The effect of different vowels on consonants
You may have come across slender or broad vowels. I and E are slender vowels and A,O, and U are the broad vowels. Select the highlighted sounds, words and phrases to hear them. Different vowels affect the consonants, these examples will show you how!
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- ir
- strong
- Roddy is strong.
- l broad
- find
- They are out looking for Lachlan
- ll slender
- light
- Morag has light-coloured clothes on.
- nn broad
- Anne
- Anna is lost.
- nn slender
- urgency
- It is urgent.
- rr broad
- wrong
- They went wrong
