Homophones are two words that are pronounced  exactly the same way, but have different meanings,  

and different spellings. We have the word tax  today which is an amount of money required  

from the government and tacks which are small  nails or pins for cork boards. So to say these  

words correctly we're going to start with that  t sound. To do this touch the tip of your tongue  

to the back of your top front teeth and pull it  down quickly. Air puffs out. Move to that short  

ah sound. Your mouth is open nice and wide,  thinking about having it in a wide circle shape.  

Tip of the tongue is down back of the tongue is  pulled way high up. Keep your tongue there for  

that k and let the air just puff out. And  then move the tip of the tongue to behind,  

but not touching, the top front teeth for that  s sound. It can be pointing down a little bit.  

But you do want to move for that s. You want to  move the tip of that tongue up a little bit. s s s

Let's put it all together t ah k s t-ah-k-s 

tax tax tax tax tax

And now for a sentence: She used tacks  to post her tax bill onto the cork board.

Give it a try people are going to notice  the difference. If you found this helpful  

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