Lessons Unit 3, lesson 1
m + vowels
The m beginning opening into every vowel it starts words with. Get the mouth ready for m, release straight into the vowel — no gap, no extra sound between them.
What do the marks mean?
Want the full walkthrough? Read the map explains every mark, with practice.
mm as in my
Close your lips and hum: mmm. You can hold it as long as you have breath.
m + every vowel
One row per combination. Tap any word to hear it — every sheet comes straight from the tool.
| m æ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| m ɪ | |||
| m ɛ | |||
| m ʌ | |||
| m ɑ | |||
| m iː | |||
| m uː | |||
| m ɔː | |||
| m eɪ | |||
| m aɪ | |||
| m aʊ | |||
| m oʊ | |||
| m ɝ |
What this table trains
Every word on this page opens with the same gesture: lips pressed shut, a short hum, then a clean release into the vowel. Match, miss, and many all start identically — only the vowel that follows changes what your mouth does next.
Watch your lips before you even finish the hum in move and moon. English speakers round their lips for an upcoming uː before the consonant is even done, so the m in moon already looks different from the m in mat, even though your ears hear the 'same' sound.
Where it gets tricky
The r-colored endings are the ones to slow down for. In march and more, the vowel pulls straight into an r-sound with no break, so keep the m short and don't let it blur into the vowel that follows. Read one column at a time, top to bottom, saying each word out loud before moving to the next — then cover the page and say the whole column again from memory, checking that the m stays identical no matter what vowel comes after it.