Practice Your English Pronunciation CH /ʧ/vs /t/ Sounds | Course #11

And in this video I'm going to focus on the two consonant sounds ch /tʃ/ and /t/ in English.

I know they may sound similar but they are actually different.

And they are very important.

So I want you to be able to hear the difference and pronounce them correctly.

Let's take two example words.

The first word is the word ‘chip’.

I suppose you can hear the ‘ch’ /tʃ/ sound.

‘chip’

The second word is ‘tip’.

In this case, it's a ‘t’ sound.

‘tip’

So ‘chip’

and ‘tip’.

I know it may be difficult for you to hear the difference,

but with practice, you will be able to pronounce them correctly.

So let's keep going.

Well first, guys, you need to know how to make the ‘ch’ /tʃ/ and ‘t’ /t/ sounds in English.

And to help you you've got the IPA spelling - very important.

You can also watch how I move my mouth.

And of course always repeat after me in this video.

You can make those sounds, guys.

So let's do it.

First let's learn how to make this ‘t’ /t/ sound.

The ‘t’ /t/ sound in English.

It's unvoiced.

So you are not going to use your voice.

You are not going to feel vibration in your throat.

You're just going to push out some air.

And for this, your tongue is going to be forward against your top teeth.

And then you're going to push out some air. And your tongue is going to go down.

Okay.

/t/

Please try and do it. Repeat after me.

/t/

Let's practice with the word ‘tip’.

Please repeat after me.

tip

tip

tip

Good.

Let's now focus on the ‘ch’ /tʃ/ sound in English.

It's slightly different.

It's also unvoiced.

So no vibration in your throat, play.

But this time your tongue is going to be up there.

It's not going to move and you're going to release a lot of air.

So /tʃ/.

Please repeat after me.

/tʃ/

Let's practice with the word ‘chip’.

Please repeat after me.

chip

chip

chip

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

Words that sound practically the same, but the sounds are actually different.

Very useful for you to hear the difference between the two sounds.

First, let's focus on the sounds themselves.

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

First, the ‘t’ /t/ sound.

/t/

Then the ‘ch’ /tʃ/ sound. Repeat after me.

/tʃ/

Let's do both. Please repeat after me.

/t/

/tʃ/

/t/

/tʃ/

/t/

/tʃ/

And finally, let's practice with our words.

Please repeat after me.

tip

chip

tip

chip

tip

chip

Good job, guys. Moving on.

Okay, students.

Time to go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my mouth.

And repeat after me. Let's get started.

arch

art

batch

bat

beach

beat

belch

belt

bench

bent

bitch

bit

blotch

blot

botch

bot

catch

cat

chair

tear

chap

tap

char

tar

chart

tart

cheat

teat

cheek

teak

cheer

tear

cheese

tease

chest

test

chew

too

chick

tick

chide

tide

child

tiled

chill

till

chime

time

chin

tin

chip

tip

choke

toke

choose

twos

chop

top

chore

tore

chose

toes

chubby

tubby

chug

tug

churn

turn

coach

coat

each

eat

flinch

flint

hatch

hat

hitch

hit

hooch

hoot

hunch

hunt

hutch

hut

itch

it

lynch

lint

march

mart

match

mat

much

mutt

notch

not

ouch

out

patch

pat

parch

part

peach

peat

perch

pert

pitch

pit

porch

port

pouch

pout

punch

punt

rich

writ

roach

wrote

Scotch

Scot

starch

start

teach

teat

torch

taught

torch

tort

touch

tut

twitch

twit

watch

what

which

wit

wrench

rent

Good, guys.

Okay, guys time to practice with a few sentences containing the consonant sounds.

The first sentence is,

‘The chime tells the time.’

Repeat after me.

‘The chime tells the time.’

Second sentence.

‘The mutt had much time to catch the cat.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The mutt had much time to catch the cat.’

And finally,

‘Each child eats and chews, too.’

Repeat after me.

‘Each child eats and chews, too.’

Very good. Moving on.

Let's now move on to listening practice.

I'm now going to show you two words.

I will say one of the two words and I want you to listen very carefully

and to tell me if this word is ‘a’ or ‘b’. Let's get started.

Let's take a look at our first two words.

Now which one do I say ‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen to me very carefully.

‘beat’

One more time.

‘beat’

Now is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

What do you think?

It's ‘b’, ‘beat’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘beach’.

The next two words.

‘churn’

‘churn’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, guys, ‘churn’.

‘b’ would be ‘turn’.

What about now?

‘pitch’

‘pitch’

It's ‘a’, ‘pitch’.

‘b’ would be pronounced ‘pit’.

Listen to me.

‘wrote’

‘wrote’

It's ‘b’, ‘wrote’.

‘a’ is ‘roach’.

Listen to me guys.

‘peat’

‘peat’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘peat’.

‘a’ would be ‘peach’.

‘cheese’

‘cheese’

It's ‘a’ of course, ‘cheese’.

‘b’ is ‘tease’.

What about this one?

‘hunch’

’hunch’

It's ‘a’ ‘hunch’.

‘b’ would be ‘hunt’.

Listen to me students.

‘twos’

‘twos’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘twos’.

‘a’ is ‘choose’.

‘starch’

‘starch’

It's ‘a’, ‘starch’.

‘b’ is ‘start’.

And finally,

‘wrench’.

‘wrench’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘wrench’.

‘b’ is ‘rent’.

Thank you, guys and great job.

You now know a lot more about these two consonant sounds /tʃ/ and /t/ in English.

Now you need a lot of listening and speaking practice to master these sounds.

So keep practicing, keep training your ear to hear the different sounds in English.

And make sure you watch my other pronunciation videos.

They will definitely help you improve your skills.

See you next time.