How to perfect the "S" Pronunciation
Is the letter "S" giving you trouble? You are not alone!
Espain, Esquare, Estudy…Sound familiar? You are not alone, it is very common for spanish speakers learning english to have this phoneme addition at the beginning of word that starts with the letter “S”. How do you get the /e/ sound to go away? simple is REPETITION, REPETITION, REPETITION. Make a conscious effort to remove that E sound even for the 5-10 minutes it will take you to go through this exercise
You have 2 exercises: Vocabulary and Sentences. Repeat each exercise 3x.
Words beginning with S
- Span
- Scone
- Smile
- Stand
- Sphere
- Skip
- Slum
- Smoked
- Snore
- Squander
- Swine
- Space
- Stoke
- Sweat
- Slobber/spit
Sentences using words that begin with letter S
- When you are studying math in school one of the subjects is geometry. In this subject you can learn to calculate the span of the geometric figures.
- When you go to afternoon tea in the UK it is imperative to eat scones with clotted cream and jam.
- When I pass time with my friends I always have a smile on my face.
- If you go to the beach you can find a lot of stands by the seaside that sell a variety of necklaces, drinks, ice cream and other things related to summer.
- Usually the witches have a sphere where they can see the future in their lair.
- To install the new program on my computer, I have to follow all the steps without skipping any of them.
- The living conditions in the slums are very difficult because the people that live in this type of neighborhood don’t have enough money to be able to develop their surroundings.
- Smoked Salmon is the favorite food my mother, my English teacher Brenda used to eat on a bagel with cream cheese.
- Sometimes my mother sleeps in my room because my father snores very loudly.
- My friend Ana squanders her money by buying unnecessary things such as: a stand for her cellphone, hair accessories and clothes for her dog.
- If you go to a farm you can find a lot of swines, because this type of animal usually lives there.
- After the renovation my room has more open space.
- During Christmas my family usually has a barbeque; my father is responsible for lighting the fire, to make this happen he needs to stoke the charcoal.
- In summer if you don’t have an air conditioner in your home, you are going to sweat very much.
- Normally babies have slobber all over their face and clothing when they start teething.
When is another good time to use this exercise?
If you have a meeting or presentation that you need to lead in English and you know that this pesky little “S” bothers you. Go through this excersise just before you start! it will warm up your mouth so to speak and get it ready to make this sounds that are a struggle for you.
Remember to be kind to yourself when learning a new language. The goal is communication not perfection.