I'm making these videos back to back and our  uh words last week were bury and berry which  

are homophones and they are pronounced the  same. Our words today are very and vary and  

the reason that i'm doing these two words today  is because so many of my students struggle with  

the difference between the b and the v so let's  learn these two words. We have very which is  

precise or to a high degree and vary to change  or differ in size amounts and degree so this is  

precise and this is to change. So to say these  words correctly you're going to start with that  

v sound to make this sound your mouth must  be slightly open and the air must continually  

come out of your mouth in a stream you can  put your hand here and you should be able to  

feel the air coming out of your mouth. To do that  again your mouth is slightly open your lips do not  

close at all if your lips close it will sound like  a b and then you're going to have the words from  

last week bury and berry. And we don't want that  so to say this v my lips are slightly pulled back  

on the sides I am not puckering. My mouth is open  and you can bite the inside or the outside of your  

bottom lip with your teeth. When I say bite it's  sort of like it's touching. Okay so you can do  

with your teeth inside or with your teeth  outside of your mouth either is okay  

the big thing is to make sure that that air keeps  moving out of your mouth for that v and that your  

lips do not close again. If your lips close B  if your lips stay open the air can come out vvv.  

So we have v and then we're going to move to the  air open your mouth really wide and a wide circle  

tip of the tongue is down back of the tongue is  pulled high up keep the back of the tongue pulled  

high up in the back of the mouth and you're going  to close your mouth into a square tense shape. As  

you close your mouth the tip of your tongue will  come up I leave mine pointing down some people  

flip the tongue back either is fine the key is  do not touch your teeth. Again do not touch your  

teeth for the r we don't do that with the American  r so we have air and then smile e and make that  

vowel nice and long and your tongue is just high  and flat in your mouth let's put it all together.

v airy very very very very very very very and  now for a sentence. It is a very good idea  

to vary your practice words each week. So give it  a try people are going to notice the difference  

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