/ɪ/

To make an /ɪ/ sound, hold the front part of your tongue high. Relax your lips and tongue. When /ɪ/ comes before a voiced consonant, it is a bit longer than when it comes before a voiceless consonant.

/ɪ/ is made by having your tongue fairly far back and raising it at the sides. /ɪ/ is a short sound. Let’s look at some examples. Before a voiceless consonant: sick kip list rich kiss kith sit. And some examples before a voiced consonant: his quiz Dizzy silly wig kin sieve Bill is sick about his quiz. Lizzy ate kippers till she was dizzy and silly. That’s a lot of kippers! If you like some more practice, look below.