in this video, we're going to talk about the P and B sounds.
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So these sounds in English -- P and B -- are easy to confuse.
It's hard to make the distinction between the two sometimes.
They are really almost the same sound. Your mouth is doing the same thing,
which is your lips are pressing together and then popping open,
but one of them is voiced, so that means you're making sound down here.
You can feel it if you touch your throat. That one is B. You should feel vibration in your vocal chords.
But P doesn't do that, but does make a little bit of puff of air come out of your mouth.
So when you say P, you're pushing air out of your mouth at the same time,
which you don't do with B.
You can see that this is what happens.
I will say a word with B and a word with P, and you'll see the difference.
So if I say BIG, BIG,.. this paper doesn't move
because I'm not putting any air out of my mouth, or not a big puff of air.
But if I say PIG, PIG.. it puffs the paper because I'm pushing air out at the same time I'm making the sound.
So these are the two major differences:
B has voice and no puff of air,
and P has no voice and a puff of air.
Both of them are kind of tiring.
With the P, I guess you have to be careful not to spit on somebody.
In general, you should try for that.
So to give you some examples, we'll look at some sentences which contain minimal pairs.
Minimal pairs are two words which are identical except for one sound.
So for example BIG and PIG..
they are almost the same; it's just that one sound is different.
So our first sentence is: I like peaches.
Mm hmm. They're very juicy. Delicious. I love peaches. Me too. I also like beaches.
I like beaches where I can swim and enjoy the sun, get some vitamin D.
Yeah. If you could eat a peach, on the beach. Hey. Living the dream life.
So, listen again: I like peaches. I like peaches.
And now: I like beaches, I like beaches.
Okay here's another sentence with a minimal pair.
I could say: I saw a pear. That's also a fruit that we love. Yeah, we like fruit. Yeah. It's good.
I saw a pear or I saw a bear, I saw a bear.
I would much rather see a pear.
I saw a bear when I was a child (yeah?) in my backyard. Oh my goodness!
It was a baby. It just ran away. Oh, cute.
Pears can't run.
So listen one more time. I'll do the first -- the fruit first.
I saw a pear, I saw a pear.
Or: I saw a bear, I saw a bear.
So we can also have these sounds at the end of the word. Listen to this sentence:
I have a blue rope. I have a blue rope (it's for jumping).
Or: I have a blue robe. I have a blue robe.. to wear on top of my clothes. Mm-hmm.
Again: I have a blue rope. I have a blue rope.
I have a blue robe. I have a blue robe.
Okay, and one last example.. I could say: Give me a fist pump (this is a fist pump).
Larissa, give me a fist pump. Woo. Woo hoo.
Or: Give me a fist bump. Give me a fist bump. Anytime!
So, you want to hear those one more time?
Give me a fist pump (with P).
Or give me a fist bump.
We're gonna do a little activity now, and for this activity
you need to have a copy of this worksheet.
You can go to our website, EXTRAENGLISHPRACTICE.COM and print it out for free.
Or you can just draw one yourself.
In this activity, I will say a sentence, and it will have either a word with P or a word with B.
If you hear the P sound in the first example, go from BEGIN to P.
Then if you hear a B sound, move down to the B.
If you hear a P, down move down to the P. Mmm hmm.
And continue until you get to the end.
So you just listen for the sound and go towards that sound.
Alright. Let's give it a try. Okay, Misha will follow along with her finger, and then you can check your answer.
So the first sentence is: I like peaches or I like beaches.
If you hear PEACHES move to P -- BEACHES, move to B.
Okay, ready? Start at begin. Ready? yeah. First sentence:
I like beaches. Okay. I like beaches. Mm-hmm.
Second, I like peaches. I like peaches. Mm hmm.
Third, I like peaches. Mm-hmm. I like peaches.
Next? Yep. I like beaches. Okay. I like beaches.
And the last one: I like beaches, I like beaches. Okay.
So hopefully you ended up at number four. Mm-hmm, that's where I ended up.
Okay, we're gonna play again. This time I will say the sentence and Larissa will follow along.
So the sentence I'm going to use will either sound like this:
Please pass the putter. A putter is a small ...golf stick.
Yeah, golf stick. We don't play golf. But it's...it's a thing.
Or: Please pass the butter.
So please pass the putter.
Or please pass the butter.
You ready? I am. Okay, the first one:
Please pass the putter. Please pass the putter.
The next: Please pass the butter. Please pass the butter.
Next: Please pass the butter. Please pass the butter.
Next one: Please pass the butter. Please pass the butter.
And the last one: Please pass the putter. Please pass the putter.
I ended up on number three.
This sentence I think is quite useful:
It's either: It starts with the letter P OR it starts with a letter B.
That's a good sentence to know. If you need some help with spelling
or to clarify the word, you can use this.
Okay, so here we go!
It starts with the letter B. It starts with the letter B.
Next: It starts with the letter B. It starts with a letter B.
Next: It starts with the letter P. It starts with the letter P.
Next: It starts with the letter B. It starts with a letter B.
And finally: It starts with a letter P. It starts with a letter P.
Okay, I ended up at number five. Yeah! High five! Fist bump!
We do this to congratulate each other or when something good happens.
So last one. One more. Okay.
If these are hard for you, you can always rewind and try them again, but we'll do one more together.
This time my sentence is going to be give me a fist pump or give me a fist bump.
Here we go, first one: Give me a fist pump. Give me a fist pump.
Next: Give me a fist pump. Give me a fist pump.
Next: give me a fist bump. Give me a fist bump.
Next: Give me a fist pump. Give me a fist pump.
Number three. Number three. It's very hard to hear the difference between these.
If this is a challenging sound for you because they are so similar.
So feel free to go ahead and rewind do this again. Yeah.
Also, once you have this sheet downloaded you can practice your speaking with someone else;
see if they hear the same thing that you do or get someone who can make this..
these sounds easily to say sentences for you, and you can follow along.
There are extra sentences on that worksheet that we didn't cover. That's right.
And don't worry, you practice and practice, you'll get better, for sure.
Thanks so much for watching. We hope you found this video helpful. Mm-hmm.
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A minimal pair is a word that is identical ...a minimal pair are two words that are identical..
I made it worse, Larissa!
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Okay, okay...well, mmmm, .... yeah, okay.... go