{"id":4343,"date":"2021-04-05T21:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2021-04-12T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T17:40:07","slug":"other-vowels-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Vowels in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What are Vowel Sounds?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English uses a combination of different letters to make 15 vowel sounds. Usually, these are divided into three categories: long vowels, short vowels and other vowels. We\u2019ve looked at long and short vowels in this article. Now, let&#8217;s take a look at other vowel sounds in English.\u00a0 Remember: b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecause there are so many different vowel sounds in English, it is a good idea to consult a dictionary to find out how the vowels in a particular word are pronounced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are \u201cother vowel\u201d sounds in English?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0These 5 vowel sounds aren\u2019t long or short! As mentioned, they are \u2018other vowel sounds\u2019:<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4343-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/other-vowels.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/other-vowels.m4a\">https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/other-vowels.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other u : <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u028a\/ <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. put<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oo sound:\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/u\/<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. spoon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aw sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u0254\/<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. law<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oi sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u0254\u026a\/ <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. boy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ow sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/a\u028a\/ <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. down<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Practice the other vowel sounds:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Try to group the following words in the right \u2018other vowel sound\u2019 category. Once again, these are the categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other <em>u<\/em> : <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u028a\/\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Oo<\/em> sound:\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/u\/<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Aw<\/em> sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u0254\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Oi<\/em> sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\u0254\u026a\/\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Ow<\/em> sound: <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/a\u028a\/ <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caught, choice, frown,\u00a0 good, soon, dog, lawn, toys, zoo, should, school, crown, foot, voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are R-controlled vowels?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In American English, there are 4 additional sounds that can be created if a vowel sound is followed by the letter <em>R<\/em>. Because of r&#8217;s influence on the adjacent vowel, it is sometimes referred to as the \u201cbossy R\u201d. In this respect, American English is very different from <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/learn-how-to-speak-with-a-british-accent\/\">British English<\/a>; the American <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/r-controlled-vowels\/\">r-controlled vowels<\/a> sound quite different from British vowel\/r combination.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4343-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/r-control-vowels-.m4a?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/r-control-vowels-.m4a\">https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/r-control-vowels-.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;schwa+r&#8217; \/\u025a\/\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. stir<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;ar sound&#8217; \/\u0251r\/ <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. car<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;or sound&#8217; \/\u0254r\/ <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. fork<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;air sound&#8217; \/\u025br\/<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ex. stair<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Practice with R-controlled words in context:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the following sentences out loud:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After dinner we\u2019re going to the fort.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many birds at the farm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cat will start to purr at the bird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her little girl fell from the bar at the park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I will start making the tarts for the party.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carl will hurl the ball on the turf.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Need help?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about English pronunciation and practice it in conversation, <a href=\"https:\/\/speaking.magoosh.com\/\">join SpeakUp<\/a>, a dynamic program that engages you in authentic conversations on relevant topics and provides you with feedback from a professional and experienced English teacher.\u00a0 In fact, the first week is free for you to try it out!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Vowel Sounds?\u00a0 English uses a combination of different letters to make 15 vowel sounds. Usually, these are divided into three categories: long vowels, short vowels and other vowels. We\u2019ve looked at long and short vowels in this article. Now, let&#8217;s take a look at other vowel sounds in English.\u00a0 Remember: because there are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":4344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-pronunciation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Other Vowels in English - SpeakUp resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn another category of vowels distinct from short and long vowels, the other vowel sounds in English, and find out what they sound like.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Other Vowels in English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn another category of vowels distinct from short and long vowels, the other vowel sounds in English, and find out what they sound like.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SpeakUp resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-06T04:48:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-12T17:40:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/files\/vowel-sounds-mouth-shapes--e1618249129816.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sabine Hobbel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sabine Hobbel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sabine Hobbel\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/#\/schema\/person\/67882d782b907ea56ef4b04d741ad201\"},\"headline\":\"Other Vowels in English\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-06T04:48:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-12T17:40:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"English Pronunciation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/other-vowels-in-english\/\",\"name\":\"Other Vowels in English - 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