Pronunciation: English Consonant Sounds

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Pronunciation: English Consonant sounds

/p/ & /b/

Compare these sounds:


Vest---Best Cubs-Cups

Covered---Cupboard

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SILENT LETTERS

Compare these sounds:

/d/ & /t/


White---Wide Weighed---Weight BuildBuilt

Town----Down Wrote---Road They---Day Die---Tie

Other accents: -writer BrEn /rait/ AmEn /raid/ - T between vowels is stopped butter (bu'er) HOMEWORK: Pronunciation of -ed in past verbs

/f/ & /v/


Ferry---Very Wet---Vet Best---Vest View---Few Listen and complete

/s/ & /z/: Voiceless and Voiced


Compare the sounds Rice---Rise PlacePlays wise---size (z) Sue---Zoo

Listen and choose the correct word

/ / /d / /t /

/s/ VS / /: sortshort suitshoot SHE SELLS SEASHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE /d /: general jeep edge object GINGER SPILT ORANGE JUICE ON GEORGE'S JACKET. /t /: chair kitchen future question which WHICH CHILD PUT CHALK ON THE TEACHER'S CHAIR. /d / vs /t /:

jeep---cheap

share---chair

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/j/ & /d/

Year Yes, Used Student, Few Euro

/j/ york your

/d/ joke jaw

A fusion of Cuban and European music. New York university student's union

// & //--th

//: thank healthy earth length //: these

though they with sunbathe

//vs/d/: father----dad

/t/ sometimes Th sounds like /t/: River Thames Thomas Thailand

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