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Struggling with English pronunciation?

Here ́s a good exercise to help students practice and compare the Y (as in Yes) sound to the DG sound (as in Joe).

Kimberlee Thorne
July 25, 2025

Hi everyone! I just made this video about the differences between Y (yellow) and J (judge).

And here´s the list I used in the video:

Exercise for the differences between the “Yes” and “Jess” sounds

yes	Jess	your	job
yet	jet	year	jeer
yolk	Joke	yacht	jot
yellow	Jello	yak	Jack
yam	jam	yell	gel
young	Joe	Yeti	jetty
your	jaw	yob	job
yesterday	Jay	yay	joy
Yale	jail	yahoo	jazz
yucky	jeans	yoga	jerk

Tongue twister with these sounds:

Young, gentle John was envious of jolly Yally, the mayor, for his giant yacht, so John

watched Yally for a year, over bridges, through canyons, and beyond. John became

educated on Yally’s allergy of yolk, so he put yellow yolk in his juice and yogurt. Yally

drank the juice and yogurt and yelled, “Yuck!” but then he injected himself with a

major shot, did some yoga and was jolly. John’s behavior was a failure so he figured

he would schedule a session with a shrink named June. Her opinion was John’s

coyote like reality was no joke, thus assigning him to a judicious psychological

pharmacology for ages. Source: https://idoc.pub/

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