just vowel sounds

/i/

“eee” ex speak, leak, heat

/I/

““iiihhh” ex Hit, stitch, flimsy 

/e/

“ayy” ex Hate, pray, age

/ɛ/ 

“heeH” ex Head, incredible, friends 

/æ/

"ahhh" . ex: spack, bat, lack, lap

/ə/

schwa.

an “uhhh” sound

ex 'un.dress' and 'a.ppear'

/u/

"ooo" sound. ex: spook, loop, soot, tomb

/ʊ/ 

“Eugh” sound ex: Hook, foot, shook 

/o/ 

“oh” sound ex: home, own 

/ɔ/

• Caught, bought (cawught, bawught) 

• Awh sound. 

• Think of gabby saying dawg, and coffee (cawfee) and ppl in Massachusetts saying “get in the cah” 

/a/

"awh" sound. ex: spock, lost, dop, lock

/ʌ/

wedge.

an “uhhh” sound

ex 'un.der' and 'up.per'

/ɚ/

• A schwa vowel modified to be /r/-like 

• Beard - /b i r d/, board - /b o r d/ 

• When we have just an /r/ sound and no vowel in the syllable use /ɚ/ 

• Gives us that “r-vowel sound” we are looking for 

• Bird / b r r d / - no vowel sound, so now way. / b ɚ d / is better 

Other examples (minimal pairs): (like frrrrr) fur - /f ɚ / . For – /for/