Listening for Consonants (AmE)

Audio by TriciaG, LibriVox.org

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[p] as in PEN

pan - part - piece - pay - press - tip;

[b] as in BE

baby - best - bought - burn - but - rob;

[t] as in TEN

tap - town - turn - try - pity - little;

[d] as in DO

deep - dark - dull - day - drop - bad;

[k] as in KATE

kick - cause - cool - cut - kind - talk;

[g] as in GO

get - garden - game - girl - grow - rug;

[f] as in FEEL

fit - fast - phone - fly - free - laugh;

[v] as in VERY

vivid - vote - even - every - active - five;

[θ] as in THIN

thank - thought - third - throw - author - fifth;

[ð] as in THIS

that - then - those - mother - bathe - breathe;

[s] as in SO

see - saw - send - sad - some - say - kiss;

[z] as in ZOO

zero - zipper - zone - busy - rise - lose;

[sh] as in SHOW

shoot - shut - shine - nation - special - push;

[zh] as in BEIGE

usually - visual - vision - measure;

[h] as in HE

help - hand - hurt - hate - hide - how;

[ch] as in CHEESE

check - chance - child - church - rich - watch;

[j] as in JUST

join - joke - gym - large - bridge - manage;

[m] as in ME

more - move - much - make - memory - come;

[n] as in NO

need - never - normal - not - new - win;

[ŋ] as in SING

singer - singing - hang - bring - long;

[l] as in LIVE

let - learn - love - loud - close - will;

[r] as in RED

real - rat - run - drink - car - rare;

[w] as in WE

wet - word - way - swim - twice - quick;

[y] as in YES

year - yard - young - use - fuel - million.