Introduction to long vowels > Pronounce long a > Introduction to short vowels > Pronounce short e
long a /eɪ/— short e /ɛ/ minimal pairs
1. age — edge
age
Samantha Sanders
edge
2. bait — bet
bait
bet
3. chased — chest
Samantha Sanders
chased
Samantha Sanders
chest
4. date — debt
date
Samantha Sanders
debt
5. fail — fell
Samantha Sanders
fail
Samantha Sanders
fell
6. late — let
Samantha Sanders
late
Samantha Sanders
let
7. main — men
Samantha Sanders
main
men
8. tail — tell
Samantha Sanders
tail
Samantha Sanders
tell
9. taste — test
Samantha Sanders
taste
Samantha Sanders
test
10. waste — west
waste
west