Mastering English Pronunciation: Understanding Voiced and Voiceless Consonants. 📚 PLUS Examples 🗣️💬

Mastering English Pronunciation: Understanding Voiced and Voiceless Consonants. 📚 PLUS Examples 🗣️💬

In English, consonants can be classified as either voiced or voiceless. Voiced consonants are produced when the vocal cords vibrate, while voiceless consonants are produced without the vibration of the vocal cords.

Understanding what voiced consonants are and how the sounds are created can be a huge step in mastering proper pronunciation.

🗣️ Examples of voiced consonants include:

➡️ b (as in "bat")
➡️ d (as in "dot")
➡️ g (as in "gap")
➡️ j (as in "jet")
➡️ l (as in "let")
➡️ m (as in "map")
➡️ n (as in "nice")
➡️ Y (as in "yellow")
➡️ z (as in "zoo")

As with voiced consonants, understanding what voiceless consonants are and how to produce these sounds accurately will improve your English fluency.

🗣️ Examples of voiceless consonants include:

➡️ ch (as in "cheer")
➡️ f (as in "friend")
➡️ h (as in "hat")
➡️ k (as in "kite")
➡️ p ("as in pat")
➡️ s (as in "sip")
➡️ sh (as in "show")
➡️ t (as in "tall")
➡️ th (as in "three")

It is important to note that a consonant's voiced and voiceless types can change based on the words it is used in. For example, the "t" in "stop" is voiceless, while the "t" in "bat" is voiced.

Until next time, I’m Jason with Main Street English and remember to like this video if you enjoyed watching it.

I'll catch you again in our next video. Until then, keep practising, and remember: language learning is a journey, not a destination. 👋

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📚 Teacher Jason @MainStreetEnglish

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