How do you pronoun the vowel "a" ?: /æ/ , /ʌ /, /ɑ:/

En inglés existen tres sonidos corr pondientes a  nuestra “a” que son: /æ/ “ash”, /ʌ /“wedge”, /ɑ:/ “long ei”.

/æ/ “ash”: lamp, flag, man, happy, ant, cat, fat, black, mat, acrobat, stands, hand, sad, bag, hat, magic, bat, match, ban, ham.

Aquí tienes frases para practicar estos sonidos:

A happy ant

A fat cat on the black mat

The acrobat stands on his hand.

/ʌ /“wedge”:hut, nut, sun, bus, run, duck, Dutch, dust, up, bucket, mug, cup, cut but, much, bun, hum, bubble, butterfly.

Run for the bus

Up the cup

Up the mug

Up the bucket

Bite the dust

/ɑ:/ “long ei”: park, dark, car, heart, farm, fast, jar, Bart, March, barn, harm, star, shark, guitar, hard.

Fast heart

Hard cart

A dark shark driving a fast car

Aqui te dejo este ejercicio para que vayas practicando.

Put each word in the correct place.

Happy, truck, cigar, back, aunt, luck, love, cap, bar, mud, class, land, dad, park, mum, uncle, Japan, map, star, arm, bank, guitar, pub, duck, nap, bark, shark, bat, plug, glove, glass, ant,  class, mad, band, bug, banana, clap, hand, far, start, club, mug, last, rubber, rap ,bad, chance , France

/  æ  /                                    /ɑ:/                            /   ʌ  /