Practice four of the seven A sounds in British English: /æ/, /ɑː/, /eɪ/, and /eə/. This episode guides you through clear examples, repetition drills, mixed practice, and tongue twister challenges to help you master pronunciation and reinforce mouth, tongue, and jaw movements for natural, accurate British English.

Transcript:

/æ/ — cat, man, hat, bat, black, bad, map, bag, hand, tap

/ɑː/ — car, father, park, start, heart, arm, far, calm, dark, hard

/eɪ/ — name, rain, day, play, cake, make, same, take, face, lake

/eə/ — care, fair, hair, share, chair, pair, dare, wear, air, stare

cat — car — name — care

man — father — rain — fair

bag — park — day — hair

hand — arm — make — share

tap — heart — cake — pair

“A black cat ran past a bad bag of maps.” “The car park at the far dark arm of the farm.” “May’s cake made the same day as Jane’s play.” “Careful Claire shared her chair with a fair pair of bears.”

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