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 8
Minimal pairs = [ɑ:] and [ɜ:].
Elementary
fast- first
Pre-Intermediate
bath - berth / far - fir / ha - her / hard - heard / heart - hurt / pass – purse.
Intermediate
bath - birth / bard - bird / car - cur / card - curd / far - fur / farm - firm / guard - gird / hard - herd / Pa – per.
Upper-Intermediate
bar - burr / barn - burn / card - Kurd / cart - curt / carve - curve / dart - dirt / par - purr / park - perk / part - pert / sharper - Sherpa / star - stir.
Advanced
arc - irk / barbs - burbs / blah - blur / carbs - curbs / harpies - herpes / parched - perched / parp - perp / quark - quirk / sarge - surge / shark - shirk / tarps - turps.
Thank you very much for the recording !!!! I really appreciate your help !!
Nina