The pronunciation of the letter “f” is closely linked with the pronunciation of the letter “v”; and the pronunciation of the letter “v” is often mispronounced as “w”.
Confused? Well, firstly, let’s take a look at what our mouth should look like when we pronounce the letter “f” as in the word “feel”:
“Touch your top teeth with your bottom lip.
Blow out air between your teeth and your lip.”
Next, we’ll take a look at some words with the ‘f’ sound and contrast them with similar sounding words. Greg will say each word twice:
“fin” “pin”; “feel” “peel”; “sniff” “snip”; “half” “harp”; “fat” “hat”; “feat” “heat”
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Let’s try a couple of sentences:
“If you want to eat a fillet of fish, then you need to use a knife and fork.”
“Your Father will get fat if he frequently fries his food.”
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In our next post we’ll look at the pronunciation of the letter “v”.
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Ivy, I find it a little difficult for us to finish reading the passeges, for there are no Chinese.I think it is because I haven’t got used to it ,yet. But ,I ‘ll try to get used to it ! I’m Vanessa! Wish you a good weekend!
Hi Vanessa, thanks for your comment. You’re right! If you keep trying to think and work in ‘English only’, you’ll get used to it, and your English skills will quickly develop.
Yes, just forget thinking in Chinese, think about it in English.
The improvement will happen immediately! Greg, your pronuciation sounds really professional.
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