Listening for Consonant Contrast (AmE)

Audio by TriciaG, LibriVox.org

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[p] - [b] as in PET - BET

pack - back, rope - robe, rip - rib, tap - tab;

[t] - [d] as in TIP - DIP

feet - feed, write - ride, hurt - heard, stopped - robbed;

[k] - [g] as in COAT - GOAT

pack - bag, pick - pig, lock - log;

[f] - [v] as in FAN - VAN

safe - save, leaf - leave, knife - knives;

[v] - [w] as in VINE - WINE

Vin - win, vet - wet, very - well, vow - wow;

[sh] - [zh] as in MISSION - VISION

special - usual, pressure - pleasure;

[ch] - [j] as in RICH - RIDGE

cheap - jeep, batch - badge, match - message;

[s] - [z] as in SIP - ZIP

sign - design, race - raise, advice - advise, lacks - lags;

[θ] - [ð] as in THANK - THAN

bath - bathe, breath - breathe, north - northern;

[s] - [θ] as in SINK - THINK

sing - thing, seem - theme, mass - math;

[z] - [ð] as in ZONE - THOUGH

prism - rhythm, close - clothe, breeze - breathe;

[f] - [θ] as in FREE - THREE

first - thirst, fought - thought, roof - Ruth;

[n] - [ŋ] as in SIN - SING

ton - tongue, pan - pang, ban - bank;

[ŋ] - [ŋ]+[g] as in SING - SINGLE

long - longer, hung - hungry, singer - finger.