Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/v/

vase

v very eleven

live travel

river love

of

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Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/d/

dog

d

dd

dance understand

bad read

address middle

Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/s/

snake

s

ss

sister smoke

sit pistol

stress actress

nice

city

cinema

police

Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/z/

zebra

z

s

zero Brazil

music please

dogs watches

How to make the /s/ and /z/ sounds

In both sounds, there is some contact between the tongue and the teeth at the sides of the mouth.

Difference:

/s/: there is no vibration from the thoat.

/z/: there is vibration from the thoat.

Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/l/

leg

l

ll

like little

plane girl

small spelling

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/w/

witch

w

wh

window twenty

Wednesday win

why when

once

one

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/k/

key

c

k

ck

credit card actor

kitchen like

black pick

Christmas

chemist’s

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/g/

girl

g

gg

green get

angry big

eggs bigger

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/t/

tie

t

tt

tea take

student sit

letter bottle

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/ʃ/

shower

sh

ti(+vowel)

shopping shoes

fish Spanish

station information

sugar

sure

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/ʒ/

television

Un unusual sound

revision decision

confusion

usually

garage

How to make the /ʃ/and /ʒ/ sounds

The tongue points upwards towards the roof of your mouth- There is some contact between the tongue and the teeth at the sides of the mouth.

Differences:

/ʃ/: There is no vibration from the throat.

/ʒ/: There is vibration from the throat.

Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/r/

right

r

rr

red rich

problem try

sorry terrible

write

wrong

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/p/

parrot

p

pp

paper pilot

sleep Poland

apple happy

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/f/

flower

f

ph

ff

fifteen wife Friday

photo elephant

office coffee

Consonant sounds and spelling

no vibration usual spelling but also!

/ʧ/

chess

ch

tch

t(+ure)

cheap children

watch match

picture culture

Consonant sounds and spelling

vibration usual spelling but also!

/ʤ/

jazz

j

dge

ge

jungle January

enjoy July

bridge fridge

age large

German

manager

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/j/ yacht

y

before u

yellow yesterday

young yes

use university

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/ŋ/

singer

ng song England

language thing

long going

think

bank

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/b/

bag

b

bb

be table job

builder number

rubber bubble

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/θ/

thumb

th think thirty

throw bathroom

fourth tenth

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/ð/

mother

th the these

then other

that with

How to make the /θ/ and /ð/sounds

Make loose contact between the tongue and the back of the teeth and push the air through the gap.

Differences:

/θ/: There is no vibration from the throat.

/ð/: There is vibration from the throat.

Consonant sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/m/

monkey

m

mm

man Monday

money swim

summer swimming

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/n/

nose

n

nn

no never

nine run

dinner thinner

know

knee

Consonant sounds and spelling

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/h/

house

h happy hungry

hotel behind

hall head

who

whose