Pronunciation practice: CUP - COP

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min
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This short instructional video features a single speaker (Speaker A) repeatedly articulating a series of English minimal‑pair words to practice contrasting vowel and consonant sounds. The sequence includes the pairs cup/cop, stuck/stock, luck/lock, hut/hot, and bus/boss, each spoken twice in rapid succession. The purpose is to give learners focused auditory exposure and a chance to mimic the pronunciation differences between the /ʌ/ and /ɒ/ vowel sounds as well as between similar consonant clusters, supporting pronunciation improvement through repetition.

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