Handshape 3 represents the consonant phonemes /h h h , s s s , r r r /. It is typically introduced early in an introductory curriculum (often following handshape 5). Because it represents the phoneme /s s s /, it is important for pluralization (e.g., cats ), possessives (e.g., Chip’s ), and verb agreement (e.g., he walks ).
Mnemonic Phrases
h ors e
s ea h or se
r ed h ot s un
h orrible r eeking s tench
r attlesnakes h iss
Practice
Handshape 3 and Vowels
air , C , cease , ear , hairy , hare , hearse , her , here , hi , high , higher , hoe , horse , hour , house , how , or , our , race , rear , recess , rehearse , rice , row , rye , sauce , saucer , see , sew , sigh , so , sour , soy , who
Handshape 3 and Other Handshape Cues
base, best, Claire, crops, feast, fire, ghosts, green, grew, help, leased, must, red, roof, sail, same, scraped, skull, space, stairs, streets, strong, suit, through, tossed, trunks, whole
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20,000+ Words that Use Handshape 3 - created by the Word List Generator
139 Words that Only Use Handshape 3 and Vowels - created by the Word List Generator
See Also
cats
/kæˈts/
/kaˈts/
/kăˈts/
2t5s3s
VIDEO
chips
/ʧɪˈps/
/chiˈps/
/chĭˈps/
8t1s3s
VIDEO
walks
/wɔˈks/
/wawˈks/
/wôˈks/
6c2s3s
cease
/siˈs/
/seeˈs/
/sēˈs/
3m3s
VIDEO
hairy
/hɛˈri/
/hehˈree/
/hěˈrē/
3c3m
VIDEO
hare
/hɛˈr/
/hehˈr/
/hěˈr/
3c3s
VIDEO
hearse
/hɚˈs/
/hurˈs/
/hûrˈs/
3m3s
VIDEO
here
/hɪˈr/
/hiˈr/
/hĭˈr/
3t3s
VIDEO
higher
/hɑɪˈɚ/
/hieˈur/
/hīˈûr/
3s5t5m
VIDEO
horse
/hoˈrs/
/hohˈrs/
/hōˈrs/
3sf3s*3s
VIDEO
hour
/ɑʊˈɚ/
/owˈur/
/owˈûr/
5s5t5m
VIDEO
house
/hɑʊˈs/
/howˈs/
/howˈs/
3s5t3s
VIDEO
how
/hɑʊˈ/
/howˈ/
/howˈ/
3s5t
VIDEO
our
/ɑʊˈr/
/owˈr/
/owˈr/
5s5t3s
VIDEO
race
/reɪˈs/
/rayˈs/
/rāˈs/
3c5t3s
VIDEO
rear
/rɪˈr/
/riˈr/
/rĭˈr/
3t3s
VIDEO
recess
/riˈsɛs/
/reeˈsehs/
/rēˈsěs/
3m3c3s
VIDEO
rehearse
/rəhɚˈs/
/rəhurˈs/
/rəhûrˈs/
3sd3m3s
rice
/rɑɪˈs/
/rieˈs/
/rīˈs/
3s5t3s
VIDEO
sauce
/sɔˈs/
/sawˈs/
/sôˈs/
3c3s
VIDEO
saucer
/sɔˈsɚ/
/sawˈsur/
/sôˈsûr/
3c3m
VIDEO
sour
/sɑʊˈɚ/
/sowˈur/
/sowˈûr/
3s5t5m
VIDEO
soy
/sɔɪˈ/
/soyˈ/
/soiˈ/
3c5t
VIDEO