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 7
Minimal pairs = [æ] and [e].
Elementary
bad-bed / man-men.
Pre-Intermediate
and - end / axe - X / bag - beg / had - head / ham - hem / jam - gem / pan - pen / pat - pet / sad - said / sat - set.
Intermediate
band - bend / bat - bet / dad - dead / flash - flesh / gas - guess / gnat - net / land - lend / shall - shell / spanned - spend.
Upper-Intermediate
axe - ex / fad - fed / gassed - guest / manned - mend / marry - merry / mat - met / sacks - sex / sax - sex / tack - tech / track – trek.
Advanced
bland - blend/ cattle - kettle/ dab - deb / flax - flecks/ frat - fret / rabble - rebel / tamp - temp / tamper - temper / trad - tread / vat - vet .
Thank you very much for the recording Timc !!!! I really appreciate your help !!
Nina