Full English Pronunciation Course | 19 Lessons Practicing Consonant Sounds

In this video ,we are going to focus on the two consonant sounds /b/ and /p/.

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

And they are very important sounds in English so I want you to be able to hear the difference

and pronounce them differently.

So let's take two example words.

The first example word is ‘bin’.

Now can you hear the /b/ sound?

‘bin’

Now, the second example word is ‘pin’.

Can you hear the difference - the /p/ sound?

‘pin’

‘bin’

‘pin’

I know they sound very similar  but they are different.

And with practice, you will hear the difference.

And you will be able to  pronounce them differently.

I promise you that.

So let's get started.

The first step is to know how to make  these /b/ and /p/ sounds in English

so you can pronounce them correctly.

And you know the difference  between the two sounds.

And I'm going to teach you that.

Also guys, if you're serious about pronunciation, 

it's very important to know  about the IPA spelling.

You can also watch how I move my mouth,

and of course always try to repeat after me in this video.

I'm sure you can master these sounds, so let's do this.

Okay, guys.

Let's now practice producing  the sound /b/ in English.

So what you're going to do, the first thing is,

that this /b/ sound is voiced which means that you're going to use your voice.

So when you produce the sound, you are going to feel a vibration in your throat.

And what you're going to do is basically push out the air with your lips.

They should touch each other so

/b/

Okay, please repeat the sound after me.

/b/

Let's now practice with the word ‘bin’.

Please repeat after me.

‘bin’

‘bin’

‘bin’

Good.

And now let's practice producing the sound /p/ in English.

So /p/ is basically going to be the exact same thing as the /b/ sound,

but it's unvoiced

which means that you are not going to use your voice.

No vibration in the throat.

You're just going to push out the air with your lips.

No sound.

So /p/

Can you repeat after me?

/p/

Let's now practice with the word /pin/.

Repeat after me.

'pin'

Good job.

Ok students, let's now  practice with minimal pairs.

Words that sound very similar where the actual sounds are different.

They are very useful to help you hear the difference between the two sounds.

So first let's practice just the sounds.

Okay and I want you to repeat after me.

First the /b/ sound.

/b/

And now the /p/ sound.

Remember unvoiced.

Okay watch my mouth.

Repeat after me.

/p/

Good.

Let's now practice both.

Please repeat after me.

/b/

/p/

/b/

/p/

/b/

/p/

Good.

And let's now take our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘bin’

‘pin’

‘bin’

‘pin’

‘bin’

‘pin’

Excellent, guys.

Moving on.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

Remember to watch how I move my mouth.

And to repeat after me.

Let's do this.

bare

pare

base

pace

bat

pat

batty

patty

bay

pay

bead

peed

beak

peak

bear

pear

beat

peat

bee

pee

beep

peep

beer

peer

belt

pelt

best

pest

bet

pet

big

pig

bill

pill

bit

pit

bitch

pitch

blade

played

bland

planned

blank

plank

blaster

plaster

blaze

plays

bleat

pleat

bleed

plead

bloom

plume

blot

plot

blunder

plunder

blush

plush

braise

praise

brat

prat

brawn

prawn

breach

preach

breast

pressed

brick

prick

bride

pride

boo

poo

bore

pore

bull

pull

burr

per

but

putt

butter

putter

bye

pie

cab

cap

cub

cup

lib

lip

pub

pup

rib

rip

robe

rope

tab

tap

Very good, guys.

Let's now practice with a few sentences using these consonant sounds.

The first sentence is, ‘The bear cub plundered pairs and butter.’

Can you repeat after me, guys?

‘The bear cub plundered pairs and butter.’

The second sentence is, ‘The bride blushed at the proud preacher.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The bride blushed at the proud preacher.’

Good.

And finally, ‘Please pet the big pig.’

Repeat after me please.

‘Please pet the big pig.’

Great job, guys.

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 start with our first two words.

Now, which one do I say ‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen very carefully.

‘rope’

'a' or 'b'?

one more time

‘rope’

Now what do you think guys?

It's ‘b’ – ‘rope’.

‘a’ would be pronounced ‘robe’.

Okay. What about now?

‘bride’

Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ - ‘bride’.

‘b’ is ‘pride’.

And then,

‘beak’

It's ‘a’ - ‘beak’.

‘b’ is ‘peak’.

‘breast’

Which one is it?

It's ‘a’ – ‘breast’.

‘b’ is ‘pressed’.

‘preach’

‘preach’

‘b’ of course – ‘preach’.

‘a’ is ‘breach’.

Then I have...

‘bare’.

‘bare’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ – ‘bear’. ‘b’ is ‘pear’.

Now... ‘cap’.

‘cap’ It's ‘b’.

‘a’ would be ‘cab’.

What about now?

‘cup’

‘cup’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘b’ – ‘cup’.

‘a’ is cub.

Then I have...

‘plays’.

‘plays’

Now what do you think?

It's ‘b’ ‘plays’.

‘a’ is ‘blaze’.

And finally,

‘rib’

‘rib’

It's ‘a’- ‘rib’.

‘b’ is ‘rip’.

I'm sure you did a great job.

Excellent, students.

Well I know you now have a better understanding of the consonant

sounds /b/ and /p/ in English.

Please don't stop there.

Keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds

but you can do it.

And by practicing you also train your ear

to hear the difference between  these consonant sounds.

Please make sure to watch the next English pronunciation video

as I keep talking about the different sounds in English

so you can improve your skills.

See you next time.

In today's video, I'm gonna focus on two consonant sounds,

the /n/ sound and the ng /ŋ/ sound.

For you to understand, let's take two example words.

The first word would be ‘pin’.

Can you hear the /n/ sound?

‘pin’

Now the second word is ‘ping’.

Can you hear the ng /ŋ/ sound this time?

‘ping’

‘pin’

‘ping’

Now I know they sound very similar guys, but they are actually different.

And they are very important sounds in the English language.

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

We're going to practice together.

And I promise you, by the end of this video, you'll understand much better.

And you'll be able to pronounce these two sounds.

So let's get started.

The first step is to learn how to make the ‘n’ and 'ng' /ŋ/ sounds in English.

You can learn how to pronounce them correctly and hear the differences between the two sounds.

Also guys, remember, it's always important to know about the IPA spelling.

You can also watch how I move my mouth 

and of course always try to  repeat after me in this video.

I know you can master these sounds so let's do this.

Let's practice producing the /n/ consonant sound in English.

So what you're going to do is, there's going to be air coming through your nose,

and you're going to block the air in your mouth with the tip of your tongue.

So the tip of your tongue should be up there.

Okay watch me.

/n/

Okay, I want you to repeat after me.

/n/

Let's now use the word ‘pin’.

Please repeat after me.

pin

pin

pin

Good.

Let's now learn how to produce  the /ŋ/ sound in English.

So what you're going to do …

there's still air coming through your nose  and you're also going to block the air in 

your mouth.

But this time not with the tip of your tongue, but with the back of your tongue.

So this time, it's the back of your tongue that's going to be up there.

Okay, watch me.

/ŋ/

Okay, please repeat after me.

/ŋ/

Let's use the word ‘ping’.

Please repeat after me.

ping

ping

ping

Good guys. Moving on.

Okay we're now going to practice with minimal pairs

words that sound very similar but the sounds are actually different.

They are very useful for  you to hear the difference 

between the two sounds.

First, let's focus on the sounds themselves.

Please repeat after me.

First, the /n/ sound.

/n/

And now the /ŋ/ sound.

/ŋ/

Let's now do both. Please repeat after me.

/n/

/ŋ/

/n/

/ŋ/

/n/

/ŋ/

And now, let's practice with our words. Please repeat after me.

pin

ping

pin

ping

pin

ping

Very good, guys.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

Remember to watch how I move my mouth and to repeat after me.

Let's go.

ban

bang

band

banged

chin

ching

clan

clang

din

ding

done

dung

fan

fang

gone

gong

hand

hanged

kin

king

pan

pang

sin

sing

stun

stung

sun

sung

tan

tang

thin

thing

ran

rang

run

rung

tin

ting

ton

tongue

win

wing

wind

winged

Excellent, guys.

Let's practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence is,

‘He ran up the rung.’

Please repeat after me.

‘He ran up the rung.’

Good.

The second sentence,

‘That thing is thin.’

Please repeat after me.

‘That thing is thin.’

And finally,

‘My kin is a king.’

Please repeat after me.

‘My kin is a king.’

Good job.

Let's move 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 word.

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 start with our first two words.

Which one do I say ‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen very carefully,

‘stung’.

One more time.

‘stung’

Was this ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It was ‘b’ ‘stung’.

'a' would be ‘stun’

What about now? ‘tongue’

‘tongue’

Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘tongue’.

‘a’ is ton.

‘ran’

‘ran’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘ran’.

‘b’ is pronounced ‘rang’.

Then I have

‘thing’

‘thing’

What do you think? ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘thing’ 'a' is 'thin'.

‘band’

‘band’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘band’.

‘b’ is banged.

‘chin’

‘chin’

It's ‘a’, ‘chin’. ‘b’ is pronounced ‘ching’.

‘king’

‘king’

It's ‘b’, ‘king’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘kin’.

Now, listen to me.

‘sin’

‘sin’

It's ‘a’, ‘sin’.

‘b’ is ‘sing’.

‘gone’

‘gone’

… is ‘a’, ‘gone’.

‘b’ would be ‘gong’.

And finally,

‘wind’

‘wind’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘guys’, ‘wind’

‘b’ is ‘winged’.

Great job, students.

I know you now have a better understanding of the consonant sounds /n/ and /ŋ/ in English.

Keep practicing.

You need a lot of speaking and listening practice to be able to master these sounds.

But you can do it.

And by practicing, you'll be able  to pronounce these sounds but 

also you will train your ear to be able  to hear the different sounds in English.

Also make sure you watch my  next English pronunciation 

videos if you want to improve your pronunciation skills.

See you next time.

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.

In this video, I'm going to  focus on two consonant sounds.

The sounds /f/ and /v/.

So the ‘f’ sound and the ‘v’ sound.

They may sound similar but they are actually quite different.

And they are very important sounds in the English language

so I really 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 ‘fan’.

Can you hear the /f/ sound?

‘fan’

The second word is ‘van’.

Can you hear the /v/ sound this time?

‘van’.

So ‘fan’ and ‘van’.

I know guys.

They sound really similar, but they are different.

And we're gonna practice together.

By the end of this video, you will be able to pronounce them correctly.

I promise.

So keep watching.

Before learning about the /f/ and /v/ sounds in English,

you need to focus on the IPA spelling.

It's very useful.

You can also watch how I move my mouth, 

and obviously you need to  repeat after me in this video.

I know you can make those sounds guys so let's do it together now.

First, let's produce the /f/sound in English.

What you're going to do is - you're not going to use your voice.

It's a voiceless sound so no vibration in your throat.

You are going to place your teeth against your bottom lip

and you're going to push out some air through your teeth and your bottom lip.

So, /f/.

Okay, please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

/f/

Let's practice with the word ‘fan’.

Repeat after me.

fan

fan

fan

Good.

As for the/v/sound, it's  exactly the same as the/f/sound.

But this time, you are going to use your voice.

It's a voiced sound so you are going to feel some vibration.

Okay

So /v/.

Can you please repeat after me.

/v/

Let's practice with the word ‘van’.

Please repeat after me.

van

van

van

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

Words that sound very very much alike but the sounds are actually different.

They are very useful if you really want to hear the difference between the two sounds.

First, let's practice producing the sounds themselves.

Please repeat after me. First, the/f/ sound.

/f/

Now the/v/ sound.

Repeat after me.

/v/

Let's now do both.

Repeat after me, guys.

/f/ /v/

Let's now take our words.

Repeat after me.

fan

van

fan

van

fan

van

Good, guys.

Okay, guys.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch me and how I move my mouth.

And repeat after me.

Let's do this.

belief

believe

calf

carve

fail

veil

fast

vast

fat

vat

fault

vault

fear veer

fee

V

feel

veal

feign

vein

fender

vendor

ferry

very

file

vile

fine

vine

foul

vowel

grief

grieve

leaf

leave

life

live

proof

prove

safe

save

serf

serve

staff

starve

strife

strive

surf

serve

waif

waive

Great, guys.

Okay, students.

Let's now practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence is, ‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’

The second sentence.

‘Live a fast and vast life.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Live a fast and vast life.’

Good.

And finally, ‘Save your money in the safe.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Save your money in the safe.’

Good.

Let's move 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.

So you have two words, ‘a’ and ‘b’.

Now which one do I say?

‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen.

belief

One more time.

belief

Was this ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, guys – ‘belief’.

‘b’ would be ‘believe’.

save

save

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘save’.

‘a’ is ‘safe’.

carve

carve

It's ‘b’, ‘carve’.

‘a’ would be ‘calf’.

Now listen to me.

feel

feel

It's ‘a’, ‘feel’.

‘b’ is ‘veal’.

fender

fender

'a' or 'b'?

It's ‘a’, ‘fender’.

‘b’ would be ‘vendor’.

Listen to me, guys.

very

very

It's ‘b’, ‘very’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘fairy’.

vine

vine

It's ‘b’, ‘vine’.

‘a’ is ‘fine’.

starve

starve

‘a’, ‘b’ - what do you think guys?

It's ‘b’, ‘starve’.

‘a’ would be pronounced ‘staff’.

strife

strife

It's ‘a’, ‘strife’.

‘b’ is ‘strive’.

And the last two words surf

surf

‘a’ ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, surf.

‘b’ would be ‘serve’.

You now understand the difference between these two consonant sounds.

The /f/ sound and the/v/sound in English.

Of course it takes a lot of listening and speaking practice to master these sounds,

but you can do it.

So keep practicing to be able to pronounce them correctly

and to train your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.

Also make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos

if you want to improve your English skills.

So see you next time.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In this video, we are going to focus on two consonant sounds

the /l/ sound and the /r/sound.

They can sound similar but they are different.

And it's very important for you to hear the difference

and to be able to pronounce them differently.

So we will start with two example words.

The first example word that I have is ‘light’.

Now can you hear the /l/ sound?

‘light’

The second word is quite different.

It's ‘right’.

Can you hear the different sound?

It's an /r/ sound.

‘right’

‘light’

‘right’

Can you hear the difference?

Well if you can't, practice with me.

And I promise you, by the end of this video, you will be able to hear the difference.

And you will be able to  pronounce them differently.

So let's get started.

I’m going to help you produce the /l/ and the /r/ sound in English.

But first, you need to know about the IPA spelling.

You can also watch how I move my mouth.

It will help.

And of course always try to repeat after me in this video.

You can do this guys so let's get started.

First, guys, let's practice producing the sound /l/ in English.

So it's a voiced sound.

So again you're going to use your voice.

You're going to feel this vibration in your throats and your tongue is going to be forward.

Okay. It's going to touch your upper teeth.

So it's /l/.

Okay?

Can you repeat after me?

/l/

/l/

/l/

Let's now practice with the word ‘light’.

Please repeat after me.

‘light’

‘light’

‘light’

And now let's practice producing the /r/ sound.

It's slightly different.

It's also voiced.

So you're going to feel that vibration.

But your tongue is not going to be forward touching your upper teeth.

This time it's going to be curved.

So it's going to go up there.

Okay.

/r/

Can you please repeat after me?

/r/ /r/

/r/ Let's practice with the word ‘right’.

Please repeat after me.

‘right’

‘right’

‘right’

Good.

Okay, students let's now practice with minimal pairs -

words that sound practically the same but the sounds are actually different.

These words are very useful if you really 

want to hear the difference  between the two sounds.

First, let's focus again on the sounds themselves.

And I want you to repeat after me.

First, the /l/ sound.

/l/

/l/

/l/

And now the /r/ sound.

Please repeat after me.

/r/

/r/

/r/

Let's now do both.

Please repeat after me.

/l/

/r/

/l/

/r/ /l/

/r/ Let's now practice with our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘light’

‘right’

‘light’

‘right’

‘light’

‘right’

Good job, guys.

Moving on.

All right, guys.

Time to go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

Let's get started.

alive

arrive

belly

berry

blew

brew

blight

bright

blues

bruise

blush

brush

clash

crash

clown

crown

collect

correct

fleas

freeze

flee

free

fly

fry

glamour

grammar

gland

grand

glass

grass

glow

grow

jelly

jerry

lace

race

lack

rack

lag

rag

laid

raid

lair

rare

lake

rake

lamb

ram

lamp

ramp

lane

rain

lank

rank

lap

rap

lash

rash

late

rate

lather

rather

law

raw

lay

ray laze

raze

lead

read

leader

reader

leap

reap

led

red

leech

reach

leek

reek

leer

rear

lentil

rental

lib

rib

lice

rice

lick

Rick

lid

rid

lied

ride

lies

rise

lighter

writer

limb

rim

lime

rhyme

link

rink

lip

rip

list

wrist

lit

writ

load

road

lob

rob

lobe

robe

lock

rock

locker

rocker

locket

rocket

long

wrong

look

rook

loom

room

loot

root

lot

rot

lout

rout

lows

rose

loyal

royal

luck

ruck

lug

rug

lump

rump

lung

rung

lush

rush

lust

rust

lute

route

pilot

pirate

play

pray

splint

sprint

Excellent, guys.

Let's now take a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence I have is, ‘Rick found lice in his rice.’

Can you repeat after me, guys?

‘Rick found lice in his rice.’

The second sentence is, ‘Please pray, don't play.’

Repeat after me.

‘Please pray, don't play.’

And finally, ‘Turn right at the light.’

Repeat after me.

‘Turn right at the light.’

Good, guys.

Let's move 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 shall we.

Now which one do I say ‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen very carefully.

‘rice’

One more time.

‘rice’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, guys – ‘rice’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘lice’.

Now I have ...

‘link’.

‘link’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ of course, ‘link’.

‘b’ is ‘rink’.

‘pray’

‘pray’

It's ‘b’, ‘pray’.

‘a’ is ‘play’.

Listen to me very carefully.

‘wrist’

‘wrist’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘wrist’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘list’.

The next one.

‘locker’

‘locker’

It's ‘a’, ‘locker’.

‘b’ would be ‘rocker’.

What about this one?

‘pirate’

‘pirate’

It's ‘b’, guys, ‘pirate’.

‘a’ would be ‘pilot’.

Now listen to me.

‘loyal’

‘loyal’

It's ‘a’, ‘loyal’.

‘b’ is ‘royal’

What about this one?

‘loot’

‘loot’

It's ‘a’, guys.

‘b’ would be ‘root’.

Now, listen.

‘read’

‘read’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘read’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘lead’.

And finally,

‘loom’

‘loom’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ of course – ‘loom’.

‘b’ is pronounced ‘room’.

Great job.

Great, guys.

Well you now have a better understanding of the /l/ and /r/ consonant sounds in English.

Keep practicing.

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

But you can do it!

And by practicing, you will be able to pronounce these sounds and you will also train your ear

to hear the different sounds in English.

Please also make sure to watch my next videos on pronunciation to improve your English skills.

See you next time.

In this video, I'm going to focus on two very important consonant sounds: /b/ and /v/.

I know they sound quite similar but they are different and they are very important in English.

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

Let's get started with two example words.

The first example word that I have for you is ‘ban’.

Can you hear the /b/ sound? ‘ban’

Now the second word is ‘van’.

Can you hear the different /v/ sound?

'ban' ‘van’

Now I know guys it seems difficult they sound quite similar but they are different.

We're going to practice together.

And I promise you by the end of this video you will hear the difference

And you will be able to  pronounce them differently.

So let's get started.

Okay, guys.

First, let's learn how to make the /b/ and /v/ sounds in English.

You can pronounce them correctly and you will hear the difference between the two sounds.

Also - very important to know  about the I.P.A. spelling.

You can watch how I move my mouth.

And please try to repeat after me in this video.

I know you can master these sounds.

Let's do it.

First, let's practice making the English consonant /b/ sound in English.

So listen to me very carefully.

What you're going to do - to produce the sound -

is first you have to know it's a voiced sound.

Which means that when you produce the sound, you have to feel some vibration in your throat.

And what you're going to do is basically push out the air with both your lips.

Like I said /b/ Watch my mouth.

/b/

Now, let's repeat.

Repeat after me.

/b/

/b/

/b/

Let's now practice with the word ‘ban’.

Please repeat after me.

‘ban’

‘ban’

‘ban’

Good.

And now let's practice the /v/ sound in English.

So this is a little bit different.

It is also voiced, so you are also going to have that vibration in your throat.

But this time, your lips are not going to touch each other.

And your top teeth are going to be against your bottom lip.

/v/

Can you see this?

/v/

Let's practice. Repeat after me.

/v/

/v/

/v/

Let's take the word ‘van’.

Please repeat after me.

‘van’

‘van’

‘van’

Good job.

Okay, guys. We're now going to  practice with minimal pairs.

Words that sound very similar but the actual sounds are different.

And they are very useful to help us hear the difference between the two sounds.

First, let's focus on the sounds themselves.

And I want you to repeat after me.

First, the /b/ sound.

/b/

/b/

/b/

And now to /v/ sound.

Repeat after me.

/v/

/v/

/v/

Let's now do both. Please repeat after me.

/b/

/v/

/b/

/v/

/b/

/v/

Good.

And now let's take our words: ‘ban’ for the /b/ sound and ‘van’ for the /v/ sound.

Please repeat after me.

‘ban’

‘van’

‘ban’

‘van’

‘ban’

‘van’

Excellent, guys. Moving on.

Okay, guys. Let's now go  through minimum pairs together.

Now watch how I move my mouth  and always repeat after me.

Let's go.

bale

veil

bane

vein

bat

vat

beer

veer

bent

vent

berry

very

bet

vet

best

vest

bid

vid

bile

vile

boat

vote

bolt

volt

bow

vow

bowels

vowels

curb

curve

dribble

drivel

dub

dove

fibre

fiver

jibe

jive

lobes

loaves

rebel

revel

Great, guys.

Let's now look at some sentences containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence is,

‘The bear has vile berries in his bowels.’

Now, I want you to repeat after me.

‘The bear has vile berries in his bowels.’

Good.

The second sentence,

‘She has the best vest.’

Repeat after me. ‘She has the best vest.’

And finally,

‘The bat and dove veered very fast.’

Can you repeat after me?

‘The bat and dove veered very fast.’

Great job, guys. 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.

Okay, guys. Here are the first two words.

Now…

‘berry’

Which one do I say? ‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen again.

‘berry’

‘a’ of course, guys.

‘b’ would be ‘very’.

Here are the other two words.

Which one do I say?

‘vote’

‘vote’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

‘b’ of course. ‘vote’.

‘a’ is ‘boat’.

Here are the other two words.

Which one am I saying?

‘vow’

‘vow’

It's ‘b’, ‘vow’.

‘a’ is ‘bow’.

And then…

‘bolt’

‘bolt’

It's ‘a’, ‘bolt’.

‘b’ is ‘volt’.

And then…

‘fiver’

‘fiver’

‘a’ or ‘b’ guys?

It's ‘b’, ‘fiver’.

‘a’ is ‘fiber’.

And then…

‘rebel’

‘rebel’

Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘rebel’.

‘b’ is a ‘revel’.

Which one am I saying now?

‘curb’

‘curb’

It's ‘a’, ‘curb’.

‘b’ is ‘curve’.

What about now?

‘veil’

‘veil’

‘It's ‘b’, ‘veil’.

‘a’ is ‘bale’.

Next two…

‘vet’

‘vet’

It's ‘b’. ‘a’ is ‘bet’.

And finally,

‘bowels’

‘bowels’

Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ guys. ‘b’ is vowels.

Great job, guys.

I know you now have a better understanding of the consonant sounds /b/ and /v/ in English.

It takes a lot of listening and speaking practice 

to master these sounds, but I  know that you guys can do it.

And with practice, you'll be able to pronounce these sounds in a short time.

And you will also train your ear to hear the different consonant sounds.

Please make sure to watch my  other English pronunciation  

videos if you want to improve your English skills.

See you next time.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In this video,

we are going to focus

on two very important consonant sounds.

The sounds /s/ and /ʃ/.

Now, I know they may sound similar to you.

But they are actually quite different

and they are very important in English.

So I want you to hear the difference

and to be able to pronounce them correctly.

Let's start with two example words.

The first word would be the word ‘sea’.

Can you hear the ‘s’ sound?

‘sea’

The second word is ‘she’.

Now, the sound is very different.

It's a ‘sh’ sound,

‘she’.

So ‘see’, ‘she’.

Can you hear the difference?

Well if you can't hear the difference,

I promise you by the end of this video,

with practice,

you will be able to hear it

and you will pronounce them correctly.

So keep watching.

We are going to learn together

how to make this /s/ and /ʃ/ sounds in English.

Of course it's very important

for you to know the I.P.A spelling - it helps.

Also, you can watch how I move my mouth.

And always repeat after me.

You can do this, guys.

Let's do it together.

Let's practice making the 's' sound in English.

So it's unvoiced.

No vibration in your throat.

You don't use your voice.

You're simply going to release some air.

Your mouth should not move.

Your tongue is going to go  against your bottom teeth, okay.

And your teeth are actually  going to touch each other.

And you're going to release some air.

So.. /s/

Please repeat after me. Watch my mouth.

/s/ /s/

/s/ Let's practice with the word ‘see’.

‘see’

‘see’

‘see’

Good.

Let's now practice making  the /ʃ/ sound in English.

It's also unvoiced.

And this time,

your mouth is going to be rounded.

And it's going to come out.

/ʃ/

Your tongue is going to be down, okay.

And your teeth are definitely  not going to touch each other,

okay. And you're going to release some air.

/ʃ/

Please repeat after me.

/ʃ/

/ʃ/

/ʃ/

Let's practice with the word ‘she’.

Please repeat after me.

‘she’

‘she’

‘she’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

These words that sound very very much alike

but the sounds are actually different.

They are very useful

if you really want to hear the difference

between the two sounds.

First, the sounds themselves.

And I want you to watch my mouth,

how it moves,

and to repeat after me.

First the /s/ sound.

/s/

/s/ /s/

Then the /ʃ/ sound.

Please repeat after me.

/ʃ/

/ʃ/

/ʃ/

Let's now do both.

Repeat after me.

/s/

/ʃ/

/s/

/ʃ/

/s/

/ʃ/

And let's now practice with our two words.

Please repeat after me.

‘see’

‘she’

‘see’

‘she’

‘see’

‘she’

Very good, guys.

Okay, guys.

Time to go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch me, how I move my mouth,

and repeat after me.

Let's get started.

crass

crash

crust

crushed

fist

fished

gas

gash

gust

gushed

mass

mash

mess

mesh

moss

mosh

plus

plush

puss

push

rust

rushed

sack

shack

sag

shag

said

shed

sail

shale

sake

shake

sail

shale

same

shame

sank

shank

sass

sash

save

shave

saw

shore

seen

sheen

seal

she’ll

seat

sheet

seed

she’d

scene

sheen

seep

sheep

seer

sheer

seize

she’s

sell

shell

sew

show

sift

shift

sigh

shy

sign

shine

sill

shill

sin

shin

single

shingle

sip

ship

so

show

sock

shock

sod

shod

sofa

chauffeur

sop

shop

sort

short

sucks

shucks

sure

shoe

sun

shun

Great, guys.

Okay, guys.

Let's now practice with sentences

containing the consonant sounds.

The first sentence:

‘Sue showed her new shoes.’

Please repeat after.

‘Sue showed her new shoes.’

The second sentence is:

‘I've seen the sheen sheet on the seat.’

Please repeat after me. ‘I've seen the sheen sheet on the seat.’

Good.

And finally:

‘She'd said the seed is in the shed.’

Please repeat after me.

‘She'd said the seed is in the shed.’

Good job.

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 have a look at our first two words, guys.

Now which one do I say ‘a’, or ‘b’?

Listen very carefully.

‘sort’

One more time.

‘sort’

Is it ‘a’, or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘sort’.

‘b’ is ‘short’.

Now what about this one?

‘shoe’

‘shoe’

Is it ‘a’, or ‘b’?

It’s ‘b’, ‘shoe’.

‘a’ is ‘sue’.

Listen to me.

‘same’

‘same’

It's ‘a’, ‘same’.

‘b’ is ‘shame’.

‘crash’

‘crash’

It's ‘b’, ‘crash’.

‘a’ is ‘crass’.

Listen to me, guys.

‘shale’

‘shale’

What do you think?

It's ‘b’ of course, ‘shale’.

‘a’ is ‘sail’.

Now, which one do I say?

‘seen’

‘seen’

‘a’ of course, ‘seen’.

‘b’ is ‘sheen’.

‘sip’

‘sip’

It’s ‘a’, ‘sip’.

‘b’ is ‘ship’.

Now listen to this one.

‘shake’

‘shake’

It's ‘b’, ‘shake’.

‘a’ is ‘sake’.

‘seize’

‘seize’

It's ‘a’, ‘seize’.

‘b’ is ‘she's’.

And the last ones.

Listen to me.

‘shy’

‘shy’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘shy’.

‘a’ is ‘sigh’.

Great, guys.

Thank you so much for watching.

You now understand

these consonant sounds /s/ and /ʃ/ in English.

Keep practicing.

Of course you need a lot of speaking

and listening practice

to master these sounds.

But you can do it!

You also need to train your ear

to hear the difference between these sounds, okay.

Also make sure you watch my  other pronunciation videos

if you want to improve your  English skills even further.

See you next time.

In this video,

we are going to focus

on two English consonant sounds.

The sounds th /ð/ and /z/.

So the ‘th’ sound and a ‘z’ sound.

I know they sound very similar

but they are actually quite different.

And they are very important sounds in English

so I want you

to be able to pronounce them correctly.

Let's take two example words.

The first word I have is the word ‘then’.

Can you hear the th sound?

‘then’

The second word is ‘zen’.

Can you hear the sound ‘z’?

‘zen’

So ‘then’ and ‘zen’.

I know this may sound complicated

because they sound similar

but they are different, guys.

And if you practice with me,

by the end of this video,

you will be able to pronounce them.

So let's get started.

Before we learn about the consonant sounds

‘th’ /ð/ and zed /z/ in English,

you should always know about  the I.P.A spelling, guys.

This is very useful.

And you can also watch how I move my mouth

and please always try to repeat after me -

it's very important.

You can do it.

Let's do it together.

Let's first learn how to produce  the ‘th’ /ð/ sound in English.

But this ‘th’ is voiced.

So you are going to use your voice

You're going to use… um…

you're going to feel a  vibration in your throat, okay.

And what you're going to do

is you're going to put your  tongue between your teeth

and you're not going to push out some air.

What you're going to do,

is you're going to create a  vibration with your tongue.

So your tongue has to vibrate, /ð/.

Okay.

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

/ð/

/ð/ /ð/

Let's practice with the word ‘then’.

Please repeat after me.

‘then’

‘then’

‘then’

Good.

Let's now move on to the /z/ sound.

So this is voiced.

You are going to use your voice

and feel a vibration in your throat.

You're going to put your tongue

against your bottom teeth

and you're going to make it vibrate.

Use your tongue.

Just make a sound so, /z/.

Okay.

Please repeat after me.

/z/

/z/

/z/

Let's practice with the word ‘zen’.

Please repeat after me.

‘zen’

‘zen’

‘zen’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

These words, that have very similar sounds,

but they are quite different actually.

And they're very good if you  really want to hear the difference.

But first let's focus on the sounds.

Please watch how I move my mouth

and repeat after me.

First, the ‘th’ sound.

/ð/

/ð/

/ð/

And now the /z/ sound. Please repeat after me.

/z/

/z/

/z/

Let's now do both. Repeat after me, guys.

/ð/

/z/

/ð/

/z/

/ð/

/z/

Let's now practice with our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘then’

‘zen’

‘then’

‘zen’

‘then’

‘zen’

Excellent, guys.

Well, guys.

It's now time to go through  minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my mouth

and repeat after me.

Let's go.

bathe

bays

breathe

breeze

clothe

close

clothing

closing

lathe

laze

loathe

lows

scythe

size

seethe

sees

sheathe

she's

soothed

sues

then

zen

with

whiz

Excellent, guys.

Okay, guys.

Let's now practice with sentences

containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence:

‘Sue's voice soothes me.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Sue's voice soothes me.’

And finally:

‘The clothing store is closing.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The clothing store is closing.’

Good job.

Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Now which one do I say?

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

Listen.

‘whiz’

One more time.

‘whiz’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘whiz’.

‘a’ is ‘with’.

Listen to me.

‘lathe’

‘lathe’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘lathe’.

‘b’ is ‘laze’.

‘scythe’

‘scythe’

It's ‘a’, ‘scythe’.

‘b’ is ‘size’.

‘lows’ ‘lows’

Answer ‘b’ is correct, ‘lows’.

‘a’ is ‘loathe’.

‘close’

‘close’

‘b’ of course, ‘close’.

‘a’ is ‘clothe’.

Listen to me, guys.

‘soothe’

‘soothe’

It's answer ‘a’, ‘soothe’.

‘b’ is pronounced ‘sues’.

‘teasing’

‘teasing’

It's ‘b’, ‘teasing’.

‘a’ is ‘teething’.

‘breeze’

‘breeze’

Which one is it?

It's ‘b’, ‘breeze’.

‘a’ is ‘breathe’.

Listen to me very carefully.

‘closing’

‘closing’

It's ‘b’, ‘closing’.

‘a’ is ‘clothing’.

And finally.

‘sheathe’

‘sheathe’

Of course guys it's ‘a’, ‘sheathe’.

‘b’ would be ‘she's’.

Great practice, guys.

You now have a better understanding

of the two consonant sounds  /ð/ and /z/ in English.

Keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice

to be able to master these sounds

but you can do it.

So keep practicing.

Train your ear as well to hear  the different sounds in English.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

I'm going to focus on two  consonant sounds in English.

The /f/ sound and the /h/ sound.

These are very important sounds in English,

so I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's start with two example words.

The first example word is the word ‘fat’.

Can you hear the /f/ sound?

‘fat’

Now, the second word is ‘hat’.

This time it's an /h/ sound, ‘hat’.

‘fat’

‘hat’

Can you hear the difference?

Well if you keep watching,

we are going to practice together.

And I promise you by the end of this video,

you will pronounce them correctly.

So keep watching.

Before we learn

about these two consonant sounds

the f /f/ sound and the h /h/ sound in English,

you need to know about the I.P.A. spelling.

It's very important.

You can also watch me, and how I move my mouth,

and of course always try to repeat after me.

I know you can make these sounds, guys,

so let's do it together now.

Let's first learn how to make  the /f/ sound in English.

So it's an unvoiced sound.

You are not going to use your voice.

You're not going to feel any  vibration in your throat.

And what you're going to do

is put your teeth against your bottom lip,

and you're going to push out some air

through your teeth and bottom lip, okay.

/f/

Please try and do it. Repeat after me.

/f/

/f/ /f/

Let's practice with the word ‘fat’.

Please repeat after me.

‘fat’

‘fat’

‘fat’

Good.

Let's now practice producing  the sound /h/ in English.

So as you can see

your mouth is wide open.

It's voiceless as well, so no… no sound.

No vibration.

Mouth wide open

and you're going to push out the air

with your throat.

It has to come from down there, so… /h/

Please watch my mouth, try to repeat after me.

/h/ /h/

/h/ Let's practice with the word ‘hat’.

Please repeat after me.

‘hat’

‘hat’

‘hat’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs;

two words

they sound very very much alike

but the sounds are actually different

and they are very good

for you to hear the difference  between the two sounds.

But first, let's practice the sounds themselves.

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

First the /f/ sound.

/f/

/f/

/f/

Now the /h/ sound.

/h/

/h/

/h/

Let's do the two sounds  together. Please repeat after me.

/f/ /h/

/f/ /h/

/f/ /h/

And now let's take our words.

Please repeat after me, guys.

‘fat’

‘hat’

‘fat’

‘hat’

‘fat’

‘hat’

Good job.

Okay, guys. Let's go through  minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my mouth

and repeat after me.

Let's get started.

faced

haste

fad

had

fail

hail

fair

hair

fall hall

fang hang

fare hare

farm

harm

fart

heart

fate

hare

fear

hear

fed

head

fee

he

feed

heed

feel

heel

fees

he's

feet

heat

fell

hell

fence

hence

fey

hey

fight

height

fill

hill

fir

her

fit

hit

five

hive

fizz

his

foal

whole

foam

home

foe

hoe

foes

hoes

fog

hog

force

horse

found

hound

four

haw

fowl

howl

funky

hunky

funny

honey

furl

hurl

phase

haze

phone

hone

Great job, guys.

Let's now practice with sentences

containing these consonant sounds.

The first sentence is:

‘Please feel her fur heel.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Please feel her fur heel.’

The second sentence:

‘The whole foal has fair hair.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The whole foal has fair hair.’

Good.And finally:

‘He'd feed the hog in the fog.’

Please repeat. ‘He'd feed the hog in the fog.’

Very good.

Let's move 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 start with our first words.

You see you have word ‘a’ word ‘b’.

Now which one do I say?

Listen.

‘hair’

One more time.

‘hair’

Was this ‘a’ or ‘b’?

‘b’,

hair.

‘a’ would be pronounced

‘fair’.

Our next two words.

Listen to me, guys.

‘funny’

‘funny’

It's ‘a’, ‘funny’.

‘b’ would be ‘honey’.

‘horse’

‘horse’

‘It's ‘b’, ‘horse’.

‘a’ is ‘force’.

What about this one? Listen.

‘hence’

‘hence’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘hence’.

‘a’ is fence.

‘fog’

‘fog’

It's ‘a’, ‘fog’.

‘b’ would be ‘hog’.

Listen to me.

‘fowl’

‘fowl’

It's ‘a’, ‘fowl’.

‘b’ is ‘howl’.

‘feet’

‘feet’

‘a’? ‘b’? What do you think?

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘feet’.

‘b’ is heat.

‘hear’

‘hear’

It’s ‘b’ guys, ‘hear’.

‘a’ would be pronounced ‘fear’.

‘fall’

‘fall’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘fall’.

‘b’ is ‘hall’.

And our last two words.

Now listen to me.

‘haste’

‘haste’

It's ‘b’, ‘haste’.

‘a’ would be ‘faced’.

Great job, guys.

I know you now understand the difference

between this /f/ sound and  this /h/ sound in English.

Of course it takes a lot more practice

to be able to master these sounds

but you can do it.

So keep practicing,

you will also train your ear

to hear the differences between these sound.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In this video,

we are going to talk about two very important

English consonant sounds.

The sound /s/ and the sound /θ/.

So the /s/ sound and the th sound.

They are very confusing  because they sound very similar

but they are different.

And they are very important in English

so I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's take two example words.

The first word is the word ‘sink’

with an /s/ sound/ ‘sink’

The other word is ‘think’ with a th /θ/ sound.

So ‘sink’ and ‘think’.

They are two very different sounds in English.

And I really want you to be able  to pronounce them correctly.

So let's practice together

and I promise you by the end of this video

you will hear the difference.

Let's get started.

Before we learn about the consonant sounds

s /s/ and th /θ/ in English,

you should know guys about the I.P.A. spelling

- that's very useful.

You can also watch me and how I move my mouth

and obviously please try to repeat after me.

You can make those sounds

and we're going to do it now.

Okay, guys. Let's now learn  how to produce the /s/ sound.

So /s/ It's a voiceless sound.

You're not going to use your voice.

You're not going to feel the  vibration in your throat.

What you're going to do is...

your teeth are going to touch each other.

And your tongue goes down.

It touches your lower teeth, okay.

And you're going to push out some air.

So… /s/

Please watch my mouth,

repeat after me.

/s/

/s/ /s/

Let's practice with the word ‘sink’.

Please repeat after me.

‘sink’

‘sink’

‘sink’

And now, let's make the th /θ/ sound in English.

So /θ/.

It's voiceless.

Again, no vibration.

No voice.

And what you're going to do is

you're going to put your  tongue between your teeth...

okay and you're going to push out some air, okay.

/θ/

Repeat after me.

/θ/

/θ/ /θ/

Let's practice with the word ‘think’.

Please repeat after me.

‘think’

‘think’

‘think’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs -

words that are practically the same

but the sounds are different.

They are very good if you want 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 /s/ sound.

/s/

/s/

/s/

And now the th /θ/ sound.

/θ/

/θ/ /θ/

Now let's do both.

Please repeat after me.

/s/

/θ/

/s/

/θ/ /s/

/θ/ And now let's practice with our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘sink’

‘think’

‘sink’

‘think’

‘sink’

‘think’

Very good, guys.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

And I want you to look at how I move my mouth

and of course to repeat after me.

Let's get started.

face

faith

force

fourth

gross

growth

mass

math

miss

myth

moss

moth

mouse

mouth

Norse

North

pass

path

purse

Perth

race

wraith

sank

thank

saw

thaw

seem

theme

sick

thick

sigh

thigh

sin

thin

sing

thing

sink

think

some

thumb

song

thong

sought

thought

suds

thuds

symbol

thimble

tense

tenth

truce

truth

use

youth

worse

worth

Very good, guys.

Let's now practice with a few sentences

containing our consonant sounds.

Our first sentence is:

‘The Norse passed the North path.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The Norse passed the North path.’

Good.

Second sentence: ‘The sick mouse had a thick mouth.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The sick mouse had a thick mouth.’

And finally: ‘Use thick suds to keep your youth.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Use thick suds to keep your youth.’

Excellent, guys.

Let's move 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.

Here are my first two words now.

Now - word ‘a’, word ‘b’.

Which one do I say?

Listen to me.

‘thin’

One more time.

‘thin’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘thin’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘sin’.

What about this one?

Listen to me very carefully.

‘worse’

‘worse’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘worse’.

‘b’ would be ‘worth’.

‘faith’

‘faith’

It's ‘b’, ‘faith’.

‘a’ would be ‘face’.

Listen to me.

‘sank’

‘sank’

It's ‘a’, ‘sank.

‘b’ would be ‘thank’.

‘fourth’

‘fourth’

It's ‘b’, ‘fourth’.

‘a’ is ‘force’.

‘tenth’

‘tenth’

Answer ‘b’ of course.

‘a’ would be ‘tense’.

‘sink’

‘sink’

It's ‘a’, ‘sink’.

‘b’ is ‘think’.

Listen to me.

‘gross’

‘gross’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘gross’.

‘b’ will be ‘growth’.

‘truth’

‘truth’

It's ‘b’, truth.

‘a’ is ‘truce’.

Our last two words.

Now listen to me very carefully.

‘mass’

‘mass’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘mass’.

‘b’ would be ‘math’.

Excellent job, guys.

You now have a better understanding of the sounds

/s/ and θ/.

So the /s/ sound and th sound in English.

But of course keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds but you can do it.

So practice makes perfect.

Keep practicing.

Train your ear to hear the different sounds.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

In today's video,

we are going to focus on two initial

consonant sounds in English.

The ‘k’ sound and the ‘g’ sound.

/k/ and /g/.

I know they sound quite similar

but they are actually quite different in English.

And they are very important so keep watching.

Let's take two example words to begin with.

The first word is ‘cot’.

It's a very sharp ‘k’ sound as you can hear. ‘cot’

The second word is ‘got’.

It's a ‘g’ sound this time.

‘got’

So ‘cot’ and ‘got’.

They sound quite different actually

but if you cannot hear the difference,

don't worry keep watching.

We'll practice together

and at the end of the video

you will be able to pronounce them correctly.

Let's get started.

Before we get into these initial consonant sounds

/k/ and /g/ in English,

you should know about the I.P.A spelling, guys.

It's very useful.

You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.

And remember to repeat after me

when I ask you to in this video.

You can make those sounds.

Let's do it together now.

Let's first learn how to produce  this /k/ sound in English.

It's voiceless.

You are not going to use the  vibrations of your throat -

your voice.

You're just going to push out some air.

And you're going to place the  back of your tongue up there.

And you're going to push out some air

with the back of your tongue. So /k/

Can you please do this? Repeat after me.

/k/

Let's practice with the word ‘cot’.

Please repeat after me.

‘cot’

Let's now move on to the /g/ sound.

Now it's the same as the  /k/ sound but it's voiced.

So you're not going to push out some air.

You're going to produce a sound.

You're going to make your throat vibrate, okay.

So back of your tongue, up there,

and you produce a sound.

You use your voice.

So, /g/

Please repeat after me.

/g/

Let's practice with the word ‘got’.

Please repeat after me.

‘got’

Good.

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

These words sound almost the  same but they are different.

They're very good if you want to focus on the differences between the sounds.

But first, let's focus on the sounds themselves.

Watch my mouth. Please, repeat after me.

/k/

/g/

Let's do it together. Please repeat after me.

/k/

/g/

/k/

/g/

/k/

/g/

And now let's practice with the words.

Please repeat after me.

‘cot’

‘got’

‘cot’

‘got’

‘cot’

‘got’

Very good, guys.

Okay, guys.

Time now to go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

Let's do this.

cab

gab

came

game

cane

gain

cap

gap

cape

gape

card

guard

cash

gash

cave

gave

clad

glad

clam

glam

clamour

glamour

class

glass

clean

glean

clue

glue

coast

ghost

coat

goat

cob

gob

cod

god

cold

gold

come

gum

cork

gawk

could

good

coup

goo

crab

grab

cram

gram

cramps

gramps

crane

grain

crate

great

craze

graze

crease

Greece

creed

greed

creek

Greek

crepe

grape

crew

grew

crime

grind

crow

grow

crowned

ground

crumble

grumble

cull

gull

cunning

gunning

curd

gird

curly

girly

cussed

gust

cut

gut

kale

gale

kill

gill

kilt

guilt

krill

grill

Excellent, guys.

Time for the sentences now  using these consonant sounds.

Sentence number one:

‘The goat ate my coat.’

Please repeat after me, guys.

‘The goat ate my coat.’

Sentence number two:

‘A good guard could check my card.’

Please repeat after me.

‘A good guard could check my card.’

And finally:

‘The mountain cave is cold, but it gave gold.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The mountain cave is cold, but it gave gold.’

Great. Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Which word do I say?

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

Listen to me.

‘gird’ ‘gird’

Was it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

It was ‘b’, ‘gird’.

‘a’ would be ‘curd’.

What about this one?

‘crab’ ‘crab’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘crab’.

‘b’ is ‘grab’.

‘cram’ ‘cram’

It's ‘a’, ‘cram’. ‘b’ is ‘gram’.

Listen to me.

‘ground’ ‘ground’

It's ‘b’, ‘ground’.

‘a’ is ‘crowned’

‘cussed’ ‘cussed’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘cussed’.

‘b’ would be pronounced ‘gust’.

‘guilt’ ‘guilt’

It's ‘b’, ‘guilt’.

‘a’ is ‘kilt’.

Listen to this word.

‘grew’ ‘grew’

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

It’s word ‘b’, ‘grew’.

Word ‘a’ is ‘crew’.

‘crime’ ‘crime’

It's word ‘a’, ‘crime’.

Word ‘b’ is ‘grime’.

‘grow’ ‘grow’

The answer ‘b’ is correct, ‘grow’.

Answer ‘a’ would be ‘crow’.

Finally.

‘gull’ ‘gull’

It's answer ‘b’ guys, ‘gull’.

‘a’ is ‘cull’.

Good job, guys.

You now have a better understanding of the two consonant sounds

/k/ and /g/ in English.

It takes a lot of speaking and listening practice to master those sounds

so please keep practicing.

You can do it.

You will be able to pronounce them correctly

and you will train your ear so you can hear the differences between the sounds.

Also make sure you watch my  other pronunciation videos

if you want to improve your  English skills even further.

See you next time.

In this video,

I'm going to focus on two initial

consonant sounds in English.

The /t/ sound and the /d/ sound.

They may be confusing

because they sound quite similar.

But they are very different.

And they are important sounds  in the English language.

So I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's start with two example words.

The first example word is the word

‘ten’ with a ‘t’ sound.

‘ten’

It's different from ‘den’ with a ‘d’ sound.

‘den’

So ‘ten’, ‘den’.

Can you hear the difference?

Well if you can't, practice with me.

By the end of this video,

I promise you you'll be able  to pronounce them correctly.

Let's get started.

Before we learn about these  initial consonant sounds

/t/ and /d/ in English,

please remember to check the  I.P.A spelling - it's very useful.

You can also watch how I move my mouth,

and of course repeat after me in this video.

You can make those sounds.

Let's do it together.

First, let's learn how to produce  this /t/ sound in English.

/t/

It's voiceless.

You're not using your voice.  No vibration in your throat.

You're just going to push out some air.

You put your tongue against your top teeth

and you push out some air.

/t/

Please repeat after me.

/t/

/t/

/t/

Let's practice with the word ‘ten’.

Please repeat after me.

‘ten’

‘ten’

‘ten’

Good.

And now moving on to the /d/ sound.

The tongue is in the same place

as with the /t/ sound.

It's actually the same

but this /d/ sound is voiced.

You're going to use your voice

and your throat is going to vibrate.

So you put your tongue against your top teeth

but this time you don't push out some air

you produce a sound.

So, /d/.

Please repeat after me.

/d/

/d/

/d/

Let's practice with the word ‘den’.

Please repeat after me.

‘den’

‘den’

‘den’

Great.

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

These words that are almost the same

but the sounds are different.

They're very good if you want to focus on

the differences between the sounds.

First let's focus on the sounds themselves.

Watch my mouth - repeat after me, please.

First the /t/ sound.

/t/

/t/

/t/

Now the /d/ sound.

/d/

/d/

/d/

Let's now do both. Please repeat after me.

/t/

/d/

/t/

/d/

/t/

/d/

Just a trick.

The /t/ sound is voiceless.

The /d/ sound is voiced.

If you really want to make sure that you can do it properly,

what you can do is you put your hand in front of your mouth…

If it's voiceless, it means that you're going to push out some air.

And you're going to feel some air on your hands.

/t/

You can actually feel the air on your hand.

If it's voiced, you won't.

But if it's voiced, if you put your hands on your throat, you can feel the vibration,

okay.

So you can do that to make sure that you pronounce correctly.

Let's now move on to our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘ten’

‘den’

‘ten’

‘den’

‘ten’

‘den’

Great job, guys.

Okay, guys.

Time to go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

Let's go.

tab

dab

tail

dale

tame

dame

tamp

damp

tank

dank

tart

dart

teal

deal

team

deem

tear

dear

tech

deck

teed

deed

teen

dean

tell

dell

tent

dent

tick

Dick

tied

died

tie

die

tier

deer

till

dill

tin

din

tine

dine

tint

dint

tip

dip

tire

dire

to

do

toast

dosed

tock

dock

toe

doe

toes

dose

tomb

doom

ton

done

tongue

dung

torn

dawn

tote

dote

touch

Dutch

tough

duff

tout

doubt

town

down

train

drain

tresses

dresses

try

dry

tub

dub

tuck

duck

tug

dug

tummy

dummy

tusk

dusk

tux

ducks

tike

dike

tyre

dire

two

do

Great, guys.

Time now to practice with sentences

containing these consonant sounds.

Sentence number one:

‘Just dip the tip.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Just dip the tip.’

Sentence two:

‘The dummy hurt his tummy.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The dummy hurt his tummy.’

And finally:

‘Try to dry and drain the wet train.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Try to dry and drain the wet train.’

Good job.

Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Which word do I say?

‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen.

‘tyre’

One more time.

‘tyre’

Word ‘a’, ‘tyre’.

‘b’ is ‘dire’.

What about this one?

‘dry’

‘dry’

It's word ‘b’ guys, ‘dry’.

Word ‘a’ is ‘try’.

‘dank’

‘dank’

It's word ‘b’, ‘dank’.

‘a’ is ‘tank’.

‘team’

‘team’

It's answer ‘a’, ‘team’.

‘b’ is ‘deem’.

Listen.

‘tear’

‘tear’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘tear’.

‘b’ is ‘dear’.

‘dart’ ‘dart’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘dart’.

‘a’ is ‘tart’. ‘tub’

‘tub’

Answer ‘a’ is correct, ‘tub’.

‘b’ is ‘dub’.

‘duck’

‘duck’

It's word ‘b’, ‘duck’.

Word ‘a’ is pronounced ‘tuck’.

‘tie’

‘tie’

‘a’ is correct guys, ‘tie’.

‘b’ would be ‘die’.

Finally.

Listen to me.

‘dung’

‘dung’

It's answer ‘b’, ‘dung’.

‘a’ is ‘tongue’.

Great job guys.

You now have a better understanding

of these two consonant sounds in English.

The /t/ and the /d/.

Obviously, you need to keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice to master those sounds

but you can do it.

You will be able to pronounce them correctly

and you will train your ear

to hear the different sounds.

Make sure you watch my other  pronunciation videos as well

if you want to improve your English skills.

See you next time.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

In this video,

we are going to talk about

two very confusing consonant sounds -

The /f/ sound and the th /θ/ sound.

So /f/ and /θ/.

Now I know they may sound very similar

but they are actually different.

And they are two very important sounds

in the English language

so I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's start with two example words.

The first example word that I  have is ‘fin’ with an /f/ sound.

‘fin’

The second word is slightly different.

It's ‘thin’.

It's a th /θ/ sound.

‘thin’

So ‘fin’ and ‘thin’.

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

We are going to practice together

and I promise you by the end of this video,

you will hear the difference.

Let's keep watching.

Before we learn about the consonant sounds /f/ and /θ/ in English,

you should know about the I.P.A spelling.

It's very important.

You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.

And obviously always try to repeat after me, guys.

I know you can make those sounds.

Let's do it now.

First, let's practice how to  make the /f/ sound in English.

It's unvoiced.

So you're not going to use your voice.

No vibration in your throat.

You're going to put your  teeth against your lower lip

and you're going to push out some air

through your teeth and your lower lip.

So… /f/

Please watch my mouth, repeat after me.

/f/

Let's practice with the word ‘fin’.

Repeat after me.

‘fin’

Good.

And now, let's learn how to produce  the th /θ/ sound in English.

th /θ/

It's unvoiced.

No voice. No vibration in the throat, okay.

And what you're going to do is

you're going to put your tongue between your teeth

and push out some air.

/θ/

Please repeat after me.

/θ/

Let's practice with the word ‘thin’.

Please repeat after me.

‘thin’

Great, guys.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

These words that are very similar

but the sounds are actually different.

Super useful if you really want to hear the difference between two sounds.

First, let's focus on our sounds.

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

First, the /f/ sound.

/f/

And now the th /θ/ sounds.

/θ/ Now do both. Please repeat after me.

/f/ /θ/

/f/ /θ/

/f/ /θ/

And now let's take our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘fin’

‘thin’

‘fin’

‘thin’

‘fin’

‘thin’

Great.

Okay, students.

We're now going to go through  minimal pairs together.

And I want you to look at how I move my mouth

and to repeat after me.

Let's go through this.

deaf

death

first

thirst

for

thaw

fort

thought

fought

thought

four

thaw

free

three

freeze

threes

fresh

thresh

frill

thrill

fro

throw

froze

throws

fret

threat

fug

thug

furred

third

oaf

oath

Very good, guys.

Okay, guys.

Time to practice with a few sentences containing our consonant sounds.

The first sentence is:

‘Get three free samples.’

Repeat after me.

‘Get three free samples.’

The second sentence:

‘I thought they fought.’

Please repeat after me.

‘I thought they fought.’

And finally:

‘Don't fret because there's no threat.’

Repeat after me.

‘Don't fret because there's no threat.’

Good. Let's move 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 start with our first words.

Word ‘a’, word ‘b’.

Which one do I say?

Listen to me.

‘furred’

One more time.

‘furred’

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘furred’ with an ‘f’.

‘b’ would be ‘third’.

What about now? Listen to me.

‘froze’

It's ‘a’.

‘b’ is ‘throws’.

‘death’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘death’.

‘a’ would be pronounced ‘deaf’.

Listen to me.

‘thrill’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘thrill’.

‘a’ is ‘frill’.

Now which one do I say?

‘thirst’

It's answer ‘b’, ‘thirst’.

‘a’ is ‘first’.

What about this one?

‘fro’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘fro’.

‘b’ is ‘throw’.

‘free’

It's answer ‘a’, ‘free’.

‘b’ is ‘three’.

Listen to me.

‘thought’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘b’, ‘thought’.

‘a’ would be ‘fought’.

Now listen to me.

‘freeze’

It's answer ‘a’.

‘b’ is ‘threes’.

Finally.

‘oath’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘oath’.

‘a’ would be ‘oaf’.

Great, guys.

You now understand these two  different consonant sounds.

The /f/ sound and the th /θ/ sound in English.

Of course it takes a lot more  practice to master these sounds,

so keep practicing.

You'll be able to pronounce these sounds correctly in a very short time

and you will train your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

We are going to focus on two consonant sounds.

The sound /ʤ/ and the sound /z/.

Okay.

They are very different in English

even though they may sound similar.

But I want you to be able to pronounce them

differently and correctly.

So let's take two example words.

The first example word is ‘jag’.

Can you hear this ‘dg’ sound?

‘jag’

The other word is ‘zag’.

Can you hear the /z/ sound?

‘zag’

So ‘jag’ and ‘zag’.

I know they sound similar but they are different.

We are going to practice together,

and by the end of this video,

I promise you will pronounce them correctly.

So let's get started.

Before we learn about the consonant sounds /ʤ/ and /z/ in English,

you should know about the I.P.A. spelling, guys.

It's very useful.

Also you can watch me and how I move my mouth.

And of course always try to  repeat after me in this video.

You can make those sounds, guys.

Let's do it together.

First, let's learn how to  make the /ʤ/ sound in English.

So this is a voiced sound.

You're going to use your voice and feel the vibration in your throat.

What you do is, you place your tongue up there,

it doesn't move,

but your mouth is going to come out

and you're going to produce  a sound using your throat.

You have to feel that vibration, okay so

/ʤ/

So please repeat after me.

/ʤ/

Let's practice with the word ‘jag’.

Please repeat after me.

‘jag’

Good.

Let's now move on to the /z/ sound.

It is voiced as well.

You're going to use your voice and feel the vibration in your throat.

You put your tongue against your bottom teeth.

Your teeth should practically touch each other.

And you're going to produce that vibration using your voice, okay so...

/z/

So, please repeat after me.

/z/

Let's use the word ‘zag’.

Please repeat after me.

‘zag’

Good.

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

These words that sound almost the same

but not exactly.

And they're extremely good

if you really want to focus on

the difference between the two sounds.

First, let's focus on the sounds.

Watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

First… /ʤ/

And now the /z/ sound.

Repeat after me.

/z/

Let's now do both.

Please repeat after me.

/ʤ/

/z/

/ʤ/

/z/

/ʤ/

/z/

Let’s now use our words.

Please repeat after me, guys.

‘jag’

‘zag’

‘jag’

‘zag’

‘jag’

‘zag’

Great.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

Let's get started.

barge

bars

binge

bin

budge

buzz

cage

Ks

change

chains

charge

chars

forge

fours

fridge

frizz

fudge

fuzz

gauge

gaze

gorge

gauze

grange

grains

jest

zest

Jew

zoo

jig

zig

page

pays

purge

purrs

rage

raise

siege

seize

singe

sins

stage

stays

strange

strains

tinge

tins

wage

ways

Good job, guys.

Let's now practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.

Our first sentence is:

‘The actor stays on stage.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The actor stays on stage.’

The second sentence:

‘A strange virus strain made her sick.’

Please repeat after.

‘A strange virus strain made her sick.’

And finally: ‘There are ways to increase your wage.’

Please repeat after me.

‘There are ways to increase your wage.’

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 start, guys.

So which word do I say?

‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen to me.

‘tins’

One more time.

‘tins’

Was this word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

Word ‘b’ of course, ‘tins’.

Word ‘a’ is tinge.

What about now?

‘zest’ ‘zest’

It's ‘b’, ‘zest’

‘a’ is ‘jest’.

Listen to me, guys.

‘rage’ ‘rage’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘rage’.

‘b’ is ‘raise’.

‘singe’ ‘singe’

It's ‘a’, ‘singe’.

‘b’ is ‘sins’.

Which one do I say now?

‘bars’ ‘bars’

‘b’ Very good. ‘bars’

‘a’ is ‘barge’.

Now listen.

‘ways’ ‘ways’

It's ‘b’, ‘ways’.

‘a’ is wage.

‘charge’ ‘charge’

It's ‘a’, students, ‘charge’.

‘b’ would be ‘chars’.

‘zoo’

It's ‘b’ obviously, ‘zoo’.

'a' is 'Jew'.

‘stage’

is word ‘a’, ‘stage’.

Word ‘b’ is ‘stays’.

And final.

‘strange’ ‘strange’

It's word ‘a’ guys, ‘strange’.

‘b’ is ‘strains’.

Excellent job, students.

You now have a better understanding of these two different consonant sounds.

The/ʤ/ sound and /z/ sound in English.

Keep practicing.

It takes a lot of speaking and listening practice to master these sounds.

You can do it.

Just practice, train your ear as well, to hear the different sounds in English.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

In this video,

I’m going to focus on two initial  consonant sounds in English.

The ‘f’ sound.

And the ‘p’ sound.

Let’s take two example words.

You'll understand what I mean.

The first word is the word  ‘fan’ with an ‘f’ sound.

‘fan’

The second word is ‘pan’ with a ‘p’ sound.

So ‘fan’ and ‘pan’.

I know to some of you they sound very similar,

but they are quite different.

And they are very important sounds in English.

So practice with me

because I want you to be able

to pronounce these sounds correctly.

Let's get started.

Well, guys.

Before we get into the ‘f’  and ‘p’ sounds in English,

remember to check the I.P.A. spelling.

It's very important.

Also you can watch how I move my mouth

and please try to repeat  after me when I ask you to.

You can make these sounds, guys.

Let's do it together now.

Let's now practice making this initial ‘f’ consonant sound in English.

So /f/

It's voiceless.

You are not going to use your voice.

No vibration in your throat.

What you're going to do is,

you're going to place your top  teeth against your bottom lip,

and you're going to push out some air.

So, /f/.

Please repeat after me.

/f/

Let's practice with the word ‘fan’.

Please repeat after me.

‘fan’

Great.

Moving on now to the ‘p’ sound’.

So, /p/.

So it's voiceless as well.

No voice, no vibration in your throat.

Your lips are going to touch each other

and you're going to push  out some air with your lips.

So, /p/.

Please repeat after me.

/p/

Let's use the word ‘pan’.

Please repeat after me, guys.

‘pan’

Great.

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

These words sound almost the same but the sounds are different.

And they're very useful if  you really want to focus

on the difference between sounds in English.

But first, let's focus on our sounds themselves.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

First, the ‘f’ sound.

/f/

And now the ‘p’ sound.

Repeat after me.

/p/

Let's now do both.

Please repeat after me.

/f/

/p/

/f/ /p/

/f/ /p/

Let's now bring our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘fan’

‘pan’

‘fan’

‘pan’

‘fan’

‘pan’

Great job.

Okay, guys.

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

Watch how I move my mouth

and please repeat after me.

Let's go.

face

pace

faced

paste

facts

packs

fad

pad

fail

pale

faint

paint

fair

pair

fang

pang

fart

part

fashion

passion

fast

past

fat

pat

fate

pate

fear

peer

feed

peed

feel

peel

feet

peat

felt

pelt

fen

pen

fence

pence

fend

penned

few

pew

fig

pig

file

pile

fill

pill

fin

pin

finch

pinch

find

pined

fine

pine

firm

perm

first

pursed

fit

pit

fix

picks

flak

plaque

flank

plank

fleas

please

flight

plight

fled

pled

flee

plea

fleet

pleat

flop

plop

flume

plume

flunk

plunk

flush

plush

flux

plucks

Excellent, guys.

Time now to practice with sentences using these consonant sounds.

Sentence number one:

‘Put that file on the work pile.’

Please guys repeat after me.

‘Put that file on the work pile.’

Sentence number two :

‘I put the fork in the fresh pork.’

Please repeat after me. ‘I put the fork in the fresh pork.’

And finally:

‘The fit pig ate the fig in the pit.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The fit pig ate the fig in the pit.’

Good job, guys. Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Which one do I say?

‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen to me.

‘fries’

One more time.

‘fries’

Which one is it?

It's ‘a’, ‘fries’.

‘b’ would be pronounced ‘prize’.

What about this one?

‘ply’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘ply’.

‘a’ would be ‘fly’.

‘pour’

It's ‘b’, ‘pour’.

‘a’ would be ‘four’.

‘paid’

Answer ‘a’ is correct, ‘paid’.

‘b’ is ‘fade’.

‘fund’

It's ‘a’, ‘fund’.

‘b’ is ‘punned’.

‘fold’

It's ‘a’, ‘fold’.

‘b’ is ‘polled’.

‘phrase’

It's answer ‘a’ again, ‘phrase’.

‘b’ is ‘praise’.

'funk'

Answer ‘a’, ‘funk’.

‘b’ is ‘punk’.

What about this one?

‘prose’

It's ‘b’, ‘prose’.

‘a’ is ‘froze’.

And finally.

‘per’

is ‘b’, ‘per’.

‘a’ would be ‘fur’.

That was great, guys.

You now have a better understanding of these two initial consonant sounds in English.

The /f/ sound and the /p/ sound.

Keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds

to be able to pronounce them correctly

and to train your ear to hear the differences.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

Today, we are going to focus on

two important English consonant sounds.

The /d/ sound and the /ʤ/ sound.

They may be confusing because

they sound very similar but they are different.

And I want you to be able to hear the difference

and to be able to pronounce them correctly.

So let's take two example words.

The first word is the word ‘dog’.

It's a very simple ‘d’ sound.

‘dog’

The second word is ‘jog’.

It's a /ʤ/ sound.

‘jog’

So ‘dog’,

‘jog’

I hope you can hear the difference.

Keep on watching.

We're going to practice together.

And I promise you by the end of the video,

you will understand the difference

and you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.

So let's get started.

Before we learn about the consonant sounds

/d/ and /ʤ/ in English,

please try to know about the I.P.A spelling.

It's very important.

Also you can watch how I move my mouth

and obviously always try to  repeat after me in this video.

Very important as well.

You can do this, guys.

Let's do it together.

First, let's learn how to  make the /d/ sound in English.

It's a voiced sound.

You're going to use your voice -

feel the vibration in your throat.

What you do is,

you put your tongue behind your top teeth.

And you make your throat vibrate,

you use your voice and you produce a sound. /d/

Okay.

Please repeat after me.

/d/

Let's practice with the word ‘dog’.

Please repeat after me.

‘dog’

Good.

Let's now move on to the /ʤ/ sound.

It's voiced as well.

You're also going to use your voice

and feel the vibration in your throat.

But this time,

your teeth should touch each other.

And you're going to place your tongue up there

and it's not going to move.

And you're going to produce a sound.

/ʤ/ Okay.

Please repeat after me.

/ʤ/

Let's use the word ‘jog’.

Please repeat after me.

‘jog’

Great.

Let's now practice minimal pairs.

These words are almost the same

but the sounds are different.

They're very useful if you want to hear

the different sounds in English.

First let's focus on our two sounds.

Please watch my mouth repeat after me.

/d/

/ʤ/

Let's now do both.

Please repeat after me, guys.

/d/

/ʤ/

/d/

/ʤ/

/d/

/ʤ/

Let's now use our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘dog’

‘jog’

‘dog’

‘jog’

‘dog’

‘jog’

Great job.

Okay, guys.

We're now going to go through  minimal pairs together.

Please remember to watch my mouth

and to repeat after me.

bad

badge

barred

barge

bud

budge

charred

charge

dab

jab

dale

jail

dam

jam

dangle

jangle

day

jay

deans

jeans

deer

jeer

debt

jet

deep

jeep

dell

gel

dig

jig

dim

gym

din

gin

dissed

gist

dive

jive

do

Jew

dock

jock

door

jaw

dot

jot

doused

joust

dread

dredge

dug

jug

dump

jump

dunk

junk

dust

just

ford

forge

gored

gorge

head

hedge

led

ledge

mid

midge

paid

page

pled

pledge

purred

purge

raid

rage

rid

ridge

seed

siege

sled

sledge

wed

wedge

weighed

wage

Great, guys.

Well, guys.

Time now to practice with sentences

containing our consonant sounds.

First sentence: ‘The gym is dim.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The gym is dim.’

Sentence number two: ‘Her jeep drove in deep mud.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Her jeep drove in deep mud.’

And finally: ‘It's just dust on the desk.’

Please repeat after me.

‘It's just dust on the desk.’

Excellent. Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Which word do I say?

‘a’ or ‘b’?

Listen.

‘dunk’

One more time.

‘dunk’

It's word ‘a’ of course, ‘dunk’.

‘b’ would be ‘junk’.

What about this one?

‘wage’ ‘wage’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘wage’.

‘a’ is weighed.

‘purge’ ‘purge’

is ‘b’

‘a’ is ‘purred’.

Listen to me.

‘head’ ‘head’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘head’

‘b’ is ‘hedge’.

‘dive’ ‘dive’

It's ‘a’, ‘dive’.

‘b’ is ‘jive’.

‘jangle’ ‘jangle’

is ‘b’ guys, ‘jangle’.

‘a’ would be ‘dangle’.

What about this one?

‘bud’ ‘bud’

It's ‘a’, bud.

‘b’ is ‘budge’.

Listen to me.

‘barge’ ‘barge’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘barge’

‘a’ is ‘barred’.

‘dust’ ‘dust’

It's answer ‘a’, ‘dust’.

‘b’ is ‘just’.

Our last two words. Listen to me.

‘forge’ ‘forge’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘forge’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘ford’.

That was excellent guys.

You now have a better understanding

of the two consonant sounds  /d/ and /ʤ/ in English.

Of course it takes a lot more speaking

and listening practice to master these sounds

but you can do it.

Keep practicing.

Keep training your ear

to hear the differences between the sounds.

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.

And in today's video,

we are going to focus

on two very important English  final consonant sounds.

The sound ‘k’ and the sound ‘g’.

/k/ and /g/.

They can be confusing because  they sound quite similar,

but they are different

and they are very important  sounds in the English language.

So I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's get started with two example words.

The first example word is the  word ‘back’ with a ‘k’ sound.

‘back’

It's different from the word,  ‘bag’, with a ‘g’ sound.

‘bag’

So ‘back’,

‘bag’.

Can you hear the difference?

If you can't hear the  difference, practice with me.

By the end of this video,

you will hear the difference

and you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.

So, let's get started.

Before we get into the final consonant sounds

/k/ and /g/ in English,

please, guys, check the I.P.A.  spelling - it's very useful.

You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.

And please repeat after me whenever I ask you to.

You can make these sounds.

Let's do it together.

Let's now focus on pronouncing  this final /k/ sound in English.

So it's voiceless.

You're not going to use your voice  - no vibration in your throat.

Your tongue is up there and  you're going to push out some air.

And you're going to push out a little bit more air because it's final, okay.

So, it’s /k/.

Please repeat after me.

/k/

Let's practice with the word ‘back’.

Please repeat after me.

‘back’

Good.

And now moving on to the final /g/ sound.

Same position - your tongue is up there

but you're not going to push out some air.

This time you're going to use your voice

and feel the vibration in your throat

so you produce a sound.

It's /g/.

Please repeat after me.

/g/

Let's practice with the word ‘bag’.

Please repeat after me.

‘bag’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

These words are almost the same  but the sounds are different.

They're extremely good

if you really want to hear the different sounds.

Let's first focus on our sounds.

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

First, the /k/ sound.

/k/

And now the /g/ sound.

/g/

Now, let's do both.

Please repeat after me.

/k/

/g/

/k/

/g/

/k/

/g/

And now, let's use our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘back’

‘bag’

‘back’

‘bag’

‘back’

‘bag’

Great job.

Okay, guys.

It's now time to go through a  list of minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

back

bag

block

blog

buck

bug

clock

clog

chuck

chug

crack

crag

dock

dog

duck

dug

flock

flog

frock

frog

hack

hag

jack

jag

jock

jog

knack

nag

lack

lag

leak

league

lock

log

luck

lug

muck

mug

pick

pig

pluck

plug

puck

pug

rack

rag

ruck

rug

sack

sag

shack

shag

slack

slag

smock

smog

snack

snag

snuck

snug

stack

stag

tack

tag

tuck

tug

whack

wag

wick

wig

That's great, guys.

Okay, guys.

It's now time to practice with some sentences

that contain these consonant sounds.

My first sentence is:

‘Many jocks like to jog.’

Please repeat after me.

‘Many jocks like to jog.’

Our second sentence:

‘I like to snag a snack before lunch.’

Please repeat after me.

‘I like to snag a snack before lunch.’

And finally:

‘The frog jumped on her frock.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The frog jumped on her frock.’

Excellent.

Let's move 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 start.

We have two words.

Word ‘a’, word’ ‘b’.

Which one do I say?

Listen to me.

‘block’

One more time.

‘block’

Is it word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

It's word ‘a’, ‘block’.

Word ‘b’ is ‘blog’.

Listen to me.

‘plug’

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

It's word ‘b’, ‘plug’.

Word ‘a’ is ‘pluck’.

‘knack’

Answer ‘a’ is correct, ‘knack’.

Answer ‘b’ would be ‘nag’.

‘bug’

It's word ‘b’, ‘bug’.

Word ‘a’ is ‘buck’.

‘jog’

‘b’ is correct, ‘jog’.

‘a’ is ‘jock’.

‘pig’

Word ‘b’ is correct, ‘pig’.

Word ‘a’ is ‘pick’.

Listen to me.

‘whack’

Answer ‘a’ is the correct answer, ‘whack’.

‘b’ is ‘wag’.

‘slack’

The word is ‘a’, ‘slack’.

‘b’ is ‘slag’.

‘wig’

Answer ‘b’ is correct guys, ‘wig’.

Answer ‘a’ would be ‘wick’.

Finally. Listen to me.

‘smock’

It's answer ‘a’, ‘smock’.

‘smog’ would be answer ‘b’.

Great job, students.

You now have a good understanding

of these two final consonant sounds in English.

The /k/ and the /g/ sound. Keep practicing.

Practice makes perfect.

It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds

but you can do it.

You can pronounce them correctly

and you will also train your ear

to hear the different sounds.

I have other pronunciation videos.

Make sure you watch them

if you want to improve your English skills.

See you next time.

In this video, I'm going to focus  on two final consonant sounds.

The ‘m’ sound and the ‘n’ sound.

They can be confusing because  they sound quite similar

but they are different.

And I want you to be able  to pronounce them correctly.

Let's take two example words.

My first example word is the word ‘sum’.

Can you hear the final ‘m’ sound? ‘sum’

It's different from the word  ‘sun’ with an ‘n’ sound.

‘sun’

‘sum’

‘sun’

Can you hear the difference?

Well if you can't hear the  difference, practice with me.

By the end of this video you  will hear the difference and  

you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.

So let's get started.

Before we learn about the final consonant  sounds ‘m’, /m/ and ‘n’ /n/ in English,

remember to check the I.P.A. spelling, guys.

You can also watch how I move my mouth and  obviously always repeat after me in this video.

You can make these sounds.

Let's do it together.

Let's first learn how to make  this /m/ sound in English.

It's voiced.

You're going to use your voice  feel the vibration in your throat.

And actually it's very simple.

Your mouth is very still.

You're not going to do anything.

Your lips touch each other.

Your tongue doesn't move at all.

Your mouth is absolutely still.

And you're just going to produce a sound. So, /m/.

That's it. Please repeat after me, guys.

/m/

Let's practice with the word ‘sum’.

Please repeat after me.

‘sum’

Good.

Now moving on to the /n/ sound.

Which is also a nasal sound.

These are two nasal sounds so you're  going to use your nose a little bit more.

So for the /n/sound, it’s  going to be quite different,

you're going to open your mouth,

your tongue is against your top teeth,

and you're going to produce a sound with  your voice because it's a voiced sound.

So, /n/.

Please repeat.

/n/

Let's practice with the word ‘sun’.

Please repeat after me.

‘sun’

Good.

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

The words are practically the  same but the sounds are different.

They're very good if you want to  focus on the different sounds.

But first let's practice the sounds.

Please watch my mouth, repeat after me.

/m/

And now the /n/ sound.

/n/

Now, let's do it together. Please repeat after me.

/m/ /n/

/m/ /n/

/m/ /n/

And now let's use the words.

Please repeat after me.

‘sum’

‘sun’

‘sum’

‘sun’

‘sum’

‘sun’

Excellent.

Okay, students. Let's now review a list of minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

am

an

beam

been

blame

blain

boom

boon

cam

can

came

cane

clam

clan

comb

cone

deem

dean

dim

din

dime

dine

dorm

dawn

fame

feign

foam

phone

game

gain

gleam

glean

gnome

known

gram

gran

grim

grin

gum

gun

home

hone

meme

mean

same

sane

seam

scene seem

seen sim

sin

skim

skin

spam

span

sum

sun

team

teen

teem

teen

term

turn

time

tine

tomb

toon

Great, guys.

Okay, guys.

It's now time to practice with a few  sentences containing these consonant sounds.

My first sentence is:

‘There are many teens on the team.’

Please repeat after me.

‘There are many teens on the team.’

Second sentence:

‘There's gum on the gun.’

Please repeat after me.

‘There's gum on the gun.’

And finally:

‘He came without his cane.’

Please repeat after me.

‘He came without his cane.’

Very nice. Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Word ‘a’, word ‘b’.

Which one do I say?

Listen to me.

‘dean’

One more time.

‘dean’

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

It's word ‘b’ guys, ‘dean’.

Word ‘a’ is pronounced ‘deem’.

What about this one?

‘team’

It's the word ‘a’, ‘team’.

‘b’ is ‘teen’

Now listen to me.

‘blain’

The answer is ‘b’ guys, ‘blain’.

The word ‘a’ is ‘blame’.

‘tine’

It's ‘b’, ‘tine’.

‘a’ is ‘time’

Listen very carefully.

‘tomb’

It's the word ‘a’, ‘tomb’.

Word ‘b’ is ‘toon’.

‘gram’

‘a’ is the correct answer guys, ‘gram’.

‘b’ is ‘gran’.

‘boon’

‘b’ is correct ‘boon’.

‘a’ is ‘boom’.

‘grim’

The right answer is ‘a’, ‘grim’.

‘b’ is ‘grin’.

‘cone’

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘cone’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘comb’

‘skim’

That's right guys, ‘a’, ‘skim’.

‘b’ is ‘skin’.

Great job, guys.

You now have a better understanding  of these two final consonant sounds.

The /m/ sound and the /n/ sound.

Keep practicing.

It takes a lot of practice to master  these sounds but you can do it.

You'll be able to pronounce  them correctly and you will  

also train your ear to hear the different sounds.

I have other pronunciation videos.

Please make sure you watch them.

You will improve your English skills.

See you next time.

And in this video,

I'm going to focus on two final consonant sounds.

The sounds /t/ and /d/.

They can be confusing.

They sound quite the same but they are different.

And they are very important sounds in English

so I want you to be able to  pronounce them correctly.

Let's take two example words first.

My first word is the word ‘bat’

with a final /t/ sound.

‘bat’

It's different from my second word.

‘bad'

With a final /d/ sound.

‘bad’

So, ‘bat’, ‘bad’

Can you hear the difference?

Well practice with me.

By the end of this video,

you will hear the difference

and you will be able to  pronounce these sounds correctly.

Let's get started.

Before we get into the final consonant  sounds ‘t’ /t/ and ‘d’ /d/ in English,

always check the I.P.A spelling, guys.

It's very useful.

You can also watch how I move my mouth.

And always remember to repeat after me.

You can make these sounds.

Let's do it together.

First, let's learn how to produce  the final /t/ sound in English.

It's a voiceless sound.

You're not going to use your voice.

No vibration in the throat.

What you're going to do is -

you're going to place your  tongue against your top teeth,

and you're going to push out some air, okay.

/t/

Please repeat after me.

/t/

Let's practice with the word ‘bat’.

Please repeat after me.

‘bat’

Great.

And now moving on to the final /d/ sound.

It's exactly the same.

Same position of the tongue.

Same thing but you're not  going to push out some air.

This time, you're going to use your voice.

You're going to make a sound, okay.

So, /d/.

Please repeat after me.

/d/

Let's practice with the word, 'bad'.

Please repeat after me.

‘bad’

Good.

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

The words are almost the same

but the sound is different.

They're very good if you want to focus on the different sounds in English.

First let's practice the sounds.

The /t/ sound.

/t/

Repeat after me.

/t/

And now the /d/ sound.

Please repeat after me.

/d/

Let's do it together. Now, remember, guys.

Don't forget the trick…

You know the hand…

When you say /t/,

you've got to feel some air on your hand.

When you say /d/, no air, okay.

So make sure that you pronounce them correctly.

So… /t/

/d/

/t/

/d/

/t/

/d/

Let's now use our words.

Please repeat after me.

‘bat’

‘bad’

‘bat’

‘bad’

‘bat’

‘bad’

Great.

Okay, students.

Let's now review minimal pairs together.

Please watch how I move my  mouth and repeat after me.

ant

and

at

add

beat

bead

bent

bend

bet

bed

blurt

blurred

bought

board

bright

bride

but

bud

cart

card

cat

cad

clot

clod

cot

cod

cute

queued

debt

dead

eight

aid

faint

feigned

fat

fad

fate

fade

feet

feed

float

flowed

font

fond

gloat

glowed

goat

goad

got

god

grit

grid

hat

had

haunt

horned

heart

hard

heat

heed

height

hide

hit

hid

hurt

heard

kit

kid

mat

mad

meant

mend

meat

mead

moat

mode

mount

mound

neat

need

not

nod

oat

owed

pant

panned

pat

pad

peat

peed

pert

purred

plate

played

plot

plod

port

poured

pot

pod

punt

punned

quit

quid

root

rude

sat

sad

scant

scanned

sent

send

set

said

sheet

she’d

slight

slide

slit

slid

sight

side

site

sighed

skit

skid

spent

spend

spite

spied

spurt

spurred

state

stayed

stunt

stunned

sought

sawed

tart

tarred

tent

tend

tight

tied

tint

tinned

trot

trod

weight

weighed

write

ride

Excellent, guys.

Okay, students.

It's now time to practice with sentences

containing our consonant sounds.

My first sentence is:

‘The cat was tied tight.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The cat was tied tight.’

Second sentence:

‘I am fond of that font.’

Please repeat after me.

‘I am fond of that font.’

And finally:

‘The bright bride and the cute groom queued.’

Please repeat after me.

‘The bright bride and the cute groom queued.’

Perfect, guys.

Let's move 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 start with our first two words.

Which word do I say?

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

Listen very carefully, guys.

‘heard’

One more time.

‘heard’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

What do you think?

‘b’ is the right answer, ‘heard’.

The word ‘a’ is ‘hurt’.

Listen to me.

‘kit’

‘kit’

‘a’ is correct, ‘kit’.

‘b’ is ‘kid’.

‘ride’

‘ride’

The correct answer is ‘b’ guys, ‘ride’.

The answer ‘a’ would be ‘write’.

‘skit’

‘skit’

‘a’ is correct, ‘skit’.

‘b’ is ‘skid’.

Listen.

‘cute’

‘cute’

‘a’ ‘b’? It's ‘a’, ‘cute’.

‘b’ is ‘queued’. ‘dead’

‘dead’ ‘b’ is correct, ‘dead’

‘a’ is .debt’. ‘aid’

‘aid’ ‘b’ as well, ‘aid’.

‘a’ is ‘eight’. ‘spend’

‘spend’ It's ‘b’ guys, ‘spend’ ‘a’ is ‘spent’

‘cart’ ‘cart’

‘a’ or ‘b’?

It's ‘a’, ‘cart’.

‘b’ is ‘card’.

And finally.

‘weighed’

‘weighed’

‘b’ is correct guys, ‘weighed’.

‘a’ is pronounced ‘wait’.

Great practice students.

You now understand these final  consonant sounds in English.

The /t/ sound and the /d/ sound.

Please keep practicing.

It takes a lot of speaking

and listening practice to be  able to master these sounds

but you can do it.

You will be able to pronounce them correctly

and you will hear the  differences between the sounds

because you will train your ear as well.

And obviously, watch my  other pronunciation videos.

I promise you they will help  you improve your skills.

See you next time.