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is formed between the central part of the tongue and the hard
palate. The air escapes through this narrowing. The soft palate is
raised. The vocal cords are made to vibrate. The lips are spread
and neutral.

[j]
Task 37. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:
You, your, yes, year, young, yard, suit, few, tube, pure, cure,
human.
1. You are young jet, aren’t you?
2. Did you sell your old piano?
3. You are young for your years.
4. Which is the yellowest month of the year? Guess, guess.
April’s the yellowest month of the year. Yes, yes.

Task 38. Read the sentences below. Underline the [j] sounds.
Remember there may be some exceptional [j] sounds befor the
sound [u]:
1. In his youth, Jerry Josephs, the New York jeweler, used to
play jazz on a German tuba.
3. Julian Jones is jealous of Eunice’s Jaguar, but Eunice Jones is
jealous of Jason’s Jacuzzi, and Jason Jones is jealous of
Julian’s yacht.
4. That huge green jaguar is the most beautiful jade statue in this
museum.
5. Yesterday George Young stupidly danaged Yolanda Jenning’s
new yellow jeep on a bridge.

Phoneme [h] - in its pronouncing a narrowing is formed
between the root of the tongue and the back part of the pharynx.
The vocal cords do not vibrate. This position of speech organs is
immediately changed into the position of the following vowel. It is
produced by the stream of the air which is exhaled
from the lungs and freely escapes through the mouth cavity.

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