Pinyin Exercise

It is vital that students of Mandarin learn the correct pronunciation of Chinese sounds when they first begin studying, and that they continue practicing correct pronunciation until they naturally speak with the correct sound.  The following is a short exercise designed to give practice on the full range of Chinese sounds and tones.  This is an exercise in pronunciation only, don't worry about the meaning during this exercise.

--fa-- --pa-- --bo-- --mo-- --de--
/te/ /zi/ /ci/ /er/ /ai/
~sai~ ~zhai~ ~nei~ ~lei~ ~rao~
\gao\ \kou\ \pou\ \nan\ \can\
zhen geng tong zong yi
--mi-- /jia/ ~xia~ \biao\ liao
--pie-- /qie/ ~niu~ \xiu\ dian
--jian-- /min/ ~lin~ \qiang\ xiang
--ting-- /jing/ ~qiong~ \xiong\ zu
--chu-- /zhua/ ~shua~ \ruo\ kuo
--shuai-- /guai/ ~dui` \cui\ luan
--xuan-- /chuan/ ~zun~ \hun\ shuang
--kuang-- /yue/ ~yuan~ \yun\ wei

I suggest you practice this frequently during the beginning of your learning.