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Australian vowel words

Australian English shifts its diphthongs noticeably: the vowel in day starts lower so it approaches die, and the vowel in price starts further back. It is non-rhotic like British English but with distinctly higher, tighter short vowels. Switch to the Australian voice and compare with the other two accents.

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The words

day
mate
price
no
here
face
goat
town
nice
today
Australia
water
dance
castle
tomorrow

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O vowel accent words
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Vowel minimal pairs
Cat and cut, bed and bad, cop and cup. One vowel apart, completely different words.
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Magic E words
A silent final E that changes the vowel before it: hat to hate, kit to kite. Hear the difference.
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Long A sound words
The /eɪ/ sound in day, rain and eight, spelled six different ways. Train your ear to all of them.
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Long E sound words
The long ee sound in see, meat and field. Hear the tense vowel across all its spellings.
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Short I sound words
The relaxed short i in sit, big and busy. The single hardest vowel for most learners to place.
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Keep practising

Browse every practice list or the word index, hear two accents back to back on Compare, or test your ear with the listening quiz.

To read the rules behind these words, see the pronunciation guides — including silent letters, word stress and American vs British. Or hear each accent on its own page: American, British, Australian.