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Listening to the Difference


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


Play the sounds below.
Several phonemes are compared.


Lend
Land






Sing
Sink






Pull
Pool







Though
Dough






Thin
Tin






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

Drunk/Drank
Right
Wrong






Crotch/Crutch
Right
Wrong






Pull/Pool
Wrong
Right






Rib/Rip
Right
Wrong






Rice/Rise
Wrong
Right






Wash/Watch
Wrong
Right




Vest/West
Wrong
Right




Band/Bend
Right
Wrong


Can you say this?
The man from the west bought a vest then.


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The fool bought a boat that he thought would sail in the pool.

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