#061 How the Long A Sound is Made
Accent Training Podcast
English - June 02, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLanguage Learning Education learn american accent improve english Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
English vowel sounds are difficult considering each vowel letter has multiple vowel sounds. Today's episode considers the Long A sound, and how you can make it to have a clearer spoken English.
The long "A" makes the sound of the letter itself. This is heard in words like "Day", "Make", "Able".
Learn to use a clear Long A sound is not a terribly difficult task! Tune in to see just how easily you can pick this up.
Practice with these phrases here:
Work before play
First aid
Able to stay
A big mistake
Get a feel for the Long A with these idioms:
Rain or shine No matter the circumstances, something will happen
Rain or shine, we will go for a hike tomorrow.
Piece of cake Something done with ease
I’ve studied hard, this test should be a piece of cake.
Face the music To confront a difficult but inevitable situation
I had to face the music and admit that I broke it.
I can’t make heads or tails of it I don’t understand what I’m seeing
Can you explain this bill to me? I can’t make heads or tails of the charges.