Hello jennifer with Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. These words are
pronounced exactly the same way they have a different spelling and a different meaning.
Sighs means to emit a long audible breath and
Size means a dimension or a magnitude, how big something is
So to say these words correctly we're going to start with that s sound:
tip of the tongue is either down or behind the top front teeth. It's not touching.
Air continues to move out of your mouth.
Next move to the I to do this, you're going to
open your mouth wide, tip of the tongue is going to be low,
back is pulled up. As you close your mouth your tongue will be high and flat in your mouth: I.
Then end with the z sound z. Your tongue is in about the same spot, as high and flat,
the tip of the tongue might be pointing down a bit. Again you are not touching
your teeth. Voice box is on and moving. And you are going to end with that zzzzz sound.
Put it all together S- I - Z
size size size sighs sighs sighs
And now for a sentence:
The sighs were audible due to the size of the audience.
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