close which is to shut and some of the variations  of that word. So here is our word close.

So let's just look at the word itself  

to say close correctly we are going to start  with that k sound - the tip of your tongue is  

going to be low in your mouth and the back of your  tongue is pulled up and the air just puffs out.  

Then we're going to move to the l sound - tip  of the tongue is touching the back of the top  

front teeth. What you want to do for this  is you want to move quickly and you do not  

want to add a vowel sound between these  two sounds you do not want to say KA L

We do not want that you want to say kl kl  kl. So how I do that is my mouth stays in  

relatively the same place and I move my tongue  only kl kl. Then we're going to move to the long  

o to do this you're going to open your mouth  and then pucker o. That is going to move your  

tongue from low in your mouth to a little bit  higher O and again think about your tongue just  

sort of going along for the ride it's going  to move up as you move from the open mouth  

to the pucker o. Then we're going to end with  the z sound z to do this your tongue is either  

behind your top front teeth or pointing down it  is not touching your teeth that allows the air  

to keep moving out of your mouth and your voice  box is on and vibrating let's put it all together

close close close close close

Now what do we do when we add an ed, an s,  or an i n g? When you add the e d all we're  

going to do is just add one more sound that d  sound and to do that we're going to say the z  

z then we're going to touch the tip of the tongue  to the back of the top front teeth for that d

closed closed

And yes your tongue will pop down a  little bit after you say that d sound

closed closed

Now for closes and closing we need to add a  second beat or a second syllable to the word.  

So to say closes we're going  to think about adding the word  

is and to do that we're just going to add the  short ih sound mouth is just opened a tiny bit  

and the tongue is behind the top  front teeth that's not touching

is is closes closes closes closes

And then for close-ing again short  i sound your mouth is slightly open.  

Tongue is high and flat just behind those  top front teeth and then you are going to  

move the tongue down to the bottom of  the mouth back of the tongue is pulled  

way high up and the air is going to  move out of your nose for the ng ng

closing closing closing closing closing

So again we have

close closed closes and closing close closed closes closing

Now I do have one little bonus tip for all of  you I actually have a video for the this word on  

my site already and that is the word clothes, like  what we wear every day, and we have c-l-o-t-h-e-s.  

Quick tip you don't even have to  say that th sound you can just  

say the z and that's because the z is just  really strong here and overtakes that th.  

So again we can say close as in shut and clothes  as in what we wear the exact same way as kloz

close clothes close

So close the door while I put on my new clothes.

All right and then let's do a  sentence for these words as well:

My second grade teacher always closed the door,  if you don't close the door, she would ask,  

were you born in a barn? Who closes  the door in your house the most?

Give it a try i know people are  going to notice the difference if  

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