[m], [n], [ŋ]

Sample: The man was calm after he hit his thumb with the hammer.

Spellings:m as in man mm as in hammermb as in thumb lm as in calmmn as in column gm as in diaphragm

BEGINNING MIDDLEENDmiddle family crumb

moving summer fame

mouse remember autumn

milk demand paradigm

metal woman psalm

I’m going to school for one summer semester.

He’s the only man I know who isn’t coming with the team.

The Romans certainly made mammoth columns.

The fireman clamped his thumb on the gleaming bomb.

Sample: Due to the pneumonia he could not pick up pennies with a knife.

Spellings:n as in no nn as in pennykn as in knife gn as in gnatpn as in pneumonia mn as in

mnemonic

BEGINNING MIDDLEENDknit tunnel barn

number finish mine

know peanut began

nose bench alone

nation concert brown

The flint knife was found in the abandoned tin mine.

Nancy didn’t have any subway tokens.

The price of peanuts is nearing a penny a pound.

He put his sore hand in the cold water for an hour.

Sample: I think that singing is a good exercise for your tongue.

Spellings:Ng as in sing n as in thinkNc as in anchor n as in anxiousNgue as in tongue

[n] [ŋ]thin thing

ban bang

win wing

gone gong

sun sung

[ŋk] [ŋ]think thing

brink bring

rank rang

rink ring

hank hang

Use [ŋ] when the word end in ng. Example: sing

Use [ŋ] when the ng or another suffix is added to a root word. Example: singing

Use [ŋ] + [g] when the ng is in the middle of the original word. Example: finger

Exceptions: Use [ŋ] + [g] in the superlative and comparative forms of certain words such as: long, longer, longest; strong, stronger, strongest; young, younger, youngest.

Note: nge is not pronounced [ŋ] but [ndʒ] as in lunge. Example: arrange, sponge, change.

[ŋ] + [g] [ŋ]linger singer

language bringing

hunger hanger

finger flinging

MIDDLE MIDDLE END END

Length gangster strong asking

Singer hanger among king

Ringed tongs tonguewrong

Things hangman staying icing

Thanks for taking my change to the bank.

English vowels are longer than Spanish vowels.

She’s staying later for the dancing.

I don’t have the strength to go jogging.