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/ɛ/ vs /æ/ Comparison Drill

This page contains the following:
  • A vowel chart showing the difference in tongue position for the two vowels
  • A recording comparing the two sounds in real English words (press the "download" button to save it offline).
  • The list of the English words in the recording (in order).

If I directed you to this page, be sure to spend to listen to this recording and mimic it as many times as you can and wait 24 hours before you re-submit.  The more you listen and rest, the more you will be able to tune this vowel.
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Visual Comparison


Word Comparison List

/ɛ/

bed
set
rep
neck
neg
sell
ben
hem
heaven
said
head
met

/æ/

bad
sat
rap
knack
nag
Sal
ban
ham
haven't
sad
had
mat
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