Tongue Position Sound

Short e. as in best

The tongue position of this sound is middle front and the
muscles are relaxed.

Drill

yet	dead	instead	precedient
bed	rest	possess	recognise
get	best	effigy	recommend
red	test	sense	secretary
mess	nest	temple	restaurant
desk	says(sez)	sedentary	length(leng-th)
fell	said (sed)	except	eleven (ileven)
stretch	terrible	president	brethren(breth-ren)
medical	shepherd	necessary	strength(streng-th)

Ten men said to them.
Any weather would be better for the ten friends.
Did Ed sell the pen?
Some contrasting minimal pairs for long a and short e.
Drill
sail - sell wait - wet late - let bait - bet
pain - pen mate - met laid - led raid - red
saint - sent paint - pent
The mate -wet the sail.
Ten saints were sent to sell the sail at the sale. '
It's never too late to get: the bait and the pen from the crate.
Some contrasting minimal pairs for short e and short i.
Drill
sail-----sell
pain-----pen
saint -----sent
wait---wet
mate---met
paint----pent
late-----let
laid------led
bait-----bet

raid-----red
Will Nellie bring a pin or a pen?
This weather is getting bitter not better.
Then, he thinks his pet is the best?
Busy men win blessings.
Short a:as in van
Notice that the tongue position for this sound is lower front
with the muscles tense. The lips are somewhat extended at
the side, and the mouth should be opened wide.

Drill:

am	abbot	accidentally	Abraham
fan	abbey(abbe)	atmosphere	Africa
man	family	exaggerate	absence
span	abbess	dissatisfied	grandeur(yer)
ran	accept	fascinate	chapter
can	canvas	candidate	anxious(anghshus)
pan	happy	agriculture	athlete
ban	barren	saturday	bachelor

Has that man had a nap?
Can the cat catch the rat from the"fack?
After class, Danny ran to get a can
Some contrasting minimal pairs fo~ short a and short e:

Drill:
man - men
ad - Ed
lad - led
lass - less
sand -----send
bad - bed
bat - bet
pan - pen
back - beck
last - lest
mat - met
bag - beg
dad - dead
sad - said
mass - mess
Ann, lend Dan the pack.

The lad sent the mess to his dad.
I bet that lass will rest on the sand.

This is a neutral sound and it can be the pronunciation for
a, 0, u. In pronouncing this vowel, there are two things to
remember. First, the mouth is opened only a little and the
muscles are relaxed - it is impossible to say this sound
properly if the teeth are close together. Second, the lips must
not be rounded.

Drill

cut	about	under	come	the
rut	anon	upper	condition	thug
nut	alone	ulless	compel	thunder
but	asleep	us	comfort	accustomed
mutt	aghast	until	son	asunder
tut	again	utter	some	studying
cup	judge	summer	courage	suppression
rup	such	succeed	triumph	unusual(zhoo)

Sup the rough pulp in the cup.
The mother had sung her son asleep.

Under the upper double cover, I hunted for a nut.
He may not utter another word unless you come.