So making the letter "r" sound can be a little tricky, but by practicing with the previous consonant sounds, hopefully you will be able to follow the instructions to make the letter"r" sound.
First of all, the letter "r" is a voiced sound, so you should use your throat area by vibrating it. In making the letter "r" sound you should imagine the letter "r" sound as being just at the opening of your throat and allowing the air and vibrations come out of your mouth.
As for your tongue, you should feel the front of your tongue in a concave or "u" shape. With your tongue in a concave shape, you should feel it pushing against the middle of your upper palate or roof of the mouth. Remember that in the letter "n" sound, you will feel your tongue pushing against the area where your upper teeth and the roof of the mouth meet. In making the letter "r", your tongue should be further back in your mouth and pushing at the middle of the roof of the mouth.
Your lips and teeth are apart and not touching one another.
Finally, with your concave tongue pushing lightly against the middle of the roof of the mouth, vibrate your throat area and make the letter "r" sound.
Things to remember:
1) Form the front of your tongue into a concave or "u" shape.
2) Have your lips and teeth apart.
3) Slightly push your concave tongue against the middle of the roof of your mouth or your upper palate
4) With your tongue slightly pushing against the roof of your mouth, vibrate your throat area or larynx and make the continuous sound of the letter "r"
5) You should not feel your tongue vibrating strongly and hitting against the roof of your mouth, because this will create the rolling "r" sound.
Here are words you can practice with.
| really | relationship | recognize | recall | relatively |
| right | road | region | refer | rain |
| run | receive | rather | researcher | respect |
| room | record | rock | replace | reading |
| right | recent | remove | return | repeat |
| real | Republican | religious | refuse | regional |
| right | red | radio | roll | record |
| read | realize | respond | run | regulation |
| result | rule | reveal | resident | ring |
| reason | risk | range | reader | revenue |
| research | rest | rather | ride | recommend |
| remember | represent | reflect | reporter | root |
| reach | recently | reality | river | relief |
| remain | reduce | responsibility | result | rating |
| raise | race | rich | responsible | row |
| require | response | relate | regular | regime |
| report | rise | reform | religion | rely |
| role | ready | restaurant | review | range |
| rate | resource | relation | reaction | rare |
| return | reference | release | remind | requirement |
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
