Vowels

Practice for Speech Sounds

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Lowercase i

Sound: "E"

Tongue Height: high

Tongue Advancement: Front

Lip rounding: Unrounded

Tense or Lax: Tense

Example Word: Read

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Little uppercase I

Sound: "i"

Tongue Height: high, but lower than /i?

Tongue Advancement: Front

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: Lax

Example Word: King

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: lowercase e

Sound: "A"

Tongue Height: High-mid

Tongue Advancement: Front

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: Tense

Example Word: Chaotic

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Epsilon

Sound: "e"

Tongue Height: low mid

Tongue Advancement: front

Lip rounding: Unrounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: Ellie

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Ash

Sound: "a"

Tongue Height: low

Tongue Advancement: front

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: Ashryver

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: lowercase u

Sound: "oo"

Tongue Height: high

Tongue Advancement: Back

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: Tense

Example Word: Tulip

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Upsilon

Sound: "u"

Tongue Height: high

Tongue Advancement:

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: Book

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: lowercase o

Sound: "O"

Tongue Height: high mid

Tongue Advancement: back

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: tense

Example Word: Beau

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: open o

Sound: "aw"

Tongue Height: low mid

Tongue Advancement: back

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: tense

Example Word: Autumn

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: script a

Sound: "ah"

Tongue Height: low

Tongue Advancement: back

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: tense

Example Word: Latte

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: schwa

Sound: "uh"

Tongue Height: mid

Tongue Advancement: central

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: Command

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Turned v

Sound: "uh"

Tongue Height: low-mid

Tongue Advancement: back central

Lip rounding: unrounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: scrumtious

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: right hook schwa

Sound: "er"

Tongue Height: mid

Tongue Advancement: central

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: lax

Example Word: Treasure

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

Name: Right hook revered epsilon

Sound: "er"

Tongue Height: mid

Tongue Advancement: central

Lip rounding: rounded

Tense or Lax: tense

Example Word: Curse

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

dipthong aɪ

makes the "I' sound

Example Word: Eyelash

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

dipthong ɔɪ

makes the "oy" sound

Example Word: toyed

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

dipthong aʊ

makes the "ow" sound

Example Word: loud

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

R colored /ɑ/

sounds like "are"

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

r colored /ɔ/

sounds like "ore"

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

r colored /ʊ/

sounds like "ooer"

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

r colored /ɪ/

sounds like "ear"

What vowel is this? What are its characteristics?

r colored /ɛ/

sounds like "air"