9-1 /h/ /hw/ /f/ Sounds

To make the /h/ sound, breathe out and let your lips and tongue assume the position of the vowel which will follow in the word. Try these words to feel the different position allowed for /h/: heat hat hoot hot. In fact, /h/ is often known as a voiceless vowel: you don't vibrate your vocal cords, but you do make an aspirated sound in the back of your throat. It is the same sound which is made when a person is cleaning glass and 'blows' warm air onto it.

To make the / hw / sound, just make a short /h/ and then go immediately into a /w/ . Work with a partner to say these words.

Listen to the following words and repeat.