Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Minimal pairs: /ʌ/ and /ɑː/

Ex. 1. Look at the following words containing the short vowel /ʌ/ and find their counterparts containing the long vowel /ɑː/.

buck, bud, budge, cup, cut, duck, dulling, hut, luck, muck, musk, must (full form), stuck, tusk

Ex. 2. The following words tend to be mispronounced by Polish speakers, who often use the vowel /a/, e.g. both love and laugh as /laf/ or /la:f/. Which of these words contain a. /ʌ/; b. /ɑː/; c. another vowel?

grass, mayor, front, doll, burn, parent, Dublin, dull, past, draft, bust, Hamburg, last, worry, darts


KEY Ex. 1. bark, bard, barge, carp, cart, dark, darling, heart, lark, mark, mask, mast, stark, task
Ex. 2. a. /ʌ/ front, Dublin, dull, bust, worry
b. /ɑː/ grass, past, draft, last, darts
c. burn, doll, parent, mayor, Hamburg

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