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7 The 24 Consonant Sounds Part 1

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Pronunciation 4 - 24 Consonant Sounds

Many of the consonant sounds in English are as expected for the ABC alphabet, but there are also a few strange sounds to be learnt.

For example, in Spanish, an H at the end of a word is not pronounced, so the word Spanish would sound like Spanis, and rhyme with kiss.
In English however, the combination SH has a new identity, and sounds like SH in SHeep.
The word SPANISH is then pronounced SpaniSH and not Spanis.

There are other such combinations: CH sounds like the CH in Church, NG sounds like NG in thiNG,

and TH can sound like THin or THere.

Looking at the first 12 sounds on the full list:

1) P sounds like the P in Pen,

2) F as in Five,

3) M as in Me,

4) B as in Book,

5) V as in Very.

Indian speakers need to be careful to separate the sounds of V as in Very and the sound of W as in We, which don't sound the same.

To continue,

6) N as in Nine,

7) T as in Ten,

8) NG as in loNG

9) D as in Do and

10) H as in House.

TH is an unusual combination because it has 2 different sounds,

11) TH as in THing sounds different from

12) TH as in THis.

A) Mouth

B) Pencil

C) Bed

D) Fish

P as in Pen

(1)

Listen and Repeat Context sentence: I draw pictures with my PENCIL .

A) Mouth

B) Pencil

C) Bed

D) Fish

F as in Five

(2)

Listen and Repeat Context sentence: My pet is a FISH .

A) Mouth

B) Pencil

C) Bed

D) Fish

M as in Me

(3)

Listen and Repeat Context sentence: I eat with my MOUTH .

A) Mouth

B) Pencil

C) Bed

D) Fish

B as in Book

(4)

Listen and Repeat Context sentence: I sleep in my BED .