Pronunciation: Vowels and Consonants

 Table of Contents:

 

The Alphabet: Listen to the pronunciation of the alphabet

The Phonetic Alphabet: Go to this URL and listen.        

The Vowels

• Vowel Overview: There are five vowels in English but 15 vowel sounds.
• Long Vowels: Listen to the sounds of the long vowels.
• On  Long Vowels: Stretch the vowel to give the word length.
• On Short Vowels:  Watch the changing shape of the mouth and jaw movement..
• The Front Vowels: Practice clear production of front vowels.
• Snowboarding: Listen as you take the next quiz.
• Snowboarding Quiz: 
• The Back Vowels

The Consonants

• Classifications: Descriptions of Consonant Sounds
• Articulation: Place of Articulation

A.  PLOSIVES: Plosive Consonants

(1)   The Plosive /p/

• Initial  /p/ 
• Initial and Medial /p/  

(2)   The Plosive /b/

• Is it a P or a B?   Listen as you take the following quiz.

QUIZ 

 

(3)   The Plosive /t/

(4)   The Plosive /d/

• Initial and Medial  /t/ and /d/  
• Betty and Eddy 
• Final /t/ and /d/ 
• The Unlucky Cat 
• Losing /t/ in Consonant Clusters + S     
• Contractions: It's, That's, What's, Let's 
  
• QUIZ  Open the quiz, click listen and take the quiz.

(5)   The Plosive /k/
(6)   The Plosive /g/

• Initial /k/ and /g/ 
• K-K-K Katie
• Medial /k/ and /g/  Print this page and watch the next video.
• Medial /k/ and /g/    

B.  FRICATIVES

(1)   Voiceless /s/

(2)   Voiced /z/

• Medial /s/
• Medial /s/ or /z/

QUIZ  

• Office Depot  Play this as you take the next quiz. 
• Final /s/, /z/, or /iz/
• Entomologists  Play this as you take the next quiz. 

QUIZ

• Sh and Ch
• Sh and Ch 2
• Sh and Ch Patterns
• Zh and Dz
• Zh and Dz 2
• Zh and Dz Patterns

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