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Get ready to practise the long vowel sounds of English! We will cover all the long vowel sounds from the Vowel Chart (see phonemic symbols from the IPA listed below). All the long vowel sound symbols have a colon, or to be precise : a diacritic, to show that they are long vowel sounds and not short ones.
Practice 1 /i:/
Practice 2 /u:/
Practice 3 /ɔ:/
Practice 4 /a:/
Practice 5 /ɜ:/
Pronounce the sounds and word out loud with me and improve your pronunciation and fluency!
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