Exercises. Lesson 3. English Consonants

Lesson 3. English Consonants

According to the manner of articulation the consonants are: stops, also known as plosives, fricatives, affricates, nasals, laterals, and approximants.

Stops /Plosives/ (проривні)	/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/.
Fricatives (фрикативні)	/f/, /v/, / /, / /, /s/, /z/, / /, / /, /h/.
Affricates (африкативні)	/ / , / /
Nasals (носові)	/m/, /n/, / /.
Lateral (боковий)	/l/
Approximants (апроксиманти)	/j/, /w/, /r/.

According to the place of articulation the consonants are:

Bilabial (губно-губні)	/p/, /b/, /m/
Labiodental (губно-зубні)	/f/, /v/
Dental (зубні)	/ /, / /
Alveolar (альвеолярні)	/t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /n/, /l/, /r/
Alveo-palatal (альвеолярно-палатальні)	/ /, / /, / /, / /
Palatal (піднебінні)	/j/
Velar (задньоязикові)	/k/, /g/, / /
Glottal (глотковий):	/h/

Exercises

[p] as in PEN

peel – piece – peer – pick – pin – pen – pair – pack – palm – part – pause – pour – port – pond – pool – pure – poor – put – pull – person – public – pay – pain – pie – pound – point – pole

b] as in BE

be – beat – beer – big – bit – best – bed – bare – bad – back – balm – bar – bore – boss – bought – boom – beauty – book – burn – burst – bus – bun – baby – buy – bound – boy – bone

[t] as in TEN

team – tip – tell – tan – task – tar – tall – torn – taught – top – tool – tune – tour – took – turn – ton – take – time – town – toy – toe – tone

[d] as in DO

deep – deal – dear – dip – den – dare – Dan – dark – door – dog – do – duty – during – dirt – dull – day – die – down – don't

[k] as in KATE

keen – keep – kill – kiss – Ken – chemistry – can – cap – calm – car – call – corn – cool – cute – cook – curse – come – Kate – case – kind – coast – cone

[g] as in GO

give – gift – get – guess – gas – gap – guard – gorge – gone – goose – good – girl – gun – gust – game – guy – guide – go – gold

[f] as in FEEL

feel – feed – fear – fit – finish – fell – fed – fair – fast – far – four – form – fond – food – few – full – foot – fur – firm – fun – fame – fate – final – find – found – phone – photo

[v] as in VERY

veal – vivid – vet – very – variant – vast – vault – verb – vein – vague – vine – vital – vouch – voice – void – vote

[ ] as in THIN

theme – theater – theory – thin – thick – thing – think – therapy – thank – thorn – thought – third – Thursday – thumb – thousand

[ ] as in THIS

these – this – then – their – there – that – than – the – they – those – though – other – mother – father – brother – leather – feather – weather – gather – together – either

[s] as in SO

seem – seen – sin – simple – city – send – center – sad – sack – saw – sore – song – soon – suit – sir – certain – sun – suck – save – sail – side – sign – sound – sour – so – soul

[z] as in ZOO

zebra – zero – zip – zigzag – zest – zap – zoo – zoom – zone – music – reason – poison – present – dozen – citizen – horizon – razor – resign – resist – busy – crazy – lazy – puzzle – sizzle

[ ] as in SHOW

she – sheep – sheer – chic – ship – shed – share – champagne – short – shot – shoe – sure – sugar – should – shook – shirt – shut – shame – shake – shape – shine – show

[ ] as in BEIGE

usual – casual – visual – vision – explosion – erosion – measure – pleasure – treasure – leisure;

beige – mirage – collage – sabotage – prestige – garage – rouge

[h] as in HE

he – heat – here – him – history – help – hair – hand – have – half – heart – hard – horn – hot – who – whose – hook – her – heard – hurry – hunt – hold – whole

[ ] as in CHEESE

cheese – cheap – cheer – chip – chin – check – chess – chair – chance – chapter – charity – chart – charter – chalk – chore – choose – chew – church – chunk – chain – China – chime – chose

[ ] as in JUST

jeans – jeep – Jim – gin – gym – jet – general – gentle – jam – jazz – John – journey – journal – just – jump – judge – June – jail – Jane – giant – joint – joke

[m] as in ME

me – mean – mere – middle – mint – men – man – mark – more – Mommy – moon – mute – murder – must – mother – main – make – mind – my – mode – most

[n] as in NO

need – neat – knee – never – nap – nasty – normal – not – noon – new – nutrition – nut – name – nature – knife – night – nine – now – noun – nose – know – no

[ ] as in SING

sing – singer – singing – sang – sung – hang – hanger – hanging – hung – lung – song – king – bang – slang – ring – ping – thing – wrong – long – young – strong – tongue – going

[l] as in LIVE

lead – leap – live – let – less – lack – last – lark – law – lord – lock – lot – lost – lose – loop – look – learn – luck – lady – late – life – like – light – lie – loud – loyal – Lloyd – load

[r] as in RED

read – reap – real – rear – risk – wrist – red – rest – rare – ran – rap – raw – wrong – roof – route – room – run – rust – rain – raise – rise – right – round – royal – road – rope – rose – wrote

[w] as in WE

we – week – wheel – wind – will – wet – west – when – where – wax – wall – war – warm – water – want – wool – would – word – worse – won – one – once – way – wait – wild

[j] as in YES

year – yield – yes – yesterday – yellow – yet – yard – yawn – York – yacht – yearn – young – yoga – yolk – you – use – unit – utility