EXERCISES IN VOWEL SOUNDS AND IN ARTICULATION
[1.] ā as in ate, fate, cave, made, glade, pale.
â as in air, fair, chair, hair, lair, pair, care, dare, bare, share, bear, fairy, compare, parent, prayer, garish, there, heir.
ă as in at, that, and, damp, glad, bade, castle, baron, barrel.
ä as in far, arm, hark, charm, march, bard, calm, palm, psalm, balm, half, alms, father, dark, wrath, path, marsh, laugh.
ȧ as in ask, grasp, fast, last, pass, past, branch, chance, dance, mast, vast, gasp, quaff, craft, staff, chant, grass, mass.
ạ as in all, talk, squall, dawn, warp, hawk, laurel, haughty, halt.
a obscure, in final medial syllables, unaccented, and closed by n, l, nt, nce, nd, s, ss, st, p or ph or ff, m, or d, as in sylvan, vacancy, mortal, loyal, valiant, guidance, husband, breakfast, gallant, ballad, etc.
ē as in me, seem, reap, weed, lean, evil, redeem.
ĕ as in met, end, spell, debt, text, jest, when, merry, America, ceremony.