Pronunciation Exercises

1. The four tones drills

2. Sound and tone discrimination

3. Drills in polysyllables

4. Read the following poem, paying attention to the tones and pronunciation.

É é é.

Qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē,

Bái máo fú lǜ shuǐ,

Hóng zhǎng bō qīng bō.

Goose, Goose, Goose, Hi!

You with a long-crooked neck sing to the sky,

Floating on green water by feathers in white,

With red-webbed feet stirring in blue dye.