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Monday, June 20, 2011

Week 7: Words in Contrast



Words in Contrast

/ɔ/ vs. /ow/



Now you will hear some pairs of words which differ in their vowel sounds: the first has the /ow/-sound as in know; the second has the /ɔ/-sound, as in saw. Pronounce the words while listening to the recording, and don’t worry if you don’t understand some of the words. You can check their meaning later on.

/ow/

/ɔ/

/ow/

/ɔ/

so

saw

oat

ought

low

law

cold

called

toll

tall

choke

chalk

owe

awe

ode

awed

mode

Maude

oaf

off

pose

paws

close

clause

Joe

jaw

goes

gauze

phone

fawn

row

raw

droll

drawl

coast

cost

scroll

scrawl

slow

slaw

loan

lawn

hole

hall


Sentences

Now, carefully read the following sentences that include some of the words above.

01. A local phone call costs ten cents.

02. Now’s the time to show us how.

03. Do cows cause tuberculosis?

04. Now Paul, drive downtown slowly.

05. I saw Maude by a boat near the coast.

06. When Joe woke up, his oatmeal was cold.

07. I ought to phone the office; the sercice is rather low in quality and slow.

08. Ken bought a new rain coat to work on the l



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