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Free American Accent Practice: A 10 Minute Daily Routine

Drills, word lists and free tests you can use before you ever book a class.

Ten focused minutes a day beat an hour on Sunday. This routine runs in the same order an accent class does: your ear first, then stress, then rhythm, then your own free speech. All you need is your phone's voice recorder and a quiet corner.

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The 10 minute routine

Minutes	What you do	Why
0 to 2	Read five minimal pairs slowly, then fast	Trains your ear and mouth on one contrast at a time
2 to 4	Say ten work words, pressing the stressed syllable	Stress is what makes you understood
4 to 7	Shadow 30 seconds of an American speaker, three times	Copies rhythm, linking and pitch together
7 to 9	Record a one minute answer about your day or your job	Shows what you do when you are not concentrating
9 to 10	Listen back and note one sound to fix tomorrow	One fix at a time sticks; five do not

A longer version, with weekly targets: daily American English practice routine.

Minimal pairs to say out loud

Each pair differs by one sound. If a friend cannot tell which word you said, that sound is on your list.

V and W

vest / west, vine / wine, veil / whale, vet / wet

TH and T

three / tree, thank / tank, thin / tin, both / boat

TH and D

they / day, then / den, though / dough

Short and long I

ship / sheep, live / leave, sit / seat, fill / feel

Short and long U

full / fool, pull / pool, look / Luke

A and E

bad / bed, man / men, sat / set, pan / pen

Sentences that test everything at once

"Very well, we will review the three videos on Thursday."
"I'd rather work on the report later, around four thirty."
"Thirty three thousand people attended the meeting in Seattle."
"Could you get back to me with the updated invoice by Wednesday?"
"Water, butter, better, little: a lot of Ts turn into taps."

Record these once today and again in two weeks. Comparing two recordings of the same sentence is the most honest progress check there is.

Free tests and lessons

American accent test

20 questions, about four minutes, no sign up. Ranks the sound groups you mix up by how much they cost you.

American pronunciation quiz

Quick checks on stress, silent letters and US pronunciations of common words.

American English lessons hub

A lesson for each sound, from the R and the schwa to linking, idioms and slang.

English pronunciation guide

The wider pronunciation rules, useful whichever accent you aim for.

When self practice stops working

Most people plateau when they can hear a sound but cannot make it, because nobody is watching the tongue and lips. The ₹299 demo is a full 30 minute 1-on-1 class with an accent check, so you leave knowing exactly which two or three sounds to fix first, whether you join or not.

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