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English Highway Podcast
Pronunciation: The long /o/ (#0265)
Use vocabulary words in sentences to learn the long /o/ vowel
sound.
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Welcome. I’m Andres Moreno your English coach, and I’m ready for
another exciting audio lesson.
Today we’re going to work on the long “o” vowel sound. As with all the
other long vowel sounds,you just say the name of the letter, in this case
the letter “o.”
Repeat after me:
“o”
And again:
“o”
“no”
One more time:
“no”
Can you hear the long “o” vowel sound? Repeat after me:
“no”
Great job.Let’s try other words that have the long “o” sound. Repeat
after me:
“go”
“snow”
“show”
Let’s try this sentence. Repeat after me:
“Go to the store.”
Good job. Let’s practice it again:
“Go to the store.”Great job. Let’s add on to that sentence. Repeat after me:
“I need to go to the grocery store.”
“grocery”

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That’s a hard word. Repeat after me:
“grocery”
“grocery store”
“I need to go to the grocery store.”
Way to go. Keep practicing. Repeat after me:
“I need toget cold medicine.”
That’s it. Repeat after me:
“cold”
Cold has the long “o” sound, “cold.” Repeat after me:
“I need to get cold medicine.”
Now you try it. Come on, again:
“cold medicine”
Way to go.Let’s try a couple of more words. Repeat after me:
“road”
“those”
Come on, get excited. I wanna hear you. Repeat after me:
“road”
“those”
Another couple of words. Come on:
“rose”
“ocean”
Hear that “o”sound. Come on:
“ocean”
That’s it. You’re doing great. Now, let’s practice some sentences with
these common long “o” sounds. Repeat after me:
“We surf in the ocean.”
“ocean”
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“We surf in the ocean.”
Good job. Let’s keep going....