B vs P Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

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In this video ,we are going to focus on the two consonant sounds /b/ and /p/.
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I know they sound very similar but they are actually different.
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And they are very important sounds in English so I want you to be able to hear the difference
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and pronounce them differently.
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So let's take two example words.
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The first example word is ‘bin’.
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Now can you hear the /b/ sound?
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‘bin’
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Now, the second example word is ‘pin’.
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Can you hear the difference - the /p/ sound?
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‘pin’
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‘bin’
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‘pin’
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I know they sound very similar but they are different.
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And with practice, you will hear the difference.
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And you will be able to pronounce them differently.
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I promise you that.
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So let's get started.
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The first step is to know how to make these /b/ and /p/ sounds in English
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so you can pronounce them correctly.
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And you know the difference between the two sounds.
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And I'm going to teach you that.
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Also guys, if you're serious about pronunciation, it's very important to know about the IPA spelling.
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You can also watch how I move my mouth,
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and of course always try to repeat after me in this video.
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I'm sure you can master these sounds, so let's do this.
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Okay, guys.
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Let's now practice producing the sound /b/ in English.
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So what you're going to do, the first thing is,
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that this /b/ sound is voiced which means that you're going to use your voice.
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So when you produce the sound, you are going to feel a vibration in your throat.
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And what you're going to do is basically push out the air with your lips.
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They should touch each other so
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/b/
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Okay, please repeat the sound after me.
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/b/
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Let's now practice with the word ‘bin’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘bin’
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‘bin’
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‘bin’
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Good.
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And now let's practice producing the sound /p/ in English.
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So /p/ is basically going to be the exact same thing as the /b/ sound,
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but it's unvoiced
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which means that you are not going to use your voice.
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No vibration in the throat.
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You're just going to push out the air with your lips.
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No sound.
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So /p/
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Can you repeat after me?
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/p/
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Let's now practice with the word /pin/.
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Repeat after me.
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'pin'
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Good job.
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Ok students, let's now practice with minimal pairs.
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Words that sound very similar where the actual sounds are different.
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They are very useful to help you hear the difference between the two sounds.
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So first let's practice just the sounds.
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Okay and I want you to repeat after me.
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First the /b/ sound.
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/b/
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And now the /p/ sound.
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Remember unvoiced.
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Okay watch my mouth.
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Repeat after me.
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/p/
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Good.
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Let's now practice both.
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Please repeat after me.
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/b/
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/p/
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/b/
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/p/
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/b/
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/p/
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Good.
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And let's now take our words.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘bin’
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‘pin’
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‘bin’
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‘pin’
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‘bin’
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‘pin’
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Excellent, guys.
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Moving on.
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Let's now go through minimal pairs together.
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Remember to watch how I move my mouth.
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And to repeat after me.
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Let's do this.
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bare
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pare
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base
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pace
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bat
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pat
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batty
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patty
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bay
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pay
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bead
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peed
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beak
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peak
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bear
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pear
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beat
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peat
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bee
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pee
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beep
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peep
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beer
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peer
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belt
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pelt
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best
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pest
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bet
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pet
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big
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pig
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bill
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pill
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bit
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pit
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bitch
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pitch
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blade
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played
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bland
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planned
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blank
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plank
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blaster
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plaster
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blaze
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plays
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bleat
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pleat
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bleed
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plead
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bloom
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plume
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blot
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plot
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blunder
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plunder
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blush
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plush
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braise
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praise
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brat
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prat
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brawn
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prawn
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breach
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preach
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breast
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pressed
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brick
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prick
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bride
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pride
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boo
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poo
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bore
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pore
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bull
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pull
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burr
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per
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but
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putt
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butter
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putter
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bye
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pie
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cab
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cap
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cub
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cup
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lib
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lip
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pub
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pup
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rib
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rip
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robe
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rope
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tab
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tap
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Very good, guys.
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Let's now practice with a few sentences using these consonant sounds.
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The first sentence is, ‘The bear cub plundered pairs and butter.’
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Can you repeat after me, guys?
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‘The bear cub plundered pairs and butter.’
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The second sentence is, ‘The bride blushed at the proud preacher.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘The bride blushed at the proud preacher.’
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Good.
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And finally, ‘Please pet the big pig.’
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Repeat after me please.
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‘Please pet the big pig.’
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Great job, guys.
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Moving on.
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Let's now move on to listening practice.
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I'm now going to show you two words.
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I will say one of the two words and I want you to listen very carefully
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and to tell me if this word is ‘a’ or ‘b’.
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Let's get started.
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Let's start with our first two words.
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Now, which one do I say ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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Listen very carefully.
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‘rope’
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'a' or 'b'?
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one more time
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‘rope’
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Now what do you think guys?
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It's ‘b’ – ‘rope’.
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‘a’ would be pronounced ‘robe’.
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Okay. What about now?
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‘bride’
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Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’ - ‘bride’.
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‘b’ is ‘pride’.
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And then,
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‘beak’
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It's ‘a’ - ‘beak’.
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‘b’ is ‘peak’.
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‘breast’
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Which one is it?
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It's ‘a’ – ‘breast’.
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‘b’ is ‘pressed’.
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‘preach’
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‘preach’
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‘b’ of course – ‘preach’.
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‘a’ is ‘breach’.
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Then I have...
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‘bare’.
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‘bare’
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’ – ‘bear’.
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‘b’ is ‘pear’.
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Now...
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‘cap’.
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‘cap’
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It's ‘b’.
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‘a’ would be ‘cab’.
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What about now?
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‘cup’
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‘cup’
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Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?
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It's ‘b’ – ‘cup’.
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‘a’ is cub.
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Then I have...
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‘plays’.
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‘plays’
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Now what do you think?
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It's ‘b’ ‘plays’.
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‘a’ is ‘blaze’.
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And finally,
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‘rib’
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‘rib’
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It's ‘a’- ‘rib’.
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‘b’ is ‘rip’.
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I'm sure you did a great job.
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Excellent, students.
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Well I know you now have a better understanding of the consonant
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sounds /b/ and /p/ in English.
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Please don't stop there.
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Keep practicing.
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It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds
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but you can do it.
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And by practicing you also train your ear
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to hear the difference between these consonant sounds.
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Please make sure to watch the next English pronunciation video as
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I keep talking about the different sounds in English
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so you can improve your skills.
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See you next time.
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Thank you so much for watching guys.
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