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P and B sounds
p:(cup, punch, pull)
b:(cub, bunch, bull)
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The P and B sounds are often studied as a pair because both sounds are produced in the front of the mouth with the tongue in the same place. The only difference is that the B sound is voiced and the P sound is voiceless. What does that mean? Read on to find out.
The voiced B sound (IPA symbol: b) can be found in English words such as bring, bubble, boy, lab, rob, and bicycle.
The voiceless P sound can be found in English words such as jump, pop, top, puppy, purple, tip, and pray.
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The P and B sounds should be studied together. They are produced in the same part of the mouth (the front) with the tongue in the same place. The only difference is that the P sound is a voiceless sound and the B sound is a voiced sound.
In the English language, we use many voiced sounds. That means that the vocal cords vibrate when you say that letter. You can hear a voiced B sound in words such as "back" and "cab."
The letter P is a voiceless sound because the vocal cords do not vibrate. Instead, we use a puff of air to produce the sound. You can hear the P sound in words such as "pack" and "cap."
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Practice the voiced B sound
Practice the voiced B sound by saying these words. Hold a piece of paper or your hand in front of your mouth to make sure you are voicing the consonant and not using a puff of air.
bug
cab
boy
bubble
brown
black
bring
tub
rub
big
Now practice the voiceless P sound
Use a piece of paper to practice the voiceless P sound. When you say this sound, you should release a puff of air from your mouth that moves the paper. Your vocal cords should not vibrate.
purple
cap
up
cup
happy
pot
lips
play
pie
practice
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Finally, practice the sounds side-by-side
Remember to voice the B sound and use a puff of air for the P sound!
B
P
cub
cup
back
pack
bit
pit
bubble
purple
lobby
happy
Now say these sentences out loud.
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The P sounds are in blue. The B sounds are in green:
1) The big puppy barks.
2) The boy was happy.
3) Ride your bicycle to the top.
4) Bob should stop at the library.
5) We ate purple blueberry pie.
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Lesson 12:
UH Sound
(cup, luck)
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The UH sound can be found in English words such as: cup, luck, mother, love, some, sun, up, cut, run, does.
Say these words out loud (UH sound is bold):
1) us
2) up
3) sun
4) gun
5) run
6) ton
7) fun
8) love
9) above
10) some
11) gum
12) cut
13) done
14) none
15) stuck
16) duck
17) butter
18) does
Now say these sentences out loud (UH sound is bold):
1) They love us very much.
2) The sun is up in the sky.
3) The ducks will start to run.
4) Does she have some gum? I have none.
5) He is cutting the butter now.
7) I love ducks.
8) He got stuck with his truck.
9) She poured some juice from the jug into the mug.
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Lesson 11:
Short A Sound
(cat, fat)
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The short A sound can be found in English words such as: fat, cat, dad, back, fast, animal.
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Say these words out loud (short A sound is bold):
1) fat
2) cat
3) rat
4) dad
5) add
6) mad
7) glad
8) exam
9) back
10) marriage
11) have
12) class
13) fast
14) after
15) am
16) animal
17) fast
18) last
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Now say these sentences out loud (short A sound is bold):
1) The fat cat is chasing after the rat.
2) Dad is coming back after the party.
3) I am glad to finish this exam.
4) His first marriage made him mad. His second marriage were not so bad.
5) They have ten farm animals.
7) This class is progressing really fast.
8) The last hat I have left is black.
9) The cat and the rat are attacking a hat.
10) She has an orange bag.
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OH Sound
(four, store)
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The OH sound can be found in English words such as: store, four, sort, war, floor, or, court, north, short, sport, support.
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Say these words out loud (OH sound is bold):
1) or
2) door
3) war
4) four
5) shore
6) snore
7) floor
8) for
9) course
10) court
11) north
12) short
13) sport
14) support
15) sort
16) boring
17) warning
18) morning
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Now say these sentences out loud (OH sound is bold):
1) Do you want to fix the door or the floor?
2) Can I have more of that warm soup?
3) They received four warnings.
4) It was boring to swim to the shore.
5) He sort of snores.
7) I am starting a short course on foreign languages.
8) He doesn't like any sort of horse sport.
9) I was born in a court.
10) We did not receive a formal order.
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OH Sound
(four, store)
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The OH sound can be found in English words such as: store, four, sort, war, floor, or, court, north, short, sport, support.
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Say these words out loud (OH sound is bold):
1) or
2) door
3) war
4) four
5) shore
6) snore
7) floor
8) for
9) course
10) court
11) north
12) short
13) sport
14) support
15) sort
16) boring
17) warning
18) morning
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Now say these sentences out loud (OH sound is bold):
1) Do you want to fix the door or the floor?
2) Can I have more of that warm soup?
3) They received four warnings.
4) It was boring to swim to the shore.
5) He sort of snores.
7) I am starting a short course on foreign languages.
8) He doesn't like any sort of horse sport.
9) I was born in a court.
10) We did not receive a formal order.
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UR Sound
(turn, learn)
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The UR sound can be found in English words such as: turn, learn, were, word, person, church.
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Say these words out loud (UR sound is bold):
1) were
2) word
3) work
4) turn
5) burn
6) earn
7) return
8) concern
9) occur
10) early
11) prefer
12) search
13) church
14) fur
15) sir
16) person
17) research
18) learn
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Now say these sentences out loud (UR sound is bold):
1) They were at work early.
2) I prefer to use short words.
3) It's your turn to search for them.
4) They burned the house.
5) She has learned new methods and now she earns more money.
7) He prefers not to return.
8) I have some concerns regarding this person.
9) Sir, is this research complete?
10) I prefer not to wear fur.
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Schwa Sound
(the, about)
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The Schwa sound is a short and weak vowel sound. You can hardly hear it, actually.
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This sound can be found in English words such as: a, the, about, around, present, banana, father, system.
It is actually one of the most common sounds in English!
It is so common that it even got itself a name – Schwa.
The word "schwa" comes from the Hebrew word Shewa, which means: "a mark indicating lack of a vowel sound".
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Say these words out loud (the Schwa sound is bold):
1) a
2) the
3) about
4) around
5) present
6) father
7) banana
8) carrot
9) atlas
10) illness
11) offend
12) answer
13) letter
14) alone
15) sofa
16) system
17) supply
18) circus
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Now say these sentences out loud (the Schwa sound is bold):
1) I have a carrot and a banana.
2) The atlas contains a lot of maps.
3) He talked about his illness.
4) I will answer this letter.
5) Father went around the apartment.
7) The company will supply the telephones.
8) I was sitting alone on the sofa.
9) The performance in the circus was amazing.
10) He suggested a system.
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Short E Sound
(pen, bed)
The short e sound can be found in English words such as: pen, bed, dead, said, spend, best, rest, again, ready.
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Say these words out loud (short E sound is bold):
1) bet
2) rest
3) bed
4) pen
5) said
6) spend
7) get
8) check
9) let
10) sweat
11) wet
12) yet
13) ten
14) again
15) ready
16) neck
17) head
18) when
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Now say these sentences out loud (short E sound is bold):
1) I bet you haven't slept yet.
2) Get some rest.
3) When will you be ready?
4) He spends ten dollars a day.
5) My head is on my neck.
7) The floor is wet again.
8) He said: "Could you check if you have a pen?"
9) Can you help? Sure, no sweat (=no problem)!
10) Let's pet the cat.
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❇️UH Sound
ʊ (put, foot)
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The UH sound can be found in words such as: put, full, sugar, foot, good, should.
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Say these words out loud (UH sound is bold):
1) put
2) full
3) pull
4) sugar
5) bush
6) book
7) cook
8) foot
9) good
10) look
11) could
12) should
13) would
14) cookie
15) wool
16) bull
17) cookbook
18) push
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Now say these sentences out loud (UH sound is bold):
1) Put the book on your foot.
2) I want to read the full book.
3) He will pull the bull.
4) To cook with sugar is not healthy.
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5) He could push his car.
7) He would eat a cookie if he could.
8) You should look at this cookbook.
9) They said they would buy some wool.
10) The bull pushed the bush
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Short I Sound
I (sit, hit)
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The short I sound can be found in words such as: in, sit, hit, city, click, trip, winter, busy, minute.
Say these words out loud (short I sound is bold):
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1) in
2) is
3) if
4) sit
5) hit
6) click
7) spin
8) ill
9) trip
10) busy
11) minute
12) will
13) with
14) sister
15) give
16) listen
17) miss
Now say these sentences out loud (short I sound is bold):
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1) Come here and sit.
2) Kate is my sister.
3) If you stay I will stay too.
4) Try to hit that ball with your bat.
5) We will have a very nice trip.
7) I am really busy at this minute.
8) They will sit with you.
9) She will give us the bill.
10) Stay here and listen to me.
11) They miss the winter
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❇️Word Stress and Syllables
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Word stress and syllables are the next important things to learn about English pronunciation and accent. Syllables
A syllable is a word, or part of a word, which contains a single vowel sound. It is a single unit of speech.
Each word contains one syllable, or more.
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· One Syllable
Here are examples of words with a single syllable:
pen
man
pig
cup
hat
In English, a vowel sound can be made of more the one vowel letter.
So the following words have a single syllable as well:
feet
moon
cake
have
break
bought
All of these words contain only one vowel sound, and therefore a single syllable.
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· Two Syllables
A word can have more than one syllable. The following words are examples of words with two syllables. Here are examples of words with 2 syllables. The different syllables are shown on the right, and they are separated with a space.
garden: gar den
hotel: ho tel
consist: con sist
object: ob ject
focus: fo cus
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·Three Syllables
Examples of words with three syllables:
September: sep tem ber
department: de part ment
telephone: te le phone
camera: ca mer a
Saturday: sa tur day
hamburger: hum bur ger
vitamin: vi ta min
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· Four Syllables
Examples of words with four syllables:
kindergarten: kin der gar ten
information: in for ma tion
January: ja nu ar y
American: A mer i can
discovery: di sco ver y
That is not all, of course. There can be words with even more syllables. But you get the point, right? When a word has more than one syllable, not all syllables are pronounced with the same degree of force. The syllable which is pronounced with greater force is called the stressed syllable. You can also call it the accented syllable. "Accent" in this case means "emphasis".
When speaking, it is important to put the stress on the correct syllable.
Otherwise, it would sound unnatural, and might even be difficult to understand!
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Here are some examples of the word stress of some common words (the stress part is bold):
water: wa ter
people: peo ple
television: tel e vi sion
together: to geth er
potato: po ta to
before: be fore
begin: be gin
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