Listening for Vowel Contrast (AmE)

Audio by TriciaG, LibriVox.org

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[i:] – [i] as in DEEP – DIP

peel – pill, leave – live, beat – bit, seek – sick;

[i] – [e] as in PIN – PEN

fill – fell, did – dead, miss – mess;

[e] – [ei] as in LET – LATE

pen – pain, sell – sail, fed – fade;

[e] – [æ] as in BED – BAD

men – man, leg – lag, peck – pack, set – sat;

[æ] – [a:] as in PACK – PARK

bad – bard, hat – heart;

[æ] – [ə] as in FAN – FUN

lack – luck, damp – dump;

[a:] – [ə] as in DARK – DUCK

calm – come, march – much, father – mother;

[a:] – [o:] as in CARD – CORD

star – store, farm – form;

[o:] – [o] as in PORT – POT

born – bond, order – odd;

[o:] – [ər] as in BORN – BURN

course – curse, ward – word, walk – work;

[o] – [ə] as in NOT – NUT

rob – rub, body – buddy, cop – cup;

[ə] – [ər] as in BUD – BIRD

ton – turn, such – search, sofa – suffer;

[u:] – [yu:] as in FOOD – FEUD

cool – cute, ooze – use;

[u:] – [u] as in TOOL – TOOK

fool – full, shoot – should, boom – book;

[u] – [o] as in COOK – COCK

put – pot, good – god;

[a:] – [ai] as in HARD – HIDE

charm – chime, spark – spike;

[a:] – [au] as in ART – OUT

darn – down, lard – loud;

[o:] – [ou] as in SAW – SO

bought – boat, pause – pose.