Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

Compare: breath – breathe

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Vowel Sounds are made inside the mouth and are voiced.
You vibrate your vocal cords to make the sound.

In this video, we practice 2 words: breath … breathe

Now it’s your turn.
Which word do you hear?
breath or breathe

1. 

Time to take a break.  I need to catch my _________.

2. 

What a horrible day, but everything's okay now.  I can finally _________ a sigh of relief.

3. 

The patient took his last _________ and died.

4. 

We can _________ easier now that the hurricane is over.

5. 

Stop complaining.  You're just wasting your _________.

6. 

The patient _________ her last.  That means that she died.

7. 

Don't hold your _________.  You're never going to get that job.

8. 

It's going to be a big surprise, so don't _________ a word of it to anybody.

9. 

She was mumbling something under her _________ but I couldn't understand what she said.

10. 

He kept running until he was completely out of _________.

11. 

As I live and _________, ...what a surprise! Haven't since you since high school.

12. 

I'm so busy, I scarcely have time to _________.

Related Lessons:

  1. TH:  beginning of a word
  2. TH:  middle of a word
  3. TH:  end of a word
  4. TH:   cloth, clothes, clothing
  5. TH:  mouth or mouse
  6. TH:  4th-20th numbers
  7. Wonder Word: with
  8. Wonder Word: without

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