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Listening to the Difference


The following examples illustrate some
difficulties that Spanish speakers have in
correctly pronouncing sounds in English.


Play the sounds below.
Several phonemes are compared.


Drank
Drunk







Crutch
Crotch







Estate
State







Essential
Sensual






Pull
Pool







Jam
Yam







Gate
Wait







Is that wood?
Is that good?







Did he step on the vase?
Did he step on the base?









Check-Up: Match each audio clip to the correct image.

Drunk/Drank
Right
Wrong






Crotch/Crutch
Right
Wrong






Pull/Pool
Wrong
Right






Bee/V
Wrong
Right






Good/Wood
Wrong
Right






Essential/Sensual
Wrong
Right






Gate/Wait
Right
Wrong






Estate/State
Wrong
Right






Vase/Base
Right
Wrong




Veil/Whale
Right
Wrong






Boat/Vote
Wrong
Right




Bow/Vow
Wrong
bow
Right
vow




Chin/Shin
Right
Wrong




Jam/Yam
Wrong
Right


Can you say this?
Tiny Tim did not want to choose shoes that would not fit his feet.


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Jim reached into the closet to choose his good shoes and best vest.

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