Consonant Sounds

Consonant Sounds 1

... are produced by completely or partially stopping the breath.

... can be voiceless (VL) or voiced (VD) .
... often come in sound pairs.

lips together bottom lip tongue - tongue on hard back of throat

- teeth teeth toothridge palate tongue on
soft palate

VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL

stop p b t d k g

fricative f v s z h

affricat
e

nasal m n

liquid l r

glide y w

Lips Together:
Voiceless /p/ & Voiced /b/
 Consonant Sounds
Sound-Spelling Pattern- Press the lips together. Then blow out.
2
/p/- has a strong puff of air /b/- does not have a puff of air

p b
pair pear pare bear bare
peach push beach bush
pan pill post buy bought
put pay paid bring brought
spider spout break broke broken
cap cop cup blow blew blown
betting bedding
cab tribe

Silent p Silent b

pneumonia debt /dɛt/

pseudonym doubt /dawt/
psychiatrist ...
psalm crumb /kr^m/
... dumb /d^m/
corps numb /n^m/
coup thumb /th^m/
cupboard ...
raspberry plumber /pl^mər/
receipt tomb /tuwm/
lamb /laem/
climb /klaym/
bomb /bam/
comb /kowm/
When is mb pronounced?

mb m-b
-s, -ed, -ing, -er separate syllables
silent pronounced

bombs bom-bard
bombed com-bine
bombing crum-ble
bomber Dum-bo

Lips Together:
Voiced /m/
 Consonant Sounds
Sound-Spelling Pattern
3
Press the lips together.
Then make a humming sound.

m Mrs. some sum dam me

mm summer hammer

Silent g diaphragm

Silent l balm calm palm psalm

almond salmon

Silent n autumn hymn solemn damn

Silent b crumb dumb numb thumb plumber

tomb lamb climb bomb comb

Silent m mnemonic

Homophones meat meet mete

mean mien
moan mown
mode mowed
morning mourning

Bottom Lip- Teeth

Voiceless /f/ & Voiced /v/
 Consonant Sounds
Sound-Spelling Pattern
4
/f/ /v/

v
f friend flood vet verse
flee fled vine veal
before leaf vale veil
vial vile

ff off coffee difficult f of

ph photographer physician
gh
laugh
rough tough slough off enough
cough trough

silent l calf half