Clear Vs Unclear Syllables Listen and Record

Listen to the word sets below. Notice how the sound changes as it becomes an UNaccented syllable.

You can use the PLAY ALL audio file to practice saying the words during the pause after the model speaker.

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• face -- surface
• break, fast -- breakfast
• gage -- baggage
• land -- Oakland
• man -- salesman
• chase -- purchase
• mouth -- Plymouth
• rate -- separate
• fort -- effort
• sand -- thousand