Daily English - Day 13
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/s/ & /z/
down and slightly touch the back of the front bottom teeth.
Step three. Push the air through the small path between your teeth. Put a hand in front of your
mouth and feel soft air flow out. Look at my mouth and practice the sound. Next, we'll move on to the
sound. This sound is the counterpart of the sound. It uses the voice. So, use your voice.
Listen carefully. Step one. Stretch your lips to the side. Step two. The tip of the tongue is down,
slightly touching the back of the front bottom teeth. Just like when you make the sound.
Step three. Gently use your voice and push the air between your tongue and teeth.
Stretch the sound for some seconds. Practice along with me.
All right. Let's look at some word pairs to fully understand the difference between
and sounds.
Realize. Now, we'll practice each sound separately. First, the s sound.
Sarah fell sick, so she stays at home today. They learn to sing some songs in the class.
Next, the z sound. Zoom. Zigzag. Zoom. Pretzel. Pretzel. Realize. Music. Easy.
It's not easy to produce music. He loves his new toys.
Susan is my friend's cousin. I realize that I like zombie movies.
Exercise one. Listen and circle the words you hear.
Sue. Zoo. Release. Realize. Zip. Sip. Prize. Prize. Rise.
Booze. Booze. Books. Books. Exercise two. Listen and then complete the sentences.
Do you spell that word with a c? C. Zip it up slowly. Zip it up slowly.
He raises the horses. He raises the horses.
What's the highest price? What's the highest price?
She has blue eyes. Eyes. She has blue eyes.
Exercise one. Listen and circle the words you hear.
Sue. Zoo. Release. Realize. Zip. Sip. Prize. Prize. Prize.
Booze. Booze. Books. Books.
Exercise two. Listen and then complete the sentences.
Do you spell that word with a c? C. Zip it up slowly. He raises the horses.
What's the highest price? What's the highest price?
She has blue eyes. She has blue eyes.
And now you know how to correctly pronounce and spell.

