Let's talk about sh and z h. Both sh and ZH are produced by placing the middle of the tongue very close to the middle of the top of the mouth, and then exhaling, the tongue does not touch the top of the mouth so the air can freely exit. With my hands, it looks like this. The middle of the tongue comes very close to the middle of the top of the mouth. voiceless sh makes a continuous hiss. But voice to z h makes a continuous buzz. The voiceless sh releases more air from the mouth than the Z h does.

If you put your hand up to your mouth and feet The air coming out you'll notice more air on sh shirts. While sh can be whispered the Z h is vibrating and voiced and the vocal cords are being used. Don't confuse sh with S. round your lips for the SH. This helps the middle of the tongue get closer to the top of the mouth. But smile for S. When you smile, the middle of the tongue is not as likely to get too close to the top of the mouth. Instead, you want the tip of your tongue to get close to the top of your mouth.

Rounding your lips for the SH causes you to use the middle of your tongue Listen to these words Here's the first word in each pair is an sh but the second is an S. Notice how my lips look very different round versus smiling. rounds for the SH and smiling for the s. Shine, sign, sealed, sealed. So, so now so is the tricky word because you need to smile to make the s but then quickly round your lips to make the O. So shale sail shell said said Son, son. Sure, sir. Su, Su.

Also for su you need to be careful to smile for the s and then quickly round your lips for the EU soon. If you round your lips too early on soon, you might end up with shoe shock. Sock Shin sin don't confuse the Z h with the J or z sound. round your lips for the ZH for the Z h let the middle of your tongue come close to the top of your mouth. round your lips for the J also left the middle of your tongue touch the top of your mouth and quickly release job. For the Z you need to smile.

Let the tip of the tongue come close to the top of the mouth and exhale with vibrating vocal cords. Listen to these word trios. The first word in each trio will be a z h. The second word in each trio will be a j job and the third word and each trio will have a z. The sometimes it might not be a real word, occasion, occasion. occasion. leisure ledger lessons lesser Legion Legion lesean pleasure, pleasure, pleasure seizure procedure, Caesar.

Now let's look at the spelling rules that help you predict whether you need an sh or a z h. The following letter combinations usually make an SH sound. Sh, shirt. shock. Brush. Su sugar, sir. And sir a sir.

Ch. suit. chandelier, charades. Charlotte's mustache machine. Now ch doesn't usually Make an SH sound it usually makes a CH sounds but there are a lot of words often from French, which have ch making the SH sound. TI Plus a vowel action.

Partial initial, cautious, ambitious, ratio, completion quotient, rambunctious notice all these words are stressed one vowel to the left of the i plus Val suffix. Here's an exception. equation. This is often pronounced with a Z h not an sh. Ss tissue issue, mission session pressure, passion, suppression, Russia, sea, ocean, si after an in mansion, pension expansion extension. Notice all these words were stressed to one vowel to the left of the eye plus vowel suffix.

S ch schwa schmooze, schmuck. x i or X has a K SH sound anxious of noxious complexion, sexual luxury. When you're going from the K to the SH you need to go from the back of your tongue to the middle of the The tongue, the back of the tongue touches the top for K, but the middle of the tongue doesn't touch and just comes very close for the SH. But the movement between the back of the tongue in the middle of the tongue is pretty fast. CGI plus vowel, special, physician, technician, artificial, official, beneficial, financial, less suspicious, delicious, vicious, precious. All of these words were also stressed one vowel to the left of the eye plus vowel suffix.

The following spelling letter combinations often make the Z h, sound g corsage Roos, garage, massage, beige, triage camouflage Miraj genre. Si after a vowel or our vision, conclusion, collision, occasion, confusion, Asia invasion, decision, fusion, lesion, Parisian inclusion, explosion, Persian version. Notice all these words were also stressed one vowel to the left of the eye plus vowel suffix vowel plus su r e, measure pleasure exposure, leisure or leisure composure Val plus su casual usual visual. Finally, z u makes a CH sound seizure. Let's look at the SH and z h in some it sentences. We have seen beneficial growth in the computing power of machines.

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