Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5.

3. (a) Open the mouth as wide as possible.

(b) Close the mouth gradually in three equal times.

(c) Practise the exercise counting "four" (see Figs. 3, 5, 4, 2).

4. (a) Keep the mouth closed with the lips pressed together.

(b) Push the lower jaw frontward.

(c) Come back to the (a)-position.

( d) Continue doing the exercise counting "two" (positions b, a).

5. (a) Keep the mouth closed with the lips pressed together.

(b) Push the lower jaw to the left.

(c) Now push it to the right.

(d) Continue practising the exercise counting "two" (positions b,

II. Exercises for the Dps

1. (a) Keep your lips pressed together.-

(b) Now open the mouth. The lips should be in their neutral po­sition (Fig. 6).


(c) Come back to the (a)-position. Pronounce energetically [́, ́, ́].

(d) Continue doing the exercise counting "two" (positions b, a).

2. (a) Keep your lips pressed together.

(b) Open the mouth, so that the lips should be in their neutral position (see Fig. 6).

(c) Now round the lips (Fig. 7).

(d) Come back to the (a)-position.

(e) Continue practising the exercise counting "three" (see Figs. 2, 6, 7). Remember that the second position of the lips is neu­tral, the third is well rounded.