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Ca, ca eThevowel oundss'^(t)l nd lea(t)lIn many accents n England, the letter R is not pronounced aftet a vowel. In other places, he Rrs pron.r.rced, for exple in most parts of North America. But in both cases' he letter R-k., the vowel before ii sound different. If the vowel is A, we usually get the vowel sounds incar ls'^l or care leel'

Listen to the sound /o/. Look at the mouth diagram to seehow to make this long vowel sound'Lisrento rhe target sound /q/ in the words below and compare t with the words on eachside'Then listen and repeat he examplesof the target sound'

t$et /Q,fur . , , f ,ar ,. ' ' ,. fourbore bar .:, , bearhurt heart hatemuch march match

$sget /gt,bar bear beershv share suredead dared diedstars stairs stays

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wordswith the vowel or / wordswith the vowel ee/bar bare

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Listeno these entences.s heaccentromNorthAmericathey ronouncehe Rafter hevowel)67 or SouthEast ngland?riteAmor Eng'Exeupre He askedher to dance. 9*q1 \7e started in March.2 It's a fast car. 5 It stopsandstarts.6 A glassof beer.7 Washis hair dark or fair?3 My heart'sstrong.4 \7here's he bar?Listenndcirclehe word ou hear.f you indanyof these ifficult, o o Sectionfor furtherpractice.L Heart.or hat? Sheput her hand on her heart hat.2 Nowhereor no way? There'snowhere no way to go.3 Fair or far? It isn't fair I far.4 Partor port? This is the mainpart I port of Athens'5,Bearor beer? That'sa strongbear beer.6 Comeor calm? She old meto come calmdown.

D4Sound oirs(-sound pair 3)(-sound pair 5)(-sound pair 6)(=+sound air 7)(+soundpair B)(-sound paft 9)

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