The vowel sound /e/ Listen to the vowels in the word “préfère”. How are they different? The first one is pronounced /e/ and the second one /E/. To make.

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1 The vowel sound /e/ Listen to the vowels in the word “préfère”. How are they different? The first one is pronounced /e/ and the second one /E/. To make the sound /e/, hold your mouth in a closed smiling position. Keep your lips and tongue steady to avoid the glide as in the English word “day”. The é represents the sound /e/. The spellings ez end er also normally represent this sound. Try these words: Été, désolé, occupé, répondre, apportez, trouver

2 The sound /E/ Some spellings of this sound are ait, ais ei, and ê.
An unaccented e is pronounced as /E/ when it is followed by a double consonant such as ll or tt, when followed by x, and in most cases when followed by r, or by any pronounced consonant.

3 The vowel sound /e/ & /E/ Practice the sounds by repeating these words
délicieux méchant théâtre vélo après-midi père mère très février chanter chez prenez cette française treize pêches

4 The vowel sound /e/ & /E/ Practice reading the following sentences aloud.
Ne quittez pas! Je vais chercher mon frère. Marcel a visité Arles en mai. Il est allé au musée, à la cathédrale et aux arènes. Elle n’aime pas trop l’algèbre et la géométrie, mais elle n’aime pas l’espagnol. Tu ne peux pas aller au cinéma. Tu n’as pas fait la vaisselle