II. Exercises for the Lips

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 [m, m, m].

(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.

3. (a) Press the lips, then make them neutral. Now round them, (b) Now slightly protrude the lips as for the Russian sound [y]. (c ) Take the position of the lips pressed together.

(d) Continue practising the exercise counting "fcur" (see Figs. 2,

6, 7 and position b).

Use the mirror to make sure that the lips change from a neu­tral to a rounded position.

4. (a) Press the lips together.

(b) Spread the lips giving a smile without showing the teeth.

(c) Come back to the position of the lips pressed together.

(d) Now spread the lips giving a smile and showing your teeth.

(e) Come back to the position of the lips pressed together.

(f) Alternate these positions of the lips counting "four" (positions

b, a, d, a).

5. (a) Press the lips together.

(b) Spread the lips showing the upper teeth.

(c) Protrude the lips.

(d) Spread the lips again showing the upper teeth.

(e) Continue doing the exercise counting "two". Practise the ex­ercise energetically.

6. (a) Press the lips together.

(b) Draw the lower lip inward and slightly upwards to touch the upper front teeth. Keep the upper lip out of the way altogeth­er.

(c) Come back to the position of the lips pressed together.

(d) Continue doing the exercise counting "two".

7. (a) Take a deep breath.

(b) Repeat the 6b position.

(c) Give a strong breath out, pronouncing the sound [f]. Concentrate on the strong long friction (Fig. 8).

(d) Practise the exercise several times.

8. (a) Press the lips together.

(b) Move the upper lip upwards and the lower lip downwards to show the teeth.

(c) Come back to the position of the lips pressed together.

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

(c) Now alternate the position of the lips from rounded to spread (Figs. 10. 11), from spread to rounded (see Figs. 10, 11).

(d) Continue doing the exercise.

10.(a) Take a thin sheet of paper and put it before your lips (Fig. 12, a).

(b) Press the lips together.

(c) Push air through the mouth as strongly as possible, pro­nouncing the sound [p]. Make the sheet vibrate (Fig. 12, b).

(d) Practise doing the exercise several times.