170 Go back to /r/ Worksheet Go to /w/ Worksheet /r/ “red” vs /w/ “wed” Comparison
- When practising sounds: 1. FEEL (what can you feel your muscles doing?) 2. SEE (look at yourself in the mirror) 3. HEAR (listen to the audio tracks and use the hand-phone to listen to yourself)
You may come up with different ideas to the ones in the boxes. That’s fine! /r/
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Spelling Patterns
FEEL / SEE
“r”: red, trice
The lips can be slightly rounded (optional) g
The tongue is either curled back or it moves back and up.
HEAR Sounds darker/lower-pitched
Sounds a bit like the noise a dog makes.
or “w”: wed, twice
The lips are rounded and pushed forwards (like in a kissing/whistling shape).
The back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate.
Sounds brighter/higher-pitched
Sounds like a very short /uː/ vowel like in the word GHOUL
Minimal pairs are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between red /rԑd/ and wed /wԑd/ is the consonant sound.
Words (minimal pairs in the order /r/ - /w/) 1 red – wed