How to pronounce ‘A’ in English (It’s not that easy!)

English words that are spelled with the letter “a” give English learners a hard time. Why does “caught” rhyme with “pot”, while “laugh” rhymes with “half”? In this lesson, we will look at the different ways these words can sound, and I will provide some tips on how to pronounce these words correctly. I will show you the IPA symbols for the different pronunciations of this letter also, but it’s okay if you don’t know IPA.

Hi, Adam. These quizes were difficult for me.
Because I’ve learnt English pronunciation by Jones
method. (Japanese method) .

From today, I’m going to restart learning pronunciation by IPA.
Thank you.

love ocean

Hi Adam,

thank you for this interesting revising lesson.

I would like to ask about all the words in the first column.

According to Oxford Learner´s Dictiontary, their IPA pronunciation is with /ɔ:/, for all of them.

Is it the same ?

Thank you very much.

Adriana

adrijana

Hi Adrijana,

You mean the column with the words call to law? Yes they do use this pronunciation.

Adam

It is an informative and rich educational video.

ytg1234

Thank you Teacher Adam

Dorys Arley

Thank you teacher Adam.

55Elvio

hi adam . the quiz was so diffucult thank you

sadiaa4545s

Thank you adam… But really ıt’s not easy

alpay.yesilaltay

Thanks everyone. I know it’s not easy, but with practice it will become easier.

Good luck. :)

Adam

Hi Adam, I took the quiz but realized one of the questions was out of context. The third question ”Share” rhymes with Pear. You actually don’t cover the sound of Share/Pear in your video or am I wrong?

tutkugncu

Hi Tutkugncu,

Share and pear rhyme with care and air.

Look at the top right of the whiteboard in the video.

Hope this helps.

Adam

thank you Mr.Adam

kasem33

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