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Did you say smile or smell?

Mrs. Kelliher

I was listening to one of my students speaking yesterday, and I couldn’t tell

whether he had said Mrs. Kelliher smiles, or Mrs. Kelliher smells. I thought I had

better do a little pronunciation lesson on the difference between the sounds /ɛ/

and

The reason I thought this is because to say someone smiles is a good

thing. On the other hand, to say someone smells is something bad.

Practice words: Can you hear a difference???????????

Smile

File

Mile

Tile

While

Nile (the river)

Bile

smell

Fell

Melt

Tell

Well

Nell (a girl’s name)

Bell