Learn how to pronounce the words CLICK & CLIQUE with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:
CLICK: a short sharp sound, to select by pressing a button, or to snap your fingers
CLIQUE: a small group of people with shared interests who do not want others to join them
Pronunciation:
These words are pronounced exactly the same way!
/klɪk/
Sentence:
The clique would click their tongues to show disapproval.
This may be helpful:
HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way.
Transcript:
Hi there Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday.
This is a homophone lesson. Homophones are words that are spelled differently, they have different meanings, but they are pronounced the same.
Two words today: click which means a short sharp sound to select by pressing a button or to snap your fingers and click which means a small group of people with shared interests who do not want others to join them.
To say these words correctly, we have four sounds. We’re going to start with that K sound. To say this the tip of your tongue is down back of your tongue is pulled high up. Air puffs out.
Next you’re going to move to that L and to do that the tip of your tongue touches where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth.
Next we’re going to add that short IH. Your mouth is slightly open and your tongue is behind the top front teeth. You can’t see it, but, it is there, and it’s relaxed ,and it is high in your mouth.
Then we’re going to end with that K. You know that one. Tip of the tongue down, back of the tongue is pulled high up.
Let’s put this all together:
click click click
click click click
One more tip make sure you do not open your mouth too much between that K and the l sound. We do not want two syllables. It is not ka lick. It is just click click click.
And now for a sentence:
The clique would click their tongues to show disapproval.
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