Meet the Laziest Sound Ever!

Practice the most common unstressed sound in English. Listen carefully to the audio cues, record your pronunciation, and test your listening skills with minimal pairs and word scrambles.

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Meet the Laziest Sound Ever!

Title

Mastering the Schwa Sound (/ə/)

Instructions

Practice the most common unstressed sound in English. Listen carefully to the audio cues, record your pronunciation, and test your listening skills with the interactive sentence scrambles.

Language

en-US

Activities

  • Target Text: About time.
    Phonetic Hint: əˈbaʊt taɪm
    Translation: ได้เวลาแล้ว
  • Target Text: A cup of tea.
    Phonetic Hint: ə kʌp əv tiː
    Translation: ชาหนึ่งถ้วย
  • Target Text: Open the door.
    Phonetic Hint: ˈoʊpən ðə dɔːr
    Translation: เปิดประตู
  • Target Text: I have an idea.
    Phonetic Hint: aɪ hæv ən aɪˈdiːə
    Translation: ฉันมีไอเดีย
  • Target Text: See you tomorrow.
    Phonetic Hint: siː juː təˈmɑːroʊ
    Translation: เจอกันพรุ่งนี้
  • Target Text: It is support.
    Phonetic Hint: ɪt ɪz səˈpɔːrt
    Translation: มันคือการสนับสนุน
  • Target Text: Please be careful.
    Phonetic Hint: pliːz biː ˈkeəfəl
    Translation: โปรดระมัดระวัง
  • Target Text: Banana is yellow.
    Phonetic Hint: bəˈnænə ɪz ˈjɛloʊ
    Translation: กล้วยมีสีเหลือง
  • Target Text: Ask the teacher.
    Phonetic Hint: æsk ðə ˈtiːtʃər
    Translation: ถามคุณครู
  • Target Text: Today is Monday.
    Phonetic Hint: təˈdeɪ ɪz ˈmʌndeɪ
    Translation: วันนี้คือวันจันทร์
  • Target Text: A slice of melon.
    Phonetic Hint: ə slaɪs əv ˈmɛlən
    Translation: เมลอนหนึ่งชิ้น
  • Target Text: The station is far.
    Phonetic Hint: ðə ˈsteɪʃən ɪz fɑːr
    Translation: สถานีอยู่ไกล
  • Audio Text: An apple a day.
    Words:
    • An
    • apple
    • a
    • day.
    Distractors:
    • And
    • on
    • uh
  • Audio Text: I want to go.
    Words:
    • I
    • want
    • to
    • go.
    Distractors:
    • two
    • too
    • won
  • Audio Text: The camera is broken.
    Words:
    • The
    • camera
    • is
    • broken.
    Distractors:
    • They
    • cam
    • breaks
  • Audio Text: Police officer at the station.
    Words:
    • Police
    • officer
    • at
    • the
    • station.
    Distractors:
    • Please
    • office
    • it
    • they
  • Audio Text: Forget about the problem.
    Words:
    • Forget
    • about
    • the
    • problem.
    Distractors:
    • For
    • out
    • them
    • probably

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