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  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like'.

  • Subscribe to the channel.

  • Put your comments below and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like'.

  • Subscribe to the channel.

  • Put your comments below and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put your comments

  • below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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, 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put your comments below and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support.

  • Click 'like', subscribe to the channel, put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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 an '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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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/ 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.

  • 'Please feel her fur heel.'

  • The second sentence: 'The whole foal has fair hair.'

  • Please repeat after me.

  • 'The whole foal has fair hair.'

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

  • 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.

  • Thank you so much for watching, guys.

  • If you've liked it, show me your support,

  • click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

  • put your comments below, and share this video.

  • See you.

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

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