Test the long A in day, make, rain and great. Find out if your vowel glides naturally or stays flat. This version uses B2 sentences: longer, with tricky sound pairs and real stress patterns.
The long A in day and make is not one sound but two joined together: it starts like the E in bed and glides towards the I in sit. Many learners say a single flat E, so late sounds like let and wait sounds like wet. The glide is what makes the vowel sound English.
At B2 listeners expect you to be easy to follow for a long time. These upper intermediate sentences are longer and put similar sounds close together, so you practise accuracy under the same pressure as in an exam or a meeting.
Saying a flat E, so late sounds like let
Stopping the glide too early in words like day and say
Following the spelling in words such as great and break
Making the vowel too short at the end of words like play
Each sentence trains one sound. The orange label above the sentence tells you which one.
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