And hello! It's jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.
Homophones are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but are pronounced
exactly the same way. So one pronunciation for two words. It's a bogo or a buy one get one free!
We have two words today. We have:
manner the way in which something is done and manor a large estate
So to say these words correctly, we're going to think about two beats in this word: man er
We're going to say man, just like the way we say man, which is a male. And
to do that we're going to start with an m: m. Lips are together, air moves out of your nose.
Then move to that ah. Open your mouth really wide for this sound. The mistake that I hear a
lot of people say mun because they don't open their mouth enough. So for that a: wide open
circle shape, tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled
high up. And then we're going to move to that n by closing the mouth and the tip
of the tongue will end behind the top front teeth. Again air is moving out of the nose:
man man man
Then we're going to end with er. To do this, it's that r vowel. Think about
square tense lips. Tip of the tongue is either pointed down or flipped back. It is not moving
and it is not touching your teeth. The back of your tongue is pulled high up. er er
Let's put it all together: man er
man er manner manner manner manner manner manner
And now for a sentence:
Be sure to use your good manners when you are dining at the manor.
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