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.