Pronouncing ‘chip’ and ‘cheap’

Today’s lesson will involve a lot of practice because it is in oral English. We are revisiting the pronunciations of short and long vowel sounds  /r/ and /r:/, as we have in ‘chip’ and ‘cheap’. You should, therefore, be ready to pronounce different terms harbouring the elements as the lesson unfolds.

We are predicating the discussion on the fact that while many know the difference in the spellings of ‘chip’ and ‘cheap’ or…