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OU – Oh no!

  • by PronunciationCoach
  • Posted on June 1, 2012February 21, 2013
  • Vowel pairs

The pronunciation of some vowel pairs is fairly easy to predict, while others are less clear, but the trickiest one of all is the pair [ou] – this vowel pair uses many different pronunciations. Here are […]

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Vowel Pairs

  • by PronunciationCoach
  • Posted on May 29, 2012May 29, 2012
  • Vowel pairs

A vowel pair is two vowel letters together, that make just one sound. For example, in the words “each” and “fear” the [ea] makes just one vowel sound, so this is a vowel pair. However, […]

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