English has a large number of similar sounds with only very small minor variations.

Today, we are going to practise two similar vowel sounds; /e/ and /eɪ/;

wet /e/

wait /eɪ/

test /e/

taste /eɪ/

Listen to the following words and put them into the correct columns. I will say each word two times:

/e/ /eɪ/ waited ✓ wreck rake saint sent hail hell shed shade bend vetted

Come back tomorrow and check your answers.

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