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ENGLISH CONSONANT SOUNDS
British English consonant sounds
We explain the 24 British English consonant sounds in short videos (Lessons 6-11) and give examples of spelling and quizzes as part of our English pronunciation sounds course.
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We also recommend watching the introduction to our British English pronunciation sounds course.
The whole course has 12 videos and you can learn all the British English pronunciation sounds in less than 30 minutes.
(6) English Consonant sounds: p b t d
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (p b t d) and the examples.
Spellings: p b t d
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (p b t d).
| p | pen, apple |
| b | banana, rabbit |
| t | teacher, letter, watched |
| d | dog, address, lived |
Quiz: p b t d
Choose the consonant sound (p b t d) that we have underlined in each word.
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(7) English consonant sounds: tʃ dʒ k g
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (tʃ dʒ k g) and the examples.
Spellings: tʃ dʒ k g
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (tʃ dʒ k g).
| tʃ | chair, match, picture |
| dʒ | job, gym, image, fridge |
| k | cat, clock, kangaroo, mechanic, queen |
| g | go, bigger |
Quiz: tʃ dʒ k g
Choose the consonant sound (tʃ dʒ k g) that we have underlined in each word.
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(8) English consonant sounds: f v θ ð
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (f v θ ð) and the examples.
Spellings: f v θ ð
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (f v θ ð).
| f | foot, traffic, phone, laugh |
| v | vegetable, of, live |
| θ | think |
| ð | mother, breathe |
Quiz: f v θ ð
Choose the consonant sound (f v θ ð) that we have underlined in each word.
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(9) English consonant sounds: s z ʃ ʒ
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (s z ʃ ʒ) and the examples.
Spellings: s z ʃ ʒ
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (s z ʃ ʒ).
| s | sun, glass, city, nice, scenery |
| z | zero, brothers, raise, maze, jazz |
| ʃ | shower, sugar, national, machine, special |
| ʒ | television, beige |
Quiz: s z ʃ ʒ
Choose the consonant sound (s z ʃ ʒ) that we have underlined in each word.
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(10) English consonant sounds: m n ŋ h
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (m n ŋ h) and the examples.
Spellings: m n ŋ h
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (m n ŋ h).
| m | man, summer, lamb |
| n | nurse, tennis, knife |
| ŋ | thing, think |
| h | house, who |
Quiz: m n ŋ h
Choose the consonant sound (m n ŋ h) that is underlined in each word.
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(11) English consonant sounds: l r w j
You can watch, listen and repeat each consonant sound (l r w j) and the examples.
Spellings: l r w j
Here are spelling examples for each consonant sound (l r w j).
| l | land, wall |
| r | river, tomorrow, write |
| w | week, when, _one, q_ueen |
| j | you, _use, n_ew, v_iew, arg_ue |
Quiz: l r w j
Choose the consonant sound (l r w j) that is underlinedin each word.
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