at all that rain. I hope that room downstairs doesn't get flooded.

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Where do you find vowel sound /ʌ/?

3 out of 4 written u = /ʌ/written oouooetc.homophones

/p, b/ cup up … club rub

/t, d/ but cut … bud mud

/k, g/ duck luck … bug rug

/s, z/ bus plus … buzz fuzz

/ʃ/ brush crush rush

/t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ lunch much such … fudge judge

/m/ drum summer

silent b: crumb dumb numb thumb

/n/ fun run sun

/ŋ/ hung lung sung

color
month months
among (an)other
from oven ton tongue

come some done none
one once money
brother mother southern

above dove
glove love shove
enough
rough
tough
slough off

country
couple double
trouble
touch
young
2 words

flood
/flʌd/

blood
/blʌd/
was
/wʌz/

does
/dʌz/

because
/bɪ-ˈkʌz/
same pronunciation
different spelling
different meaning


dun done
nun none
sun son
sum some
won one

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