Sentences · Short o words

Our new sound: /ɒ/   written short o

Open wide like short a, but now pull your tongue BACK and let your lips go round — /o/, as in 'hot'.

Check yourself: Mirror: wide open, but the lips are round, not smiling. That is what separates it from short a.

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• That man has a cat.
• The cat is a big cat.
• The cat is a thin cat.
• This is his cat.
• This is Beth.
• Tell them that Rex is at bat.
• The cat is in the bag.
• Did Beth tell them that the cat is in the bag?

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