(Cont) Articulation and Description of the English Consonant Sounds

The sound [p] as in PEN

peel – piece – peer – pick – pin – pen – pair – pack – palm – part –sport – spoon – space – spy–  price – proud – prose – spring - trip – keep – help – soup – – tipping – kept – napkin – apple - plural – plug – play – split – splendid

The sound [b] as in BE

be – beat – beer – big – bit – best – bed – bare – bad – back – balm – barblur – blood – blame – blind - brand – broad – brother –  number – able – terrible –  rub – rib – rob – knob

The sound [t] as in TEN

team – tip – tell – tan – task – tar –true – trust – train – trace – try – step – stare – stand – star – store – writer – later – better – little – rattle – part – coat – short – tact – laughed – passed – released – reached

The sound [d] as in DO

deep – deal – dear – dip – den – dress – drag – draw – drop – managed – hated – started - ride – made – mad – add – odd –  lived – turned – Edward – heading – idle

The sound [k] as in KATE

keen – keep – kill – kiss – Ken – chemistry – class – clue – clerk – club - credit – crash – crawl – cruise – crush – action – token – lecture – awkward – scale – scare – score – school – according – accumulate – accuse –  talk – dark – oak – rack – axis – excellent – exceed – exclude – excuse – quite – quick – queen accent – accept – succeed

The sound [g] as in GO

give – gift – get – guess – gas - glance – glamor – glue – leg – egg – rug – dialogue - legal – eager – beggar – regular – language – linguist – exert – exam – exact – grab – grasp – grew – groom

The sound [f] as in FEEL

feel – feed – fear – fit – finish – fell – fed – fair – fast –floor – floss – flew – flu – half – deaf – stiff – staff – cuff – suffer – effect – coffee – muffin – friend – fresh – fragile – fraud – frog –

The sound [v] as in VERY

veal – vivid – vet – very – variant – vast – vault – verb – eleven – event – level – lever – ever – active – love – move – brave – groove – stove – curve

The sound [θ] as in THIN

theme – thief – theater – theory – thin – thick – thing – think – threat – throb – through – threw – thrust – – width – fifth – sixth – thirteenth - booth – tooth – teeth – truth – north – cloth – anything – everything – nothing – diphthong – without –

The sound [ð] as in THIS

bathe – soothe – smooth – clothe – with - brother – leather – feather – although – without – southern – northern – rhythm –these – this – then – them – their – there –

The sound [s] as in SO

seem – seen – sin – simple – associate – society – privacy – smell – smile – snake – snow – speak – escape – scatter – score – school – stops – keeps – types – laughs – accept – except – excess – explain – nice – notice – release – increase – science – scissors – scythe –

The sound [z] as in ZOO

zebra – zero – zip – zigzag – music – reason – poison – exert – exam – exact – pays – runs – teams – finds – tells – those – wise – always – advise –

The sound [sh] as in SHOW

she – sheep – sheer – chic – ship – shed – share – shriek – shrimp – shrink – fish – flash – rash – cash – cache – publish - discussion – expression – mission – pressure – official – financial – politician – efficient – patient –

The sound [zh] as in BEIGE

usual – casual – visual – vision – explosion – erosion – measure – pleasure – treasure – leisure - beige – mirage – collage – sabotage – prestige – garage – rouge

The sound [h] as in HE

he – heat – here – him – history – help – hair – hand – have – half – heart – hard – horn – hot – who – whose – hook – her – heard – hurry – hunt – hundred – hate – hide – how – home – hope – hold – whole - behind – behold – inherit – inhibit – inhabit – inhale;

The sound [ch] as in CHEESE

touch – search – torch – teach – rich – branch – lunch – batch - teacher – preacher – kitchen – matching – cheese – cheap – cheer – chip – chin – check – chess – chair – chance – chapter – charity – chart – charter – chalk – chore – choose – chew – church

The sound [j] as in JUST

jeans – jeep – Jim – gin – gym – jet – general – gentle – jam – jazz – John – journey – journal – just – jump – judge – June – jail – Jane – giant –large – huge – emerge – package – message – hostage – manage – surgeon – agent – angel – danger – stranger – engine – Egypt – tragic –

The sound [m] as in ME

me – mean – mere – middle – mint – men – man – mark – more – some – dame – time – form – firm – stem – memory – murmur – family – female – smell – smash – smart – small – smooth

The sound [n] as in NO

need – neat – knee – never – nap – nasty – normal – not – noon – new – nutrition – ban – tan – kin – pin – thin – sin - funny – manner – inner – winner – annoy – lunch – bench – branch – sneeze – sniff – snack – snap – snore – snob –

The sound [ŋ] as in SING

[ŋ] sing – singer – singing – sang – sung – hang – hanger –bank – banker – frank – spank – tank – ankle – drink – think – sink – link – finger – anger – angry – hunger – hungry – linger – longer

The sound [l] as in LIVE

lead – leap – live – let – less – lack – last – lark – all – fall – call – tell – sleep – slip – slap – slash – alone – alive – Elizabeth – elect – cold – hold – held – mild – field – apple – couple – blood – blow – plain – plan

The sound [r] as in RED

read – reap – real – rear – risk – wrist – red – rest – rare – bring – proud – spread – true – around – arrange – arrive – carp – hard – park – large – – tore – four – car – bar – far

The sound [w] as in WE

we – week – wheel – wind – will – wet – west – when – where – wax – sweet – swim – swift – sweat – swear – swallow – language – linguist – Guatemala – Gwen– quite – quick – queen – quality – equal

The sound [y] as in YES

      year – yield – yes – yesterday – yellow – yet – yard – yawn – York – yacht – yearn – young –  
     yoga – yolk – you – use – unit – utility - beyond – canyon – Tanya – Tonya – million – billion – 
     onion – union – music – human – few – view.