027 B as in Bob and P as in Pop
4: The Consonant Sounds: How to Say Them, Drills & Avoiding Faults
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The first consonant sound we will cover is “B” as in “BIB”. This is a plosive consonant sound which simply means that the flow of air is stopped and then suddenly released: “B”
Take special care with consonant sounds at the ends of words, that you don’t do too much with your voice so that it sounds like you have added an extra neutral vowel after it: so, in the following drill, take care to say “BEEB” and not “BEEBER”.
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028 T as in Tot and d as in Dot
Continuing with the plosives we have:
T which is not voiced and also its voiced equivalent D. Compare the two sounds and listen for the voice in the D sound:
T/D T/D T/D T/D
To make the T sound, press the tip of your tongue against the alveolar ridge - the gum line just above and behind your ...
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029 K as in Kick and G as in Gag
The consonant C can sometimes be pronounced “S” as in “since” but here we are looking at the hard, plosive, unvoiced “K” sound indicated by both the letters C and K. So that’s “K” as in “can”. And we are also looking at its voiced equivalent “G” as in “get”.
Compare the two sounds:
K/G K/G K/G...
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030 F as in Faff and V as in Van
Another unvoiced and voiced pair of sounds are “FFF” usually denoted by the letter F and “VVV” denoted by the letter V. Sometimes the letter F can require a voiced “VVV” sound as in the word “of”. The double F in “off” has the unvoiced “FFF” sound. As ever, you can always refer to a dictionary’s ...
