How to pronounce tasks in American English

IPA /tæsks/ Syllables 1 · tasks Stress 1st syllable

TASKS

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Americans pronounce tasks as TASKS (/tæsks/). You'll hear it in sentences like "He finished six hard tasks at his desk" or "I have to complete several tasks today" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "tasks".

1 syllable, 5 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

t/t/

Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.

a/æ/

Drop the jaw noticeably. Keep the body of the tongue low and forward, and don't let the back of the tongue raise toward the soft palate. Pull the lip corners back slightly, almost a starting smile.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

k/k/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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"He finished six hard tasks at his desk."

hee FIH·nuhsht SIHKS HARD TASKS uht hihz DEHSK

"I broke down large assignments into smaller manageable tasks."

ahy BROHK DOWN LARJ uh·SAHYN·muhnts ihn·too SMAH·ler MA·nuh·juh·buhl TASKS

"I have to complete several tasks today."

ahy hav tuh kuhm·PLEET SEHV·ruhl TASKS tuh·DAY

"I suggest we divide the tasks among team members to meet the deadline."

ahy suhg·JEHST wee duh·VAHYD dhuh TASKS uh·MUHNG TEEM MEHM·berz tuh MEET dhuh DEHD·lahyn

"The tasks took months to complete, so he asked for a break."

dhuh TASKS TUUK MUHNTHS tuh kuhm·PLEET SOH hee ASKT fer uh BRAYK

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Is the American pronunciation of "tasks" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "TASKS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.