Practice with audio, record your voice, and sound like a native speaker.
Repeat & Compare. Say it again with the "American T" trick.
| Standard | American Flap | Done |
|---|---|---|
| water | wa[r]er | |
| better | be[r]er | |
| city | si[r]y | |
| matter | ma[r]er | |
| daughter | daw[r]er |
| Written | Say It With The Flap | Done |
|---|---|---|
| got it | go[r]it | |
| put it | pu[r]it | |
| about it | about[r]it | |
| ride out | ri[r]-out |
| Written | Glottal Stop | Done |
|---|---|---|
| button | bu-in | |
| cotton | caw-in | |
| mountain | moun-in | |
| important | im-por-int |
Say each word and decide if it uses the "blow air" sound (/θ/) or the "buzz" sound (/ð/).
| Word | /θ/ "blow air" (think) | /ð/ "buzz" (this) | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| three | |||
| those | |||
| though | |||
| thought | |||
| thunder | |||
| their | |||
| Thursday |
| Unvoiced /θ/ (blow) | Voiced /ð/ (buzz) | Your Practice | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| think | this | Say "I think this is good." | |
| teeth | teethe | Say "The baby is starting to teethe." | |
| three | these | Say "I have three of these." | |
| thank | that | Say "I thank you for that." |
| Base Word | Your New Word | Say It | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| inform | information | in-for-may-shun | |
| divide | division | di-vi-jun | |
| confuse | confusion | kon-fyu-jun | |
| direct | direction | di-rek-shun | |
| explode | explosion | ek-splo-jun |
| Word | Is it /k/ or /s/? | Say It! | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat | /k/ | kat | |
| Cereal | /s/ | serial | |
| Cold | /k/ | kold | |
| Cent | /s/ | sent | |
| Cycle | /s/ | sykel |
| Word | Say It | Done |
|---|---|---|
| conspicuous | kon-spik-yew-us | |
| arduous | ar-djew-us | |
| virtuous | vir-tchoo-us | |
| tempestuous | tem-pes-tchoo-us |
| The Written Word | The Sound | Done |
|---|---|---|
| through | throo | |
| though | thoh | |
| thought | thawt | |
| thorough | thur-uh | |
| cough | kuf | |
| rough | ruf |
| Without the "E" | With the "Magic E" | Say It! | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| hid (short /l/) | hide | heyed | |
| hat (short /æ/) | hate | hayt | |
| bit (short /l/) | bite | beyet | |
| cut (short /l/) | cute | kyoot | |
| tap (short /æ/) | tape | tayp |