Believe it or not, English is a largely phonetic language. 
The problem is that the words that we use most frequently 
are the least phonetic. Here are 100 common words
on which to test your American pronunciation.

Say each pair of words out loud to yourself. 
If the two words rhyme, click the first button. 
If they don't rhyme, click the second button.

Rhymes	Doesn't Rhyme
		give	hive
		have	save
		come	gum
		been	tin
		know	now
		use (v)	choose
		monkey	donkey
		been	seen
		great	heat
		grate	freight
		done	gone
		mother	bother
		bruise	stews
		chose	clothes
		her	were
		where	were
		hour	flower
		good	food
		come	dome
		turn	earn
		beard	weird
		comb	tomb
		taste	waist
		cupboard	blubbered
		anger	danger
		go	do
		glove	move
		were	fur
		beard	heard
		sew	few
		flew	through
		little	middle
		would	stood
		flood	stood
		has	was
		food	rude
		enough	though
		allow	below
		debt	let
		says	pays
		dance	pants
		eagle	legal
		know	though
		thought	taught
		laugh	half
		first	worst
		full	wool
		fool	wool
		drawer	floor
		maitre d'	undersea

    Percentage Correct

If your score is	It would indicate that ...
0 to 20	You focus on spelling, rather than pronunciation.
21 to 40	You focus on spelling, with a growing degree of attention to pronunciation.
41 to 60	You are still a little too aware of the letters  rather than the sounds.
61 to 80	You have certain habits left over from spelling, but you also are listening for the actual sounds.
81 to 100	You have a good ear for American English.

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