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.
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