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.