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ahmadmy
English / Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ and /əʊ/
by ahmadmy on July 5, 2014
197 Words / 1 Recordings / 0 Comments
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Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ and /əʊ/
Below are lists of words that vary only by one having the vowel sound /ɒ/ and the other the vowel sound /əʊ/. You can use this to practice the sounds or as a list of words to be careful to pronounce properly.
/ɒ/ is a short single sound made without the mouth moving. /əʊ/ is a diphthong - a longer sound made of two sounds - meaning that the mouth moves during production of the sound.
Not note
want won’t
got goat
hop hope
on own
cost coast
non known
odd owed
rod road
rot wrote
sop soap
stock stoke
tossed toast
wok woke
block bloke
bond boned
bossed boast
clock cloak
cock coke
cod code
col coal
cop cope
god goad
jock joke
mod mode
pop pope
rob robe
rod rode
ROM roam
Shod showed
Smock smoke
Sock soak
sod sewed
blot bloat
bod bode
bonze bones
chock choke
cocks coax
con cone
crock croak
doss dose
dot dote
foggy fogey
glob globe
hod hoed
lob lobe
lop lope
mod mowed
mop mope
mot mote
nod node
odd ode
rot rote
slop slope
sod sowed
tock toke
tod toad
tot tote

Recordings

  • Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ ( recorded by alsocass ), Australian

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    Not note
    want won’t
    got goat
    hop hope
    on own
    cost coast
    non known
    odd owed
    rod road
    rot wrote
    sop soap
    stock stoke
    tossed toast
    wok woke
    block bloke
    bond boned
    bossed boast
    clock cloak
    cock coke
    cod code
    col coal
    cop cope
    god goad
    jock joke
    mod mode
    pop pope
    rob robe
    rod rode
    ROM roam
    Shod showed
    Smock smoke
    Sock soak
    sod sewed
    blot bloat
    bod bode
    bonze bones
    chock choke
    cocks coax
    con cone
    crock croak
    doss dose
    dot dote
    foggy fogey
    glob globe
    hod hoed
    lob lobe
    lop lope
    mod mowed
    mop mope
    mot mote
    nod node
    odd ode
    rot rote
    slop slope
    sod sowed
    tock toke
    tod toad
    tot tote

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