M ------- Em 

Words Starting With ’M’ – Money, monkey, mat

Words Containing ‘M’ – humble, number, lame

Words Ending With ‘M’ – dam, drum, madam

N -------- En

Words Starting With ’N’ – nose, night, nod

Words Containing ‘N’ – ink, india, infrastructure

Words Ending With ‘N’ – pen, kitten, heaven

O -------- Oh

Words Starting With ’O’ – octopus, optimal, orange

Words Containing ‘O’ – booze, choose, lost

Words Ending With ‘O’ – also, bingo, ego 

P -------- Pee

***To pronounce the words with ‘P’ one has to press lips together and then slightly push air out of the mouth forcing lips apart. 

Words Starting With ’P’ – pink, peacock, puzzle

Words Containing ‘P’ – couple, staple, drape

Words Ending With ‘P’ – drop, clip, sip 

Q -------  Cue

Words Starting With ’Q’ – quebec, queen, quarter

Words Containing ‘Q’ – mosque, mosquito, square

Words Ending With ‘Q’ --  none 

R ------    Ar

*** To pronounce the words with ‘R’ properly one has to open the mouth slightly and curl the tip of the tongue back without touching the top of the mouth or Gum ridge. Be careful that the tongue does not touch the gum ridge or teeth while pronouncing ‘R’ 

Words Starting With ’R’ – ramp, rain, rinse

Words Containing ‘R’ – freight, frank, frolic

Words Ending With ‘R’ – bear, smear, brother 

è Try the tongue twisters continuously for practice and fun.

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

"Red lorry, yellow lorry.” 

S -------   Es

*** To pronounce the words with ‘S’ properly one has to relax the mouth first. Then one has to place the tongue close to the back of the teeth without touching them. Gently blow air between your teeth and make a hissing sound. Be careful that the tip of the tongue does not touch the roof of the mouth or the back of the front teeth while pronouncing the letter S 

Words Starting With ’S’ – sound, she, sea

Words Containing ‘S’ – mask, endorse, liaison

Words Ending With ‘S’ – bliss, bless, cheers 

è Try the tongue twisters continuously for practice and fun.

"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.”

"She sells sea shells on the seashore.” 

T ------   Te

*** To pronounce the words with ‘T’ one should have the tip of the tongue pressed against the top of the mouth right behind the front tooth. Then slightly push air separating the tongue and upper mouth 

Words Starting With ’T’ – tongue, towel, time

Words Containing ‘T’ – stable, investigate, blister

Words Ending With ‘T’ – correct, weight, addict 

U ------ You

Words Starting With ’U’ – umbrella, union, unique

Words Containing ‘U’ – crumb, dumb, cuckoo

Words Ending With ‘U’ – menu, milieu, flu 

V ------ Vee

*** To pronounce the word ‘V’ properly one has to bite the lower lip with his teeth softly.

Words Starting With ’V’ – van, vice, vineyard

Words Containing ‘V’ – curve, strive, deprive

Words Ending With ‘V’ -- none 

W ------ Double U   or   Deb U

*** To pronounce the word ‘W’ properly one has to bring both the lips together. 

Words Starting With ’W’ – wonder, world, wild

Words Containing ‘W’ – shower, bowel, breweries

Words Ending With ‘W’ -- gnaw, snow, grow 

X ------- Ex

Words Starting With ’X’ – Xerox, xylum, xenophobia

Words Containing ‘X’ – vexed, dexter, anxious

Words Ending With ‘X’ – vex, crux, syntax 

Y ------- Wi

Words Starting With ’Y’ – Yorker, young, yeast

Words Containing ‘Y’ – player, mayor, buyer

Words Ending With ‘Y’ – stray, bay, dry 

Z -------- Zed in British English, Zee in American English

Words Starting With ’Z’ – zebra, zenith, zero

Words Containing ‘Z’ – breeze, freeze, glaze

Words Ending With ‘Z’ – buzz, jazz, 

                        Ch

 For pronouncing Ch as in Cherry, catcher, dispatch just like the letters D and T, have the tip of the tongue pressed against the top of the mouth right behind the front tooth. At the same time, press the side cheeks inward so both cheeks are firmly pressing against the side teeth. Then slightly blow out. 

Pronouncing the word "THE”

This word can be pronounced in two ways as "thuh” and "thee”. But there are some rules to follow to choose the proper kind of pronunciation mentioned below.

"thee” is used for strong pronunciation which rhymes with see, bee, tea

"thuh” is used for weak pronunciation as if in fa-ther, mo- ther, bro- ther 

"Thee” pronunciation is used for words beginning with vowels or that sound like vowel.

Words beginning with a vowel:

For example "the elephant”, "the umbrella”,” the apple”

Words beginning consonant which sound like a vowel:

For example "the hour”, "the umbrella”,” the apple”

Even when we want to stress the word we use "thuh”, though it starts with a vowel or consonant.

"I had dinner with Yuvraj the other day."

"Not the Yuvraj! The one who played in Indian Cricket Team?"

"No, the one who paints at the gallery."  

"Thuh” pronunciation is used for words beginning with consonants and those words beginning vowels which sound like a consonant.

Words beginning with a consonant:

For example "the sound”, "the shower”,” the word”

Words beginning vowels which sound like a consonant:

For example "the University”. Here U is pronounced with ‘You’ sound and is heard as if pronounced with Y.

Another example is "the One”. Here One in Pronounced with Wone and is heard as is pronounced with W.