The Sound n In American English
The Sound of the Letter n
The letter "n" makes the sound /n/ in English. This pronunciation drill focuses on this sound and provides practice in several common syllable structures. The drill includes the following combinations:
Vowel + Consonant (VC)
Consonant + Vowel (CV)
Vowel + Consonant Cluster (VCC)
Vowel + Consonant Cluster (VCCC)
The present lesson will focus on the simpler VC and CV combinations as well an easier set of VCC patterns, while the more complex VCC combinations and well as the VCCC patterns are dealt with in a separate lesson.
Step 1: Vowel + Consonant
Repeat each word aloud at least 3 times.
i + n → /in/
bean, mean, seen
Short i + n → /ɪn/
bin, pin, win
Short e + n → /ɛn/
pen, men, ten
æ + n → /æn/
man, can, fan
a + n → /ɑn/
con, gone
Short a + n → /ʌn/
sun, run, fun
u + n → /un/
moon, soon, tune
eɪ + n → /eɪn/
rain, main, pain
aɪ + n → /aɪn/
line, mine, sign
aʊ + n → /aʊn/
down, town, brown
ɔɪ + n → /ɔɪn/
coin, join, loin
Long o + n → /oʊn/
bone, phone, cone
Step 2: Consonant + Vowel
Repeat each word aloud at least 3 times.
n + i → /ni/
knee, need, neat
n + Short i → /nɪ/
nick, nip, nit
n + Short e → /nɛ/
neck, net, nest
n + æ → /næ/
nap, knack
n + a → /nɑ/
not, knob, knock
n + Short a → /nʌ/
nut, numb, none
n + u → /nu/
noon, new, noodle
n + eɪ → /neɪ/
name, nail, navy
n + aɪ → /naɪ/
night, nine, nice
n + aʊ → /naʊ/
now, noun
n + ɔɪ → /nɔɪ/
noise
n + Long o → /noʊ/
no, note, nose
Step 3: Vowel + Consonant + Consonant
Repeat each word aloud at lest 3 times. This set include consonant clusters, so they might require more practice.
i + n + d → /ind/
cleaned, gleaned
Short i + n + d → /ɪnd/
wind, pinned, sinned
Short e + n + d → /ɛnd/
end, send, lend
æ + n + d → /ænd/
and, hand, sand
a + n + d → /ɑnd/
bond, pond, fond
Short a + n + d → /ʌnd/
fund
u + n + d → /und/
wound
eɪ + n + d → /eɪnd/
pained, feigned, trained
aɪ + n + d → /aɪnd/
find, kind, mind
Long o + n + d → /oʊnd/
owned, loaned, boned
aʊ + n + d → /aʊnd/
found, round, sound
ɔɪ + n + d → /ɔɪnd/
coined, joined
i + n + z → /inz/
beans, means, scenes
Short i + n + z → /ɪnz/
pins, wins, fins
Short e + n + z → /ɛnz/
pens, lens, tens
æ + n + z → /ænz/
pans, fans, plans
a + n + z → /ɑnz/
dawns, lawns, pawns
Short a + n + z → /ʌnz/
runs, guns, tons
u + n + z → /unz/
moons, spoons, goons
eɪ + n + z → /eɪnz/
rains, pains, gains
aɪ + n + z → /aɪnz/
lines, mines, wines
ɔɪ + n + z → /ɔɪnz/
coins, joins, loins
Long o + n + z → /oʊnz/
owns, bones, phones
aʊ + n + z → /aʊnz/
towns, gowns
Sentece Drills
Nina needs a new notebook.
The man opened nine cans.
Dan found a penny in the sand.
The noisy engine ran all night.
The nurse handed Nina a napkin.
Ben planted onions near the fence.
The train entered the tunnel slowly.
Nathan knocked on the narrow door.
The wind turned the thin vane.
The tiny ant carried a grain alone.
Comments
(0)- The Sound of the Letter n
- i + n + d → /ind/
- Short i + n + d → /ɪnd/
- Short e + n + d → /ɛnd/
- æ + n + d → /ænd/
- a + n + d → /ɑnd/
- Short a + n + d → /ʌnd/
- u + n + d → /und/
- eɪ + n + d → /eɪnd/
- aɪ + n + d → /aɪnd/
- Long o + n + d → /oʊnd/
- aʊ + n + d → /aʊnd/
- ɔɪ + n + d → /ɔɪnd/
- i + n + z → /inz/
- Short i + n + z → /ɪnz/
- Short e + n + z → /ɛnz/
- æ + n + z → /ænz/
- a + n + z → /ɑnz/
- Short a + n + z → /ʌnz/
- u + n + z → /unz/
- eɪ + n + z → /eɪnz/
- aɪ + n + z → /aɪnz/
- ɔɪ + n + z → /ɔɪnz/
- Long o + n + z → /oʊnz/
- aʊ + n + z → /aʊnz/
- Sentece Drills
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