Learn English: English Lesson 1: Pronunciation Of The Vowel /A/ in Different words of English

1. The vowel A is pronounced /ei/ when it is followed by one consonant that has a vowel.

Examples:

Date /deit/

Rape /reip/

Plate /pleit

Blade /bleid/

Exercises: Read the following words:

Cake Gave Brave Bake Fade Gate

2. When there is ai in a word, you pronounce /ei/ as well

Examples:

Rain /rein/

Pain /pein/

Exercises: Read the following words:

Gain drain grain plain vain plaintiff tail sail

3. When there is ay in a word, you pronounce /ei/

Examples:

Play /plei/

Day /dei/

Pay /pei/

Exercises:

Bay gay May tray lay say way

4. When a is before –tion /ʃen/, you pronounce /ei/

Examples:

Abomination / abomineiʃen/

Nation /neiʃen/

Exercises: Read the following words

Relation examination penetration ration

5. When there is are in a word you pronounce /ɛə/

Examples:

Dare /dɛə/

Rare /rɛə/

Exercises:

Glare farewell scare hare bare stare

6. When there is air in a word, you pronounce /ɛə/

Examples:

Fair /fɛə/

Pair /pɛə/

Exercises:

Stair chair air hair

7. The vowel a is pronounced /æ/ when followed by a consonant that has no vowel.

Examples: Read the following words

Bad /bæd/

Mat /mæt/

Exercises:

Bat gap mark bank man sat

8. When the vowel a is followed by two or more consonants that have vowels, you pronounce /æ/.

Examples:

Battle /bætəl/

Paddle /pædəl/

Babble /bæbəl/

Babber /bæbə/

Examples: Read the following words

Saddle tackle past target parking vassal

9. When the vowel a is at the beginning of a word, you pronounce /ə/

Examples:

Apostle /əposl/

America /əmɛrikə/

Exercises: Read the following words

Adaptation assassinate asset application after assist

10. The vowel a is pronounced /e/ when it is alone before a word.

A man

A boy

Exercises:

A hat a padlock a day a pen

11. When there is au in a word, you pronounce /ɔ:/

Examples:

Caught /kɔ:t/

Autism /ɔ:tizm/

Baud /bɔ:d/

Exercises: Read the following words

Caution taught cause audition automation