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Longer, natural sentences

Longer sentences with /ɑr/

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 /ɑr/ accuracy
  2. Then at natural conversational speed

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

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Mark parked his dark charcoal car in the enormous shopping lot across from the market.
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Mark parked his dark charcoal car in the enormous shopping lot across from the market.
Carla's heart was scarcely guarded after the heated argument with her partner at the park.
The sharpshooter's star student charted a dark, jagged path across the enormous canyon.

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Longer, natural sentences — Master the /ɑr/ vowel — START/CAR