VOICELESS or VOICED

There are two different kinds of sounds in English:

VOICELESS.

VOICED.

VOICELESS or VOICED

You can feel it if you touch your throat with your hand:

VOICELESS: When you make a voiceless sound, your

throat doesn’t vibrate.

VOICED:When you make a voiced sound, your

throat vibrates.

These are the VOICELESS sounds:

/p//t//k//f////s//∫//t∫/

Examples:

/p/ pen /pen/ cap /kæp/ , cape /keɪp/

/t/ two /tuː/ street /striːt/, omelette /ˈɒmlɪt/, late /leɪt/

/k/ kitchen /ˈkɪ t∫ən/, key /kiː/ chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən, book /bʊk/

/f/ five /fʌɪv/, photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ rough /rʌf/

// three /θriː/ tooth /tuːθ/

/s/ ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/, sister /ˈsɪstə/ science /ˈsʌɪəns/, this /ðɪs/

/∫/ shop /ʃɒp/, sure /ʃɔː/ nation /ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

/t∫/ chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən nature /ˈneɪtʃə/, match /matʃ/

Voiceless

These are the VOICED sounds:

/b//d//g//v//ð//z//ʒ//dʒ/

/b/ book /bʊk/, baby /ˈbeɪbi/ rubber /ˈrʌbə/, job /ʤɒb/

/d/ day /deɪ/, dead /ded/ ladder /ˈladə/,old /əʊld/

/g/game /geɪm/, green /griːn/, ghost /gəʊst/

bag /bag/, giggle /ˈgɪgəl

/v/ vase /vɑːz/, vest /vɛst/ movement /ˈmuːvm(ə)nt/, move /muːv/,

/ð/ this /ðɪs/ mother /ˈmʌðə/, smooth /smuːð/

/z/zebra /ˈziːbrə/ music /ˈmjuːzɪk/, puzzle /ˈpʌz(ə)l/,

these /ðiːz/, rose /rəʊz/

/ʒ/ sure /ʃɔː/ pleasure /ˈpleʒə/, vision /ˈvɪʒən/

/dʒ/ genius /ˈdʒiːnɪəs/, judo /ˈdʒuːdəʊ/

age /eɪʤ/, bridge /brɪdʒ/, lounge /laʊn(d)ʒ/

Examples:

Voiced

Every voiceless sound has a similar voiced sound.

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ // /s/ /∫/ /t∫/

/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/ /dʒ/

VOICED

These are the eight pairs of sounds.

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ // /s/ /∫/ /t∫/

/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/ /dʒ/

VOICED

You can learn the eight voiceless sounds to improve your pronunciation.

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ // /s/ /∫/ /t∫/

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