American English or British English accents welcome ;-)
These words are to be pronounced for ESL students.
Thanks in advance !
IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION – VOWEL SOUNDS Part 5
Minimal pairs = [əʊ] and [ɔ:]
Elementary
bowl - ball / O - or / so – saw.
Pre-Intermediate
boat - bought / drone - drawn / folk - fork / know - nor / mow - more / note - nought / poke - pork / show - sure.
Intermediate
chose - chores / close - claws / doe - door / dome - dorm / doze - doors / foal - fall / foe - four / go - gore / know - no - nor / low - law / moaning - morning / owe - or / shown - shorn / snow - snore / stow - store / toe - tore - tour / tone – torn.
Upper-Intermediate
coast - coursed / code - cord / cone - corn / doze - doors / drone - drawn / foam - form / go - gore / goal - gall / hone - horn / load - lord / moan -mourn / moaning - morning / motor - mortar / mow - more / oat - ought / poach - porch / quote - quart / sew - saw / show - shore - sure / snow - snore / tote – taught.
Advanced
bode - bored / bow - boar - bore / choke - chalk / close - claws / coke - cork / copes - corpse / crow - craw / doe - door / goad - gored / goal - gall / implode - implored / joe - jaw / low - law - lore / mole - maul / node - gnawed / ode - awed / owed - awed / scone - scorn / stoke - stork / stow - store / tote – tort.
EXCELLENT RECORDING !
Thank you very much Janet !! You're a star !!!