| Sound | Tongue | Lips | Jaw | Teeth | Air | Vocal Chords |
|---|
| /ˈ/ | | | | | | |
| /ʧ/ | Raise the front part of your tongue toward the hard palate, the bony roof of your mouth just behind your upper teeth. The sides of your tongue should touch your upper molars. The tip of your tongue should be behind your upper front teeth. | Keep your lips slightly apart and relaxed. | Keep your jaw slightly open and relaxed. | Touch your upper and lower teeth lightly together. | Push air out of your lungs, through your mouth and over your tongue. | Keep your vocal cords apart, so that the sound is voiceless. |
| /ɜ/ | The middle part of the tongue lifts towards the roof of the mouth in the middle. The front of the tongue hangs down. But it does not touch anything. | The corners of the lips come in, pushing the lips away from the face. | | | | The vocal cords vibrate. |
| /r/ | The tongue forms an arch near the roof of the mouth. It does not touch any part of the mouth. | | | | The air flows through a narrow space in your mouth. | The vocal cords vibrate. |
| /t/ | The tongue will come up. The front part will touch the roof of the mouth behind the top teeth. Then it will pull down to release the air. | | | The teeth are together. Then they separate. | Air passes through the mouth. First, the air stops. Then, it flows. | The vocal cords do not vibrate. |
| /s/ | The tongue is behind the teeth. | | | The teeth remain clenched. | The air flows through the tip of the tongue towards the edge of the teeth. | The vocal cords do not vibrate. |
