A short YouTube practice session by Hadar Shemesh featuring the tongue twister “Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms.” The instructor breaks the sentence down word-by-word to demonstrate and practice different English vowel sounds (e.g., vowels in ‘many’, ‘monsters’, ‘munch’, ‘mashed’, ‘mushrooms’), then leads listeners through slow and progressively faster repetitions for pronunciation practice.
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Hey, everyone, it's practice time with hadar. And today we have a tongue twister. And the tongue twister is. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. This is a great opportunity to practice all sorts of vowel sounds. So let's break it down. In the word many, we have an m sound. Then the as in red. Me. Many. Many. Then we have the word monsters. That's an m sound. And the ah as in father. Ma. Ma. If their lips are slightly more rounded, it's more like the honest vowel where it's a bit more rounded. More popular in British pronunciation. Monsters. Then we have the word munch, munch, munch. That's a cup sound. That's the middle sound. Or you can think of it as a stressed schwa. Munch, munch, munch. Then we have the word mashed. An m sound. Then the ah, as in cat. A forward sound. You push the tongue a bit more forward. Back of the tongue is up, front of the tongue is low. Spread the tongue all over the bottom of your mouth. Ma. Open your mouth. Mashed. Mashed. And then mushrooms. Mush. Mush. That's a cup sound. Mushrooms. Listen. Munch mushrooms, munch mushrooms. Sounds the same, right? And then the rooms has the tense oo, as in food. Mushrooms. Mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Again, slowly. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Now, this is a really good practice, especially when you're trying to understand all the different vowel sounds in English, especially if you're not using all of them. So you don't have to get it right right at the beginning. Right? So you need to take it slowly. Understand what your tongue is doing, you know, figure out what you want to hear, make sure that that's what you're pronouncing. And only then after you're doing it quite slowly a few times, then you can say it a little faster. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Now slowly. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Many monsters munch on mashed mushrooms. Okay, so I think I got it right. Sometimes when you say something over and over again, it loses all meaning. Does that ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. Okay, I hope you enjoyed it. And I'll see you next time in the next practice. Bye.
