Consonant Sounds

CONSONANT SOUNDS

These are the symbols for the sounds of English. The sounds are organised into the following different groups:

• Voiced, Bilabial, Stop: 

                  /B/ : BALL - TABOO- RUB

• Voiceless, Bilabial, Stop:

                  /P/ : POT- HAPPY - TOP

• Voiceless, Lingua Alveolar, Stop:

                  /T/ : TELEPHONE - ATTACK - LOOT

• Voiced, Lingua Alveolar, Stop:

                  /D/ : DEER - RADAR - BLEED

• Voiceless, Lingua Velar, Stop:

                  /K/ : COW - PEEKING - WAKE

• Voiced, Lingua Velar, Stop:

                  /G/ : GOOSE - AGO - FLAG

• Voiceless, Labiodental, Fricative:

                  /F/ : FOOD - LIFE - THIEF

• Voiced, Labiodental, Fricative:

                  /V/ : VOICE - WAIVER - ABOVE

• Voiceless, Lingua Dental, Fricative:

                  /θ/ : THING -BOTH - WITH

• Voiced, Lingua Dental, Fricative:

                  /ð/ : THAT - WITHER -SMOTH

• Voiceless, Lingua Alveolar, Fricative:

                /S/ : SOAP - ASSUME - MISS

• Voiced, Lingua Alveolar, Fricative

                 /Z/ : ZIPPER - BUZZER - NOSE

• Voiceless, Lingua Palatal, Fricative:

                 /ʃ/ : SHOE - FISHING - WISH

• Voiced, Lingua Palatal, Fricative:

                 /ʒ/ : VISION - PLEASURE

• Voiceless, Glotal, Fricative:

                 /H/ : HAPPY - HELLO - HOW

• Voiceless, Lingua Alveolar, Affricate:

                 /tʃ/ : CHOP - CATCHER - WATCH

• Voiced, Lingua Alveolar, Affricate:

                 /dʒ/ : JOB - JUST - LARGE

• Voiced, Bilabial, Nasal:

                 /M/ : MASK - AMOUNT - CALM

• Voiced, Lingua Alveolar, Nasal:

                 /N/ : PIN - NO - TEN

• Voiced, Lingua Velar, Nasal:

                 /ŋ/ : SINGER - RING - FINGER

• Voiced, Lingua Alveolar, Liquid:

                 /L/ : LATE - FALL - BALLON

• Voiced, Lingua Palatal, Liquid:

                 /R/ : ROPE - FAR - RED

• Voiced, Bilabial, Glide:

                 /W/ : WISH - AWHILE - WINDOW

• Voiced, Lingua Palatal, Glide:

                 /J/ : YELLOW - YES

Reference: http://www.esltower.com

ACTIVITIES:ACTIVITY 1

RULES HOW TO PLAY

Roll the dice and advance according to the number that shows on the dice. When a player lands on a space she or he has to decode the phonetic symbol first  by reading the word and then by trying to spell the word. If correct, the player advances after the other player has taken a turn. If wrong the player looses a turn . If a player lands on a box with instructions, she or he follows the instructions. If the instruction is  – START AGAIN, the player goes back to start. If it is GO FORWARD, she or he advances according to the instruction. The first person to get to finish wins.

ACTIVITY 2

Sound differentiation crossword:

ACTIVITY 3

Homonyms: