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Pronunciation Guide

The document provides examples of words beginning with different consonant sounds. It includes lists of initial consonant sounds like /t/, /f/, /v/ and medial consonant sounds like /th/, /f/ and /r/. For each sound, it provides 10 example words and sentences using those words. It also includes some tongue twisters and comparisons of words that differ by just one sound.

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Pronunciation Guide

The document provides examples of words beginning with different consonant sounds. It includes lists of initial consonant sounds like /t/, /f/, /v/ and medial consonant sounds like /th/, /f/ and /r/. For each sound, it provides 10 example words and sentences using those words. It also includes some tongue twisters and comparisons of words that differ by just one sound.

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TH

- Place your tongue between your teeth as if you were sticking your tongue out at someone. Then

blow the air out through your mouth. VOICELESS is an airy sound. VOICED is a vibrating sound.
VOICELESS

lnitial
Think Thirsty
End

theater theme thin thank thimble therapy death fourth


author youthful

thesis

thorn

thought think
breath moth

thirty
thing

Bath Faith

myth teeth
pathetic bathrobe

path both

worth mouth

youth wrath

Medial
Bathroom Faithful

pathway
mythology
threw thrive

everything worthless

nothing pithy

mathematics

ether

Throw Throb
VOICED

Combination thread thrush

thriller
through

threat throne

throat three

thrust
thrash

lnitial
That Them
End

those these

thy than

their they

then the

this thus

though thereabouts

Smooth

breathe

bathe

clothe

seethe
lather father

loathe

soothe

Leather mother either neither Feather northern weather rather


SENTENCES:

Medial

southern

further

other gather

1. Thorne thought about three thousand thimbles. 2. The thin thistle thrived among the thorns. 3. Seth thanked Thumbelina for the thick thatch. 4. They threw them into the bath.

5. Father will thrash Heather with the leather belt. 6. The author knew something but clairned to know nothing. 7. The other path leads through the thick forest. 8. The weather in the north is mild while in the south there is rain. 9. Three thieves treaded a path through the traffic.
10.Thirty three thousand thoughtless thieves ran through the thick thorny thicket last Thursday.

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COMPARISON: S - TH Sin symbol Sink sought -

thin think

thimble thought

sum * thumb

saw

thaw

seem sank face

theme thank

- thick sigh - thigh


sick moss - moth sign - thine

Purse
Pass

- path

- Perth

mouse worse -

mouth worth faithful writhing

- myth mass - math


miss

faith sis - this


looser

- pathway Some sing - something


Passway
SENTENCES:

faceful rising -

useful lesser - leather

youthful

- Luther

The thief stole the jewels. They said that they would sell it. 3. Please don't seat yourself on a thriving thistle. 4. The sea seemed safe for the moment. 5. These things are sometime so tedious. 5. Let's think positively about the therapy. 7. There are some books scattered on the table. 8. The box contained soap, salt and other things. 9. Sandra has a very big mouth with very big teeth. 10.Their horses caused chaos while they waited.

1. 2.

TONGUE TWISTER:

Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter ln sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. lf Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter, Can thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, See thou, in sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, Thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy treei made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

l
F

- Place your front upper teeth lightly CIn your bottom lip and blow the air out the front of your mouth.

The sound is VOICELESS.

lnitial

Face fact factor Fortune forehead fear


End

family faint buff


housewife

farm fur

father fence

film fight

forest fall

cliff Scarf
Medial

stuff strife

half safe

giraffe knife wife wildlife unsafe off

life rife

Profile affable afflict profess reform effect affect Unfair unfaithful unfasten offend safer referee refill
Freckled frogs fell from the second floor. 2. The fake fish finger was father's favorite. 3. The funny friends followed the flock of birds through the forest. 4. Freda finds February filled with fun. 5. Frank cut the loaf for Fiona with a knife. 6. The professor folded the pamphlet perfectly before he spoke. 7. Fido is a furry faithful and fearless friend. 8. The farmer fixed the fence for the chief. 9. Faith confesses the filing in the office is difficult. 10. The deaf fellow left the stuff as he found it.

affair offer

SENTENCES:

1.

COMPARISON: P - F Pull pill pond Poke -

full folk

fill - fond
- whiff

pence pickle -

fence fickle strife hoof

pin pine -

fin fine sniff


- gift
left

pig - fig pork - fork cup

- leaf Sheep - sheaf


Leap Copy

cheap

- chief
- sift

whip

stripe hoop ripped

snip gripped

- cuff

coffee

sipped

- rifr

leapt

SENTENCES:

1. The funny fellow put the pen in the fire. 2. Faith tripped over the telephone at Fred's palace. 3. The plump puppy followed Patricia for a long time. 4. A few people prefer waffles more than pancakes.

5. Pickles, plums, figs, and pumpkins are all foods. 6. Pat did not expect to sniff powdered pepper. 7. People often repeat different expressions. 8. The chef chopped the potatoes with a sharp knife. 9. The father completed the application for his handicapped

son. 10.Your thoughtful influence has affected pennv in a wonderful wav.

- Place your front upper teeth lightly on your bottom lip and blow the air out the front of your mouth.

The sound is VOICED.

lnitial
Vale Vampire
End Five Save

van vanish

venture vapor

vase

vacant

volume value

victim vanilla

vision vault

valid veil

hive strive

jive
have

live love

rove believe

move prove

dove drive

curve leave

Medial

Movie

Leaving
SENTENCES:

every servant

available prevent

service envy

even lovely

never harvest

rival river

ever giver

The vicious vampire vanished with the victim forever. The servant serves savories and vegetables to the five guests. 3. My love gave me lovely envelop of things on Valentine's Day. 4. I lived on vanilla ice cream and halved guavas while serving in Venezuela. 5. The ventilator has various volumes and releases vapor through the vent. 6. The five hives are alive with active savage bees. 7. I believe that the value of the vacuum is vast and will prevent problems. 8. You advised me in November to leave the van parked on the pavement. 9. Rover visited Vanessa living Vincent alone. 10. Every investment proves valuable for the investors. COMPARISON: B - V Bale - vale bile - vile Beer - veer base - vase
Robe

7. 2.

ballad - valid bent - vent

ban - van bat - vat

banish

vanish

bolt

volt

- rove - laver

dub

dove

curb

curve

lob

- love

Labor

marble

- marvel

pre-bent

- prevent

SENTENCES:

Belinda discovered the vault behind the laboratory. 2. The bachelor beckoned to the boys to vanish very quickly. 3. Vaughn believes that he will receive a bicycre for his birthday. 4. The book about doves is on the table behind the chair. The pavement along the curb is uneven and needs service badly. 6. Please leave the envelope on the cabinet beside the tabte. 7. The starving baby grabbed the banana and gobbled it down. 8. The volume increases when the bell buzzes between the services. 9. Barbara took a vacation in February to venture out into the big outdoors. 10. Everyone loved the bride's beautiful veil.

1.

5.

-This sound is produced by touching the tip of your tongue to the bump behind the top of your front

teeth and allowing air to escape to each side.

lnitial

Log Left
End

link live jail chill

lobster loaf light lamp fail local tell still child jelly

litter long little

lamb land

lion letter

let
leg

Table Nail
Medial

marble fable wonderful trail ball yield dilute blood bless


television

mail mill

Usually fold cold Hills stapler shyly glide Fly supply apply
SENTENCES:

simile always golden bloom please

salt halt

Combination

gloom

blind explode cloud

glad bliss

ply place

1. Larry leopard says licking lollipops is lots of fun. 2. Little Lucy loves lobster legs. 3. The length of the line is a little over a mile long. 4. The gift from the lamp illuminates the whole lounge. 5. Life is full of lively and loveable people. 6. My left leg feels lame and lifeless. 7. Leo the lion likes to lick livers. 8. Lester had a large loaf of barley bread for lunch. 9. The local loan bank lent Lyle money for a lorry.
10.The land lass labored hard over their land.

TONGUE TWISTER:

Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luck's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

To make this sound curl the tip of your tongue up behind the bump behind your top front teeth and flip it toward and upward without actually touching it.
R

race Receive rich Tear There


Medial

lnitial

Rust

right road stir

rabbit roll
at
the end

red rock
of

rend run wear steer

rent radio fear clear


like

round ring
to).

fu!

$Wony English speakers do not voice the /r/

stair air

car dear grammar runner bar

the word. Follow the pronunciotion you would

here bear

Erect
Combination

hundred parrot

correct barrel spread tread grape broke

storage carrot from break crab gray

library

Bread frame Print front SENTENCES: l\l

pray trick

train
grab

1. Roger the rabbit ran around the tree. 2. Rita loves red roses, raisins and rings. 3. Rod rode his raft on the raging river. 4. The reckless rich rookie raced down the road. 5. Frank wrote a receipt for the customer's radio. 6. The tramp spread the rice and grain on his bread. 7. Ronald would rather receive an unwrapped present than a wrapped one. 8. Remember to wring the rag before you throw it in the rubbish. 9. Bryan rents a room on the Front View Road.
10. San Francisco is

notorious for its really steep streets and lots of traffic.

COMPARISON: Lust -

rust Led - red Lay - ray


Elect

-R
lace

- race

long lobe

- wrong - rove

right river lake - rake


light liver play

- rack lice - rice


lack

lamp

- ramp

land - rand lamb - ram lock - rock

- erect Bloke - broke


SENTENCES:

climb Pleasant

crime
present

- pray

collect

- correct

flame

frame

The rabbit raced around the large tree. The long lecture made restless Rita tired and sleepy. Tell Bill and Billy to ride carefully down the road. 4. Remind lazy Ronalto wash the radish and lettuce well. 5. Hundreds of runners lined up for the long race. 6. The little lamb ran happily in the field. 7. Please leave Larry to rest tomorrow. 8. April is a beautiful month for the Spring Cherry Blossoms. 9. The wrinkled old man like writing letters for his radv Lore Lvn.

1. 2. 3.

jackal Jack jail Jar Jangles jargon Jersey jeans juggle Job
SENTENCES:

jackass James ' Japan jazz just

jacket jam jaunt jewelry jungle

Jacob Jakarta jasmine join jingle

jade
jamboree

jaw jag June

Jacuzzi jaguar janitor Java jaywalk jazzy jug juice junk jive

1. 2.

3. 4. Jewels and jewelries are Jaycee's most memorable gifts from his wife Joni. 5. The jackass was sitting in Jacuzzi when the jaguar jumped over him. 6. Jargons are words used by people in Jakarta particularly Jake and Jane. 7. Job, a jet pilot hates beef jerky. 8. The jams in jars that are sent away from jail were made by jerks. 9. The Jews from Jericho joined the jazzy jerky jive in jakarta.
10.James and Jacob like jogging, juggling, jingling, jangling, jiving and joining the party.
VOCABULARY:

Jack bought a jacket to be worn in the jamboree. The Japanese left Japan and went to the Philippines "Jacob's Jaunt in Jupiter" is Jimmy's favorite story.

to look for jasmine.

1. Juggle - lvl throwing and catching several objects simultaneously 2. Jingle - /v/ make a sound typical of metallic object {also: jangre} 3. Jaunt - /n/a journey taken for pleasure 4. Junk - /n/ the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up 5. Jackass - /n/ male donkey

6. 7.

Janitor Jerky -

{offensivel A man who is a stupid incompetent fool - /n/someone employed to clean and maintain a building /n/ meat (specially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

Tebra ZeaJ Zodiac Zaire


SENTENCES:

zealous zealot zucchini Tanzibar

zenith zillion zither

zigzag zap zoology zaniness bizarre

zinc zeta zone zappy

zest zoom zippy zarf

zany zip size zee

Zenaida told Zizibeth to get the zither from Zenny. 2. Zebra is the zoologists'favorite animal in the zoo. 3. I found zero zinc in Zanzibar lsland. 4. The zealous zealot sealed his work with a zipper. 5. Zenador found zillion zebra in Zurich City found in Switzerland. 6. Tanzan is a zany whose zodiac sign is Sagittarius. 7. With zest, Phoebe zapped the ball quickly. 8. The Mountain Zone in China is filled with zigzag road. 9. The zippy zealous supervisor supervised the school efficiently and zealously. 10. Zaire is the name of the place where Zantos, Zed Rick, and Zora died.
VOCABUI.ARY:

t.

t.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Zealous - /adi/ marked by active interest and enthusiasm Zealot - /n/ a person who shows zeal Zest - /n/ vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment ZippV - /adj/ quick and energetic Zillion - /n/a very large indefinite number Zap -/vl strike suddenly with force Zaire - /n/ a republic in Central Africa

COMPARISON: J - Z Jill Janny

zeal

Zenny

Jones -

zones

jeep

- zip

jinx

- zinc

SENTENCES:

1. Jill's zeal made Zenny and Jenny proud of him. 2. Jones the jinx wished a bad luck for Zulu. 3. The Jap zapped his enemy suddenly.

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