Handshape 3 represents the consonant phonemes /hhh, sss, rrr/. It is typically introduced early in an introductory curriculum (often following handshape 5). Because it represents the phoneme /sss/, it is important for pluralization (e.g., cats), possessives (e.g., Chip’s), and verb agreement (e.g., he walks).

 

Mnemonic Phrases

• horse
• sea horse
• red hot sun
• horrible reeking stench
• rattlesnakes hiss

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

• Handshape 1
• Handshape 2
• Handshape 4
• Handshape 5
• Handshape 6
• Handshape 7
• Handshape 8