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Long Vowel /??/
Open your JAW ,relaxed lips ,flat tongue pulled back a little,
The sound made in the back of your mouth
Words
Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound
ar ( r is silent ) ----- art , arms ,bar ,mark , arch , bark , dark
ear , er ,al ,au ----- heart ,Sergent, clerk ,derby ,psalm, laugh
a before s , n and th --- bath , castle ,fast ,glass ,disaster , rather , enhance
Sentences
1. The marble bird-bath was hidden in the tall grasses near the path.
2.let's park our car at Barbara's as the car park is rather far from the theater.
3.At last Margaret's anxiety passed and she chanced a disastrous dance with a laughing sergeant.
4.I'd rather take a chance and let my father drive me to the garage in his fast car.
5 .Hard-hearted Margaret was reading psalms in the dark .
6. As an office boy i made such a mark that i was given the post of a junior clerk
Verses
Barbara's car is a jaguar
and Barbara drives rather fast.
Castle ,farms and draughty barns,
She goes charging past
when i, good friends,was called to the bar,
I'd an appetite fresh and hearty'
But i was, as many barristers are,
an impecunious party....
- Lesson 9: The [ /? / ]sound As In "box"
Short vowel [ /? / ] Speech organs Position The lips are coming forward a little, but not tight; the jaw is reasonably relaxed and quite open, and the back of the tongue is slightly rising in the mouth. The sound pronounced in the back of the mouth....
- Lesson 8: The [ / ? / ]sound As In "duck"
Short vowel / ? / Speech organs Position The jaw is quite wide open, almost as far open as in [ /??/ ] (Lesson 1), but not quite. The middle of the tongue rise in the center of the mouth, just a little, relaxed. Lips are relaxed. Words Look...
- Lesson 5 : The [ /??/] Sound As In "third"
Long Vowel [ /??/] Speech organs Position Relaxed lips, Jaw halt-open and the center of the tongue just slightly rising Words Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound Highlighted bold letters...
- Lesson 4 : The [ / I?/] Sound As In "feet"
Long Vowel [ /i?/ ] Speech organs Position Tip of the tongue is always behind the teeth, Jaw fairly closed, lips relaxed, not pulled back and the front of the tongue high and forward in the mouth. words Look at the mouth diagram to help you...
- Lesson 2: The / U?/ Sound As In "beauty"
Long Vowel / u? / Speech organs Position JAW is almost closed , lips pushed forward tightly into almost a whistle shape , at the same time the back of the tongue rises up towards the soft palate at the back of the mouth Words Look at the mouth...
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Lesson 1: The /??/ Sound as in "car'
Long Vowel /??/
Speech organs Position
Open your JAW ,relaxed lips ,flat tongue pulled back a little,
The sound made in the back of your mouth
Words
Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound
Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ /??/ ]
ar ( r is silent ) ----- art , arms ,bar ,mark , arch , bark , dark
ear , er ,al ,au ----- heart ,Sergent, clerk ,derby ,psalm, laugh
a before s , n and th --- bath , castle ,fast ,glass ,disaster , rather , enhance
Sentences
1. The marble bird-bath was hidden in the tall grasses near the path.
2.let's park our car at Barbara's as the car park is rather far from the theater.
3.At last Margaret's anxiety passed and she chanced a disastrous dance with a laughing sergeant.
4.I'd rather take a chance and let my father drive me to the garage in his fast car.
5 .Hard-hearted Margaret was reading psalms in the dark .
6. As an office boy i made such a mark that i was given the post of a junior clerk
Verses
and Barbara drives rather fast.
Castle ,farms and draughty barns,
She goes charging past
when i, good friends,was called to the bar,
I'd an appetite fresh and hearty'
But i was, as many barristers are,
an impecunious party....
- Lesson 9: The [ /? / ]sound As In "box"
Short vowel [ /? / ] Speech organs Position The lips are coming forward a little, but not tight; the jaw is reasonably relaxed and quite open, and the back of the tongue is slightly rising in the mouth. The sound pronounced in the back of the mouth....
- Lesson 8: The [ / ? / ]sound As In "duck"
Short vowel / ? / Speech organs Position The jaw is quite wide open, almost as far open as in [ /??/ ] (Lesson 1), but not quite. The middle of the tongue rise in the center of the mouth, just a little, relaxed. Lips are relaxed. Words Look...
- Lesson 5 : The [ /??/] Sound As In "third"
Long Vowel [ /??/] Speech organs Position Relaxed lips, Jaw halt-open and the center of the tongue just slightly rising Words Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound Highlighted bold letters...
- Lesson 4 : The [ / I?/] Sound As In "feet"
Long Vowel [ /i?/ ] Speech organs Position Tip of the tongue is always behind the teeth, Jaw fairly closed, lips relaxed, not pulled back and the front of the tongue high and forward in the mouth. words Look at the mouth diagram to help you...
- Lesson 2: The / U?/ Sound As In "beauty"
Long Vowel / u? / Speech organs Position JAW is almost closed , lips pushed forward tightly into almost a whistle shape , at the same time the back of the tongue rises up towards the soft palate at the back of the mouth Words Look at the mouth...