This is a short vowel sound. Just relax your mouth to make this sound. It's a common sound and the most frequent sound in English and it's called schwa. Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of this sound. You can also download a poster with examples. Click here.
Many different spellings. Examples: teacher, umbrella, America, famous, second, ago.
It is always unstressed.
This is a short vowel sound. Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of this sound. You can also download a poster with examples. Click here.
Usual spelling 'a'. Examples: cat, thanks, flat, black, Japan, have, stamp.
Source: BBC Learning English.
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