English Pronunciation | The Letter 'O' | 10+ Ways to Pronounce the Letter O

👉 In this English Pronunciation lesson I will teach you over 10 ways to pronounce the Letter O in English. English Pronunciation can be crazy!
👉 The Letter O in English is a VOWEL letter and is pronounced in the alphabet as /əʊ/.
👉 The letter O can also be pronounced in English with any of the following sounds....
As /ɒ/ in On, From, Sock, Spot
As /ɔː/ in Short, Snore, Board, Tour
As /əʊ/ in Phone, Home, Alone and Oh NO!
As /ʌ/ in Some, Company, Come
As /ɜː/ in Work, Worth, Words
As /uː/ Food, Room, Tomb
As /ʊ/ Woman, Wolf
As /ɪ/ in Women
As /ə/ Observe, Information, Official
As /aʊ/ in Found, Round, Clown, Town.
👉 The Letter O can also change how it is pronounced when it is combined with other vowel sounds, like 'ou' 'oe' 'oa' and we will learn these sounds at the end of the lesson!
👉 We will also learn about the SILENT O in English, which is common in words like "Favorite" and "Comfortable".
👉 At the end we will look at some SUPER FUN 'O' Tongue Twister and a short TEST to see if you are learning everything!
👉 This lesson has CHAPTERS so you can SKIP to the part you need to learn most.
🤩 I hope you find this lesson helpful! Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions!
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👀 For other lessons in this series....check the videos below ⬇️⬇️....
Letter A -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter B -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter C -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter D -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter E -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter F - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter G - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter I - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter J - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter K - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter L - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter M - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter N - • English Pronunciation ...
🤔 There are A LOT of rules for how O should be pronounced and also LOTS of exceptions. So my advice is to immerse yourself as much as possible into the language and instead focus on getting a 'feel' for what the O sounds like in certain words. You will be very surprised because after a short time you will start to be able to 'guess' and 'feel' which sound is correct, just like a native speaker of English can!
👀 Vowel Sounds Videos! ⬇️⬇️
Short Vowels - • MASTER English Pronunc...
Long Vowels - • MASTER English Pronunc...
Diphthongs - • MASTER English Pronunc...
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😀 Also, for anyone wondering, I'm James, an English teacher from the UK so in this video I'm speaking with a British English (Modern RP) accent.
👀 These lessons use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to teach English sounds.
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👇 Chapters..... 👇
00:00 Intro
00:45 O = /ɒ/
03:45 /ɒ/ Practice Sentence
04:20 O = /ɔː/
05:24 /ɔː/ Practice Sentence
05:59 O = /əʊ/
10:33 /əʊ/ Practice Sentence
11:10 O = /ʌ/
13:41 /ʌ/ Practice Sentence
14:32 O = /ɜː/
15:51 /ɜː/ Practice Sentence
16:12 O = /uː/
17:35 /uː/ Practice Sentence
18:13 O = /ʊ/
18:47 O = /ɪ/
19:26 O = /ə/
24:57 /ə/ Practice Sentence
25:49 O + a,e,i,o,u,w Combinations
34:15 Combo Practice Sentences
35:07 Silent O
37:01 Tongue Twisters
38:07 TEST
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    Thank you so much, Mr James ! 1. Food for the /u:/ sound 2. Work for the /ɜː/ sound

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    @mohanarao311911 ай бұрын

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    OMG. I have been pronouncing "body" as [bade]. Thank you a lot one more time.

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    God bless you

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    @Klebermdr Жыл бұрын

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    Hi James, I have watched and noted down your videos of pronunciation alphabet letter A to Q after that.I can't find the rest of the R to z. All are the best videos and way of teaching is awesome with happiness, compassion, you're the best educator. Thank you so much putting videos on KZread.appreciate it.

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    @wonderworld30213 ай бұрын

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    Thank you teacher for video. I am from Cambodia

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    With your lessons the pronunciation is not boring 😊

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    Thank you, for your helpful videos sir.

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    @dianamolina1613 Жыл бұрын

    HELLO!!! IT HELPS A LOT BECAUSE SOME ENGLISH STUDENTS,MAINLY OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES SOMETIMES CONFUSE THE SYMBOL WITH THE SOUND . EXAMPLE:FOR THE WORD "ON" THEY PRONOUNCE "A" AS IN HAT OR CAT BECAUSE THE SYMBOL (its writing)IS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST LETTER OF THE ALPHABET SO THEY THINK IT IS AN "A". YOUR EXPLANATION HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND MUCH BETTER.THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE JOSE LUIS.

  • @ii3moree
    @ii3moree8 ай бұрын

    1.Food 2.work Thx For making this useful video ❤

  • @EasyENGLISHwithJames

    @EasyENGLISHwithJames

    8 ай бұрын

    My pleasure 😊 I’m happy you liked it

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    @massoudetemadi311011 ай бұрын

    You are a very good person and also a great teacher

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    @zainabbabangida28710 ай бұрын

    Wow this is great, although i just started watching your videos and is really interesting I hope to Keep watching until I improve my English pronunciation thank you James

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    @siuamy134 Жыл бұрын

    Teacher James, I'm appreciated your lesson about 10 ways to pronounce Letter O.

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    Thank you 🙏🏽

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    @silviazepeda6608 Жыл бұрын

    Vuelvo para agradecerte tu gran y óptima enseñanza, una fonética muy limpia y exigente.Gracias.

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    @SW-qm6cs Жыл бұрын

    Great video and great teacher. Thanks so much.

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    @mogosaabebe3623 Жыл бұрын

    Good work l like you class .

  • @gojjamadane2963
    @gojjamadane2963 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your help.I am improving my pronounciation .

  • @EasyENGLISHwithJames

    @EasyENGLISHwithJames

    Жыл бұрын

    Great to hear! Keep it up! 👍