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Longer, natural sentences

Longer sentences with /aʊ/

Now try longer, more natural sentences. Your rhythm and reductions matter as much as individual sounds.

Challenge

Read each sentence twice:

  1. First slowly, focusing on /aʊ/ accuracy
  2. Then at natural conversational speed

Notice how /aʊ/ might slightly shorten or reduce depending on stress.

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The loud brown crowd gathered around the cows in town to count the new mountain flowers.
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The loud brown crowd gathered around the cows in town to count the new mountain flowers.
How did the charming house around the corner get flooded with muddy water last Thursday?
Our house lost power for about an hour around the south side of the sprawling downtown.

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Longer, natural sentences — Master the /aʊ/ vowel — MOUTH