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  • Hello jennifer with Tarle speech with  your two for Tuesday. These words are  

  • pronounced exactly the same way they havedifferent spelling and a different meaning.

  • Sighs means to emit a long audible breath and 

  • Size means a dimension ormagnitude, how big something is

  • So to say these words correctly we're  going to start with that s sound:  

  • tip of the tongue is either down or behind  the top front teeth. It's not touching.  

  • Air continues to move out of your mouth.

  • Next move to the I to do this, you're going to  

  • open your mouth wide, tip of  the tongue is going to be low,  

  • back is pulled up. As you close your mouth your  tongue will be high and flat in your mouth: I.

  • Then end with the z sound z. Your tongue is  in about the same spot, as high and flat,  

  • the tip of the tongue might be pointing  down a bit. Again you are not touching  

  • your teeth. Voice box is on and moving. And  you are going to end with that zzzzz sound.

  • Put it all together S- I - Z 

  • size size size sighs sighs sighs

  • And now for a sentence:

  • The sighs were audible due  to the size of the audience.

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Hello jennifer with Tarle speech with  your two for Tuesday. These words are  

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