General American Speech Sounds

BACK VOWELS beat beauty begin bells Breath released breath stream called chart clear closed combination CONSONANTS continuant correctly dark Description diphthong drill drop EDWARD ROWLAND SILL exercises final followed four fricative friction front give Glide hand hard palate head hear heart Keep lips listen lower markings middle mouth nasal never nose Note occurs organs PALATE CONSONANTS PARTLY pass passage position practice produced pronounced pronunciation protruded pure vowel quickly relaxed Repeat round short sides singing slightly smile Soft palate raised speech Spelling stopping student sure syllables teacher teaching teeth teeth-ridge thing tongue raised tree unaccented upper Vocal cords vibrating voice Voiceless vowel sounds W. S. GILBERT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE