LESSON 5 OF 12
Your objective
Identify the groups for 3, 4, and 5, including a vowel alone.
Understand the idea
Handshape 3 groups /h/, /r/, and /s/. Handshape 4 groups /b/, /n/, and /wh/. Handshape 5 groups /f/, /m/, and /t/, and is also used when no consonant precedes a vowel. The /wh/ sound depends on dialect.
3 · 4 · 5
For a vowel alone, remember handshape 5.
A connection to remember
Those three sounds share handshape 3.
Check the connection
Which group includes /h/, /r/, and /s/?
Show the answer
Handshape 3
Those three sounds share handshape 3.
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