Short Vowel Sounds and Pronunciation

Short Vowel Sounds and Pronunciation

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

3rd - 4th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

This video tutorial focuses on the pronunciation differences between the short 'a' and 'e' sounds in English. It provides detailed instructions on how to correctly articulate these sounds, including mouth and tongue positioning. The video includes numerous examples and practice sentences to help learners distinguish between words like 'bad' and 'bed', 'sad' and 'said', and more. The tutorial concludes with encouragement to practice regularly to improve pronunciation skills.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of this lesson?

Reading comprehension

Vocabulary building

Pronunciation differences

Grammar rules

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the short 'a' sound produced?

With the mouth closed

With the lips rounded

With the tongue at the back

With the mouth open and tongue down

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word contains the short 'a' sound?

Bed

Led

Bad

Fed

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key characteristic of the short 'e' sound?

It is produced with the tongue in the middle

It is longer than the short 'a'

It requires a smile

It is pronounced with the mouth wide open

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word contains the short 'e' sound?

Sad

Mad

Had

Head

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which pair of words demonstrates the difference between short 'a' and short 'e' sounds?

Pat and Pet

Sit and Set

Bat and Bet

Cat and Cot

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the word 'ladder', which sound is used?

Long 'e'

Long 'a'

Short 'e'

Short 'a'

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