Short A Sound
æ (cat, fat)

The A sound (IPA symbol: æ) can be found in English words such as: 
fat, cat, dad, back, fast, animal.

Say these words out loud (short A sound is bold):
1) fat
2) cat
3) rat
4) dad
5) add
6) mad 
7) glad 
8) exam 
9) back
10) marriage
11) have 
12) class 
13) fast
14) after
15) am 
16) animal 
17) fast 
18) last

Now say these sentences out loud (short A sound is bold):
1) The fat cat is chasing after the rat.
2) Dad is coming back after the party.
3) I am glad to finish this exam.
4) His first marriage made him mad. His second marriage were not so bad. 
5) They have ten farm animals.
7) This class is progressing really fast.
8) The last hat I have left is black.
9) The cat and the rat are attacking a hat. 
10) She has an orange bag.

Good job! Let’s move on!