English Pronunciation Sound
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The purpose of this section is to help
learners of English with the pronunciation of specific sounds. On
these pages you will find:
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Pictures of how your mouth looks when
you say sounds.
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A description of how to make the
sound.
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Audio recordings of some words with
that sound (real media).
 First,
here is a picture of the inside of your mouth and the important
articulators, the parts of your mouth that help you to make the
sounds.
Your lips, teeth, tongue,
nose, and roof of your mouth are all important for pronunciation. The
epiglottis is also important. That is the thing that you use to hold
your breath and to swallow. It closes your windpipe so the air cannot
come out.
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heat/ hit -
The sounds in "heed" and "hid"
head/ hate -
The sounds in "head" and "hate"
hat/ hot -
The sounds in "hot" and "hat"
hoot/ hood -
The sounds of in "hoot" and "hood"
hoot/ hut -
The sounds in "hoot" and "hut"
hoed/ hoot
- The sounds in "hoed" and "hoot"
ought/ hot
- The sounds in "ought" and "hot"
oy, how, height
- The sounds in "oy!", "how" and "height"
reduced
vowel sounds - Reduced Vowel Sounds
bat/ pat
- The sounds in "bat" and "pat"
mit/ knit/
sing - Nasal sounds
thy/ thigh
- Th sounds
did/ ted
- The sounds in "did" and "ted"
rid/ lit
- r and l sounds in English
sit/ zit -
The sounds in "sit" and "zit"
fit/ vittles
- The sounds in "fed" and "vittles"
ship/ measure
- The sounds in "ship" and "measure"
git/ kit
- The sounds in "git" and "kit"
hat
- The sound in "hat"
wit
- The sound in "wit"
chip/ jet
- The sounds in "chip" and "jet"
yet
- The sound in "yet"
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