Vowel /ɒ/-/ə/-/e/ – BBC Pronunciation Tips

1. Pronunciation Tips from BBC: Vowel /ɒ/ – lot – odd – wash

Listen the short vowel sound it pronounces /ɒ/and you try to listen carefuly and repeat after the teacher. Now here are some words which have this vowel sound:

lot /lɒt/
odd /ɒd/
wash /wɒʃ/

2. Pronunciation Tips from BBC: Vowel /ə/

Listen the short vowel sound it pronounces /ə/and to make this sound you just relax your mouth. You try to listen and repeat. In fact, there are very common sound in English and many grammar word it’s only vowel sound: a /ə/, – the /ðə/- of /əv/Now here are some words which have this vowel sound in more than one syllable :

about /əˈbaʊt/
common /ˈkɒmən/
standard /ˈstændəd/
butter /ˈbʌtə/

The vowel/ə/ is the most important vowel in English because it appears in just about every words with more than one syllable: accuse /ə’kju:z/, banana /bə‘nɑ:nə/, father /’fɑ:ðə/….

3. Pronunciation Tips from BBC: Vowel /e/

This is the short vowel sound /e/, listen carefuly and repeat after the teacher: dress /dres/, head /hed/ and distinguish /e/ from /i/

4. Pronunciation Tips from BBC: Vowel /æ/

trap /træp/
stamp /stæmp/
bad /bæd/