Consonant sounds and spelling

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/v/ v very eleven of

vase live travel
river love

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/d/ d dance understand

dog bad read

dd address middle
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s sister smoke nice

/s/ sit pistol city
snake cinema
ss stress actress police
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z zero Brazil
/z/
zebra s music please
dogs watches
How to make the /s/ and /z/ sounds
In both sounds, there is some contact
between the tongue and the teeth at the
sides of the mouth.
Difference:
/s/: there is no vibration from the thoat.
/z/: there is vibration from the thoat.
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l like little
/l/ plane girl
leg
ll small spelling
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w window twenty once

/w/ Wednesday win one
witch
wh why when
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c credit card actor Christmas

/k/ chemist’s
key k kitchen like

ck black pick
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g green get
/g/ angry big
girl
gg eggs bigger
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t tea take
/t/ student sit
tie
tt letter bottle
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sh shopping shoes sugar

/ʃ/ fish Spanish sure
shower
ti(+vowel) station information
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Un unusual sound usually

/ʒ/ garage
television revision decision
confusion
 How to make the /ʃ/
and /ʒ/ sounds
The tongue points upwards towards the
roof of your mouth- There is some contact
between the tongue and the teeth at the
sides of the mouth.
Differences:
/ʃ/: There is no vibration from the throat.
/ʒ/: There is vibration from the throat.
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r red rich write

/r/ problem try wrong
right
rr sorry terrible
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p paper pilot
/p/ sleep Poland
parrot
pp apple happy
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f fifteen wife Friday

/f/
flower ph photo elephant

ff office coffee
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ch cheap children
/ʧ /
chess tch watch match

t(+ure) picture culture

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j jungle January German

/ʤ/ enjoy July manager
jazz
dge bridge fridge

ge age large
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y yellow yesterday
/j/ young yes
yacht
before u use university
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/ŋ/ ng song England think

singer language thing bank
long going
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b be table job
/b/ builder number
bag
bb rubber bubble
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/θ/ th think thirty

thumb throw bathroom
fourth tenth
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/ð/ th the these

mother then other
that with
 How to make the /θ/ and /ð/
sounds
Make loose contact between the tongue
and the back of the teeth and push the air
through the gap.
Differences:
/θ/: There is no vibration from the throat.
/ð/: There is vibration from the throat.
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m man Monday
/m/ money swim
monkey
mm summer swimming
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n no never know
/n/ nine run knee
nose
nn dinner thinner
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/h/ h happy hungry who

house hotel behind whose
hall head