English Highway Podcast Pronunciation: The short /e/ (#0260) Learn the short /e/ vowel sound using vocabulary words and sentences. Announcer: You re about to listen to an audio lesson from OpenEnglish.com. Welcome back! I m Andres Moreno, and I ll be your coach for today s audio lesson. I m excited about this lesson because we will be working on a very common sound in the English language. The sound I m referring to is the short e sound. It s in the words: tell and welcome. Can you hear it? tell welcome. So repeat after me: tell welcome You got it. Once again: tell welcome Here s a few more words for you to practice. Repeat after me: And again: Here s another word. Repeat after me: And stretch it, come on: Longer: That s it, you got it. One more word for you to practice. Repeat after me: Page 1 of 5
Way to go! Can you hear it now? Say: yes yes The word yes contains the short e sound. So repeat after me: Yes! Shout it out loud: Yes! You got it! Let s keep practicing. If you re visiting a friend s house, what might you see? Repeat after me: a television Once again: a television That s right. Television contains the short e sound: Here s another word, telephone. telephone Way to go! At your friend s house, you could also find a shelf. So repeat after me: shelf shelf That s it. Now, let s practice asking some questions. Repeat after me: And again, repeat after me: Page 2 of 5
bedroom And again, come on: bedroom Now the whole question. Repeat after me: Good job! Here s another question. Repeat after me: That s it. Here s another common question. Repeat after me: Way to go! That was a long one. Let s practice it again. Repeat after me: Way to go. An answer might be, So repeat after me: Come on, stretch the sound: Now the whole sentence. Repeat after me: Way to go. Let s keep practicing. Here s another question. Repeat after me: Stretch the word: Page 3 of 5
Way to go. Here s a common expression that helps you answer that question. Repeat after me: And again, repeat after me: That expression means you can go ahead and get some bread. So you re doing great. We re almost finished with this session. In order to end this, please shout out: I get it! Stretch it: I get it! Way to go! Let s finish by repeating out loud the words we just practiced with the short e sound. Repeat after me: Welcome help telephone You can do it! Come on, put some energy into it: Welcome help You can do it, come on. We re almost there. Repeat after me: Page 4 of 5
telephone Alright, two more. Repeat after me: That was excellent! Congratulations! With every new audio lesson, your listening and speaking skills are getting better and better. Continue to listen to these lessons as often as possible because remember, practice makes perfect! For additional practice, turn on your computer and go to OpenEnglish.com. At OpenEnglish, you ll find hundreds of interactive lessons and videos to help you perfect your English. Accelerate your English today. See you soon. Additional practice: Short e vowel sound Words: tell welcome bed bread head yes television telephone shelf bedroom restroom lesson bread Sentences: Page 5 of 5