Final consonant sounds examples P T K B D G F - English pronunciation lesson

Welcome back to the English Danny channel and  my series on pronunciation. In the first part  

of this series, I showed you how to pronounce  initial consonant clusters. Now, I’m going to  

show you some tips for pronouncing consonants in  that come at the ends of words. Let’s start with  

some easy ones in this video and then tackle  some more tricky consonants in the next one.

This video is about final consonants  that English learners often leave out.  

These are consonant sounds  indicated by the letters P, T, K,  

B, D, G, and F. Some English learners will  “drop” the final sound – but in English,  

this is NOT a good technique because  the meaning of a word can change.

For example, if you pronounce the word BOAT but  leave off the “T” at the end, pronouncing it BO  

you’re saying BOW. If you’re saying SOAP but  leave off the “P” at the end, pronouncing it SOA,  

you’re saying SO. Let me give a quick tip  for making sure you keep these sounds IN your  

pronunciation and a few practice words  you can use on your own to improve.

Let’s start with P. First, this sound comes  from putting your lips together like this  

and pushing the air out. Puh puh puh. Here  are some words that end with this sound.  

Practice saying these words and emphasize  the P sound at the end to help train yourself  

NOT to drop the final sound. SOAP,  ROPE, TOP, COP, SIP, LIP, UP, CUP

Now let’s try B. This sound is similar to the  P sound with your lips put together. But now  

you use your vocal cords here in your  neck. With P it’s just the air but with B  

you get your vocal cords going. B, B, B you  

should feel vibration here in  your neck, much more than with P.  

Here are some practice words to use  to emphasize the B sound at the end.

RUB, CLUB, JIB, GLIB, TUBE, RUBE, LAB, JAB

Now let’s try K. This sound comes from your  lips held like this with your teeth open and  

making the sound K, K, K. Here’s some practice  words to emphasize the K sound at the end. SOCK,  

CLOCK, PICK, TICK, BOOK, LOOK, DUKE, LUKE

Now let’s try G. This sound is  similar to the K. It is similar like P  

and B in that to make the G sound  you get your vocal cords going.  

So, make the K sound and then get the  vibration going in your neck to make G, G, G.  

Here are some practice words to use to  emphasize the G sound at the end. GAG,  

BRAG, BIG, DIG, JOG, BLOG, BUG, DRUG

Now let’s try T. Your mouth is held similar to K  

but you bring your tongue up behind the back  of your upper teeth to make the sound T, T, T.  

Here’s some practice words to use to emphasize  the T sound at the end. BOAT, FLOAT, FIT,  

HIT, CAT, CHAT, BOOT, LOOT

Now let’s try D. This sound is a pair  with T just like P, and B and K and G.  

You use your vocal cords with the T sound to  make D, D, D. Here are some practice words  

to use to emphasize the D sound at the end.  BAD, DAD, HOOD, WOOD, RUDE, DUDE, KID, LID

Here is our last letter for today, F. You make  this one by bringing your lips together like this  

to make F, F, F. You can emphasize this one  by pushing air through like this FFFF. Here  

are some practice words to use to  emphasize the F sound at the end.

IF, CLIFF, OAF, LOAF, LAUGH, NAFF, BLUFF, FLUFF

Here’s a challenge sentence you can  use to put all the sounds together:

I want soap on a rope and a jab in the lab

I will look at the book and brag about the gag

I can float in the boat and be rude to the dude

And I love to laugh at anything naff.

Practice these challenge sentences and your  final consonant pronunciations and you should  

hear improvement in your speaking and perhaps  also your accent. I’ll see you in the next video.