Consonants
These three images shows the human vocal track where sounds (such as vowels and consonants) are produced.
Vocal cords are actually folds of skin. A voiced sound is created when the vocal cords vibrate, e.g., /z/. If the vocal cords do not vibrate, we have unvoiced sounds, e.g., /s/ and /p/. All vowels are voiced sounds. Some consonants are voiced, while some are unvoiced. Check the website http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html for the animation on producing the sounds
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Learn to pronounce the sounds by clicking on them. - /p/ and /b/ - /t/ and /d/ - /k/ and /g/ *Watch this video about pronouncing the two words "can" and "can't" |
Learn to pronounce the sounds by clicking on them.
- /f/ and /v/ - /s/ and /ʃ/ - /s/ and /z/ (and how to pronounce -s ending) - /h/ - /θ/ and /ð/ - /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ |