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.
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-USActivities
- Target Text: About time.Phonetic Hint: əˈbaʊt taɪmTranslation: ได้เวลาแล้ว
- Target Text: A cup of tea.Phonetic Hint: ə kʌp əv tiːTranslation: ชาหนึ่งถ้วย
- Target Text: Open the door.Phonetic Hint: ˈoʊpən ðə dɔːrTranslation: เปิดประตู
- Target Text: I have an idea.Phonetic Hint: aɪ hæv ən aɪˈdiːəTranslation: ฉันมีไอเดีย
- Target Text: See you tomorrow.Phonetic Hint: siː juː təˈmɑːroʊTranslation: เจอกันพรุ่งนี้
- Target Text: It is support.Phonetic Hint: ɪt ɪz səˈpɔːrtTranslation: มันคือการสนับสนุน
- Target Text: Please be careful.Phonetic Hint: pliːz biː ˈkeəfəlTranslation: โปรดระมัดระวัง
- Target Text: Banana is yellow.Phonetic Hint: bəˈnænə ɪz ˈjɛloʊTranslation: กล้วยมีสีเหลือง
- Target Text: Ask the teacher.Phonetic Hint: æsk ðə ˈtiːtʃərTranslation: ถามคุณครู
- Target Text: Today is Monday.Phonetic Hint: təˈdeɪ ɪz ˈmʌndeɪTranslation: วันนี้คือวันจันทร์
- Target Text: A slice of melon.Phonetic Hint: ə slaɪs əv ˈmɛlənTranslation: เมลอนหนึ่งชิ้น
- Target Text: The station is far.Phonetic Hint: ðə ˈsteɪʃən ɪz fɑːrTranslation: 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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