Vocal
Warm-ups
Consonant/Vowel Coverage
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W Y Z CH SH TH
1) Make each of the five long vowel sounds: AY, EEE, Ah-EEE, Oh, OOOO
Put the letter "B" in front, so it sounds like these words: Bay, Bee, Buy, Boh, Boo.
Go on to "C" and more with: Cay, Key, Ky, Coh, Coo
Day, Dee, Die, Dough, Due...
Go on with every consonant to Z: Zay, Zee, Zie, Zoh, Zoo
Do the bonus three above, like: Chay, Chee, Chie, Choh, Chew
2) Make each of the five short vowel sounds: Aaa, Eh, ih, ah, uh
Put the letter "B" in front, so it sounds like these words: Bat, Bet, Bity, Bot, But (but without the 't' at the end)
Go on to "C" and more with: Caa, Keh, Kih, Cah, Cuh
Daa, Deh, Dih, Dah, Duh...
Go on with every consonant to Z: Zaa, Zeh, Zih, Zah, Zuh
Do the bonus three above, like: Chaa, Cheh, Chih, Chah, Chuh
You've now made almost every
sound you are likely to in your speaking so your face and throat are familiar
with them all.
Tongue Twisters - one for each letter, plus the most common combination letters
Betty Babble Bought A Big Blue Basket
Carla Can Come Cause Caberet’s Closed Captioned
David Dipped the Dunking Donut
Funny how Fergy Fell on her Fanny
God Goes Ga-Ga for Gospel and Go-Go
He has hope he’ll have his holiday
Jenny chews gingerly since jamming her jaw.
Kenny Killed the Clunky Cat
Let’s Let Lisa Looking Longingly Along The Lanai
Momentous moments make me mix my metaphors
Never nab a nanny’s noodles
Poppa puts pepper and paprika on popcorn
Quentin quietly quivers and quakes
Rapid rabbits rarely race real railroads
Some Sundays, Selma sees Sally sifting salt
Try to tell Tony to tootle Tom’s trumpet
Vicki vacuumed with vigor and vim.
Wally was wise when watching Wanda’s wombat
Young youths used to use yummy yogurt
The Zoo’s zealous zebra zig-zigs like Zeus
Chinese chickens choose cheap cherries.
She should shake Shawn’s shiny shoes.
Then the other brother’s Southern mother bathed in lather.
Through thick and thin, Thelma thought thankfully of Theo.