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  • 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 trickYou 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

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  • See you.

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

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practice

US /ˈpræktɪs/

UK /'præktɪs/

  • other
  • To carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
  • To carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
  • To perform an activity or exercise a skill repeatedly in order to improve or maintain proficiency.
  • To perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.
  • To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled at it.
  • noun
  • A customary way of doing something.
  • A usual or customary action or proceeding.
  • A doctor's or lawyer's business.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something.
  • The office and place for legal or medical work
  • Doing something many times to become better at it
  • other
  • A customary way of doing something.
  • The business or work of a professional person, such as a doctor or lawyer.
  • other
  • The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something.
  • Repeated exercise of an activity or skill in order to improve or maintain proficiency.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • other
  • Work at or be engaged in (a profession).
  • verb
  • To perform an activity or exercise a skill repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To live according to the teachings of a religion
  • To do something many times to improve a skill
improve

US /ɪmˈpruv/

UK /ɪm'pru:v/

  • verb
  • To make, or become, something better
  • other
  • To become better than before; to advance in excellence.
  • To become better
  • other
  • To make something better; to enhance in value or quality.
  • To make something better; to raise to a more desirable quality or condition.
position

US /pəˈzɪʃən/

UK /pəˈzɪʃn/

  • noun
  • A condition with regard to circumstances.
  • The way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.
  • Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • A job; a post.
  • Specific location where someone or something is
  • A particular stance or attitude towards something.
  • Where you play or your role on a sports team
  • Person's job or status level
  • Set of conditions affecting what you can (not) do
  • A player's place in a team.
  • other
  • To put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.
  • To put (someone or something) in a particular place or arrangement.
  • To put (someone or something) in a particular position in relation to other people or things.
  • verb
  • To put in a particular location or direction
neat

US /nit/

UK /ni:t/

  • adjective
  • That you approve of; cool
  • (Of alcohol) not weakened with water or a mixer
  • Not messy; clean and orderly; simple and effective
sentence

US /ˈsɛntəns/

UK /'sentəns/

  • noun
  • Official punishment given by a court of law
  • Set of words that make a whole statement
  • verb
  • (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
pronounce

US /prəˈnaʊns/

UK /prə'naʊns/

  • other
  • To give or make a judgment or decision.
  • To make the sound of a word or letter in a particular way.
  • verb
  • To state something in a legal or official way
  • To give your opinion or decision about something
  • To say the sounds of words in a correct way
bet

US /bet/

UK /bet/

  • noun
  • Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
  • An agreement to risk money on the result of an event or a competition
  • verb
  • To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • Used to express certainty or confidence
debt

US /dɛt/

UK /det/

  • noun
  • Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
  • other
  • Something owed to someone or something else.
  • Something, typically money, that is owed or due.
  • A moral or social obligation.
  • other
  • The total amount of money that a government, organization, or person owes.
  • other
  • The state of owing money; indebtedness.
tongue

US /tʌŋ/

UK /tʌŋ/

  • noun
  • Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
  • A language
  • Movable fleshy thing in your mouth, for tasting
  • Act of scolding someone
  • A specific manner of speaking
  • verb
  • To using your mouth to produce musical notes
  • To use your mouth to touch something
aid

US /ed/

UK /eɪd/

  • noun
  • Money or help given to those who need it
  • Action of giving help to others
  • A device or tool used to help someone do something.
  • Help or support, especially financial assistance.
  • verb
  • To help others and provide things
  • To help or assist someone or something.
  • other
  • To help or assist someone or something.
  • To help or assist someone.
  • other
  • Assistance given to someone in need.
  • Money given to help pay for something, especially education.
  • Emergency medical treatment given to someone who is injured or ill.
  • Help or support given to someone or something.
  • Financial assistance provided to people who cannot afford legal representation.
  • Military assistance provided by one country to another.
  • Something that provides support or assistance.