b and v drills

These two are actually quite easy to do. You just have to remember that they are voiced.

/b/

• press your lips together and then let air explode between them.

/v/

• place your upper front teeth gently above your lower lip
• blow air gently between them, and add your voice.

drills

                                           /b/                                                    /v/           

                                        Bow                                                 Vow

                                        Buy                                                  Vie

                                        Bent                                                Vent

                                        Banish                                            Vanish

                                        Bowel                                             Vowel

                                        Rebel                                             Revel

                                        Dub                                                Dove

                                        Robe                                              Rove

/b/

1. Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble!
2. Bland blueberry cheesecake becomes boring after two days.
3. The baby’s bathtub was filled to the brim with bubbles.
4. Bounce the ball beyond the bluegrass lot.

/v/

1. Veil the bed with the bed valance.
2. Brave vandals vied with each other to use violet paint.
3. The view of the valley is very beautiful.
4. Varicose veins are not a very pretty sight.

TONGUE TWISTERS

Betty Botta bought a bit of butter. “But,” she said “this butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.” So Betty bought a bit of better butter, and it made her batter better.

Vowels vanish in my mouth; I vow that I must stop them from vanishing before they vote that I leave this place.