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How good is your English pronunciation? Let's find out. I will give you a pronunciation test that will test your ability to hear and to pronounce vowel sounds. I'm also going to teach you how to produce some of the trickiest vowel sounds that even advanced speakers often mispronounce. Most English classes don't teach pronunciation in detail. So, today we're going to work on both your listening skills and your pronunciation. Keep track of your score and let me know how many mistakes you made. And if you would like to truly master English pronunciation, at the end of this video, I will tell you more about my American accent training options, including how you can receive regular personalized feedback on your accent from me and one of my expert instructors without paying for expensive one-on-one training. All right, let's get started.

Question 1

Let's look at the first question. Which word contains a vowel sound that is different from the others? Or, are they all the same? What do you think?

The correct answer is foot. Listen to my pronunciation:

food

foot

mood

moon

The double O spelling can be confusing. Sometimes it's pronounced as anoosound, as intoo,cool, orfood. You probably have the same sound in your language. But, sometimes the double O is pronounced as anuhsound.Uh, as infoot,book,should.

Look at the shape of my mouth. For theoosound, my lips are pushed forward.Oo, oo.And theuhsound is called a neutral vowel sound. The tongue is relaxed and the lips are a little bit farther down in the back.Uh. Uh.And the lips are not very rounded at all. So, let's compare:

Ooh: food

Uh: foot, book, shouldQuestion 2

Let's go on to the next question. Which vowel sound is different in these four words? You say them.

The first word is different. Listen:

comma

coma

comb

don't

A comma is a punctuation mark.Don't forget to add the comma.
And a coma is a medical state.The patient is in a coma.
Did you get those correct?

Question 3

Let's look at the next one. Which vowel sound is pronounced differently in these words? Or are they all the same? You say them first.

They're all the same. Does that surprise you? Listen:

hurt

learn

bird

world

That last one is commonly mispronounced: world. Some common words spelled with W-O-R are pronounced aser, er. Repeat after me:

work

worth

word

worm

world

Repeat after me:I work for a worldwide company.

Question 4

Let's go on to the next question. Which word is pronounced with a different vowel sound from the rest? Or are they all the same?

They're all the same. All four words have the same vowel sound. Let's practice. Repeat after me:

cookie

look

put

wool

Wool is the trickiest one because the W requires you to round your lips.Wuh, wuh, but then you have to pull them back pretty quickly to get into theuhposition. Otherwise, it'll sound likewool. So, it's going to be like this:Wool. Wool.You say it: wool.I love your wool sweater.Wool.

Question 5

Let's go on to the next question. Which word has a different vowel sound from the rest? Or are they all the same?

The correct answer is pool. The last one is pronounced differently from the rest. Repeat after me:

wood

should

look

pool

Did you get that one right? And by the way, would, could, and should are all pronounced with the same neutral vowel sound, theuhsound. That's a common mistake. Repeat after me:I would if I could.

Question 6

Let's go on to the next question. Which word is pronounced with a different vowel sound from the rest? Or are they all pronounced the same?

The correct answer is cost. Listen to my pronunciation:

most

post

cost

toast

Did you get that one right? Words spelled with O-S-T can be pronounced in two different ways. For example, most, post, and host are pronounced with theOvowel sound. Make sure you sayO, it's notaw. It's notmast, it's most, post, host. But, cost, lost, and frost are pronounced with an open sound, anawsound. Cost.How much does it cost? I drove to the coast.Have you been saying them correctly? Let me know in the comments.

Question 7

Let's go on to the next question. Which word has a different vowel sound, or are they the same? You say them first.

The answer is they're all pronounced with the same vowel sound. Listen:

no

road

flow

old

Make sure that you're not sayingaw. It's notnaw. It's no.No. Oh, no.Repeat after me:Oh, no. Don't go home.

Question 8

Okay, let's go on to the next one. Which vowel sound is different?

The third one, fill. Listen:

weak

week (Exact same pronunciation. Those two are homophones.)

fill

seen

The third one, fill, is a neutral vowel sound. Your lips should be relaxed and your tongue is also relaxed in the back.Ih. Ih.Fill. Fill. Let's say these two words:

feel / fill

leave / live

Have you been pronouncing them correctly?

Question 9

Let's go on to the next one. Which vowel sound is different in these four words? You say them first.

The correct answer is the same. They're all pronounced the same. Listen:

fun

sun

come

up

It is the neutraluhsound. Repeat after me:My son had fun. It didn't come up.