These sentences contain a mixture of /u/ sounds (as in the word ‘Luke’) and /U/ sounds (as in the word ‘look’. See if you can hear which words have which of these vowels.

These sentences focus on the Canadian pronunciation of the ‘er’ sound as in the word ‘perfect’. Please note that this sound can be spelled ‘ur’, ‘ir’, ‘ear’, and ‘or’ in some words (like the word ‘word’ for example!)

Each sentence focuses on either the /ae/ vowel, as in ‘cat’, or the /a/ vowel, as in ‘cot’

This reading contrasts the ‘n’ sound with the ‘ng’ sound at the ends of words.

This reading is focused on the West Coast Canadian pronunciation of the /a/ and ‘uh’ vowel sounds.

A reading focusing on the Canadian pronunciation of the /au/ sound, including examples of ‘Canadian raising’: notice the how the pronunciation of the vowel in ‘out’ differs from that of ‘ground’.

Reading focused on the Canadian pronunciation of /ae/ and ‘uh’ vowel sounds

Reading focusing on Canadian pronunciation of the /ai/ and /ei/ vowel sounds.

This reading is packed with ‘th’ sounds.

This reading contrasts the /ou/ sound as in the word ‘cope’, with the /a/ sound as in the word ‘cop.’