Hello! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday!
We have two words that are homophones. These words are spelled differently,
they have different meanings, but they are pronounced exactly the same way. Our words today
are why the cause or reason, a question word. And Y the letter.
So to say these words correctly, two sounds. We're gonna start with that w.
To do that you are going to pucker your lips and the air is going to move out.
Your tongue is just flat in the middle of your mouth. Your tongue is not touching your teeth.
Then we are going to move to that I.
To do this think of opening your mouth in a wide oval shape. I
And then move to smiling lips. When you do this the tip of your tongue is going to start
really low in your mouth and the back of your tongue is pulled
high up towards the roof of your mouth. Then when you end, your tongue will be flat in your mouth,
and behind your top front teeth. Again it is not touching. So your tongue does
not touch anywhere in your mouth for this word. So let's move from to W to I
why why why why
why why why why why
And now for a sentence!
The reason why the word was mispronounced is because the letter y can be pronounced
many different ways.
And that's a true story!
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