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Short Vowel [ /i / ]
- 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...
- Comparison [ /? / ] - [ / I / ] And [ / I / ] - [ / I: / ]
Letter: 'e' is in the article 'the' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] and [ /? / ] Letter: 'e' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] in 'pit' [----------------- ] Letter 'e' is pronounced as a (Lesson 7) when the next word...
- Lesson 3 : The [ /??/] Sound As In "horse"
Long Vowel /??/ Speech organs Position The lips are pushed forward but not as far forward - as in [u:] (lesson 2) slightly rounded,but still a bit of tightness and tension. The back of the tongue is rising at the back of the mouth,but not nearly...
- 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 7: The [ / i / ]sound as in "pit"
Short Vowel [ /i / ]
Speech organs Position
The front of the tongue comes high in the front of the mouth, not quite as high as the long [/i:/] sound (Lesson 4) and just a fraction back.
Words
Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound
Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ / i / ]
i - him , hilarious, hideous, hint, whim, vision, spirit
a - village, cabbage
e - delete, defeat, delusion
y - crypt, synonym, symbol, symptoms, hymn
sentences
Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.
1. Those lettuces taste like cabbages.
2. Bill lifted the lid of the bin tentatively and found not a single thing.
3. Tell Jill I think this is a silly little game.
4. I can't stay a minute longer in this miserable little pit!
5. Tim Grim is a solid, respectable man and is a pillar of society.
6. This simple thing, a wedding ring, is a symbol, the oldest in history.
7. Climbing over a rocky mountain, skip the rivulet the fountain.
Here's a first-rate opportunity
To get married with impunity,
To indulge in the felicity
Of unbounded domesticity.
You shall quickly be personified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who resides in this vicinity
Words
Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound
Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ / i / ]
i - him , hilarious, hideous, hint, whim, vision, spirit
a - village, cabbage
e - delete, defeat, delusion
y - crypt, synonym, symbol, symptoms, hymn
sentences
Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.
1. Those lettuces taste like cabbages.
2. Bill lifted the lid of the bin tentatively and found not a single thing.
3. Tell Jill I think this is a silly little game.
4. I can't stay a minute longer in this miserable little pit!
5. Tim Grim is a solid, respectable man and is a pillar of society.
6. This simple thing, a wedding ring, is a symbol, the oldest in history.
7. Climbing over a rocky mountain, skip the rivulet the fountain.
Verses
Here's a first-rate opportunity
To get married with impunity,
To indulge in the felicity
Of unbounded domesticity.
You shall quickly be personified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who resides in this vicinity
- 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...
- Comparison [ /? / ] - [ / I / ] And [ / I / ] - [ / I: / ]
Letter: 'e' is in the article 'the' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] and [ /? / ] Letter: 'e' is Pronounced as [ / i / ] in 'pit' [----------------- ] Letter 'e' is pronounced as a (Lesson 7) when the next word...
- Lesson 3 : The [ /??/] Sound As In "horse"
Long Vowel /??/ Speech organs Position The lips are pushed forward but not as far forward - as in [u:] (lesson 2) slightly rounded,but still a bit of tightness and tension. The back of the tongue is rising at the back of the mouth,but not nearly...
- 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...