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.
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