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How to Pronounce the Letter R

Pronouncing R

Correct Open your mouth slightly. Curl the tip of your tongue back without touching the top of your mouth.

IncorrectThe tip of the tongue should not touch the gum ridge or your teeth when pronouncing the letter R.

Now try it:-

Inside a word:-

alert - bleary - clearly - diary - fairy - marry - sorry

At the end of a word:-

bear - care - dear - fear - hair - pair - rare - shore

At the beginning of a word:-

rack - ramp - rent - rise - right - road - rock - rook - room - root

Now try these ultimate tongue twisters, and don't forget you have to keep repeating them:-

"Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran."

"Red lorry, yellow lorry."

More tongue twisters here.