Practice Materials for Consonants (AmE)

These materials can be used as additional phonetic exercises for practicing consonant sounds in short frequently used words. (You can listen to similar words in Listening for Consonants (AmE) and Listening for Consonant Contrast (AmE) in the section Phonetics.)

Эти материалы можно использовать как дополнительные фонетические упражнения на согласные звуки в коротких часто употребляемых словах. (Вы можете прослушать похожие слова в материалах для прослушивания Listening for Consonants (AmE) и Listening for Consonant Contrast (AmE) в разделе Phonetics.)

Consonant sounds

[p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g], [f], [v], [θ], [ð], [s], [z], [sh], [zh], [h], [ch], [j], [m], [n], [ŋ], [l], [r], [w], [y];

pen, be, ten, do, Kate, go, feel, very, thin, this, so, zoo, show, beige, he, cheese, just, me, no, sing, live, red, we, yes;

The sound [p] as in PEN

peel – piece – peer – pick – pin – pen – pair – pack – palm – part – pause – pour – port – pond – pool – pure – poor – put – pull – person – public – pay – pain – pie – pound – point – pole – post;

please – plenty – plan – plural – plug – play – split – splendid – splash – splurge;

pretty – press – practice – prune – pray – price – proud – prose – spring – spread – spray – sprout;

speak – spin – spend – span – sport – spoon – space – spy – spoil – spoke;

paper – pepper – happen – happy – creepy – tipping – kept – napkin – apple – people – staple;

tap – nap – cup – lip – drop – trip – keep – help – soup – tape – ripe – rope – grasp – crisp;

The sound [b] as in BE

be – beat – beer – big – bit – best – bed – bare – bad – back – balm – bar – bore – boss – bought – boom – beauty – book – burn – burst – bus – bun – baby – buy – bound – boy – bone;

bleed – bless – black – block – blue – blur – blood – blame – blind – blow;

breed – bring – bread – brand – broad – brother – brain – break – bright – brown – broken;

habit – rabbit – ribbon – robber – robot – absent – number – able – terrible – rouble – gamble – tumble;

tab – lab – stub – rub – rib – rob – knob – Bob – robe – bulb;

The sound [t] as in TEN

team – tip – tell – tan – task – tar – tall – torn – taught – top – tool – tune – tour – took – turn – ton – take – time – town – toy – toe – tone;

treat – trip – trend – track – true – trust – train – trace – try – street – strong – struck – straight – strike – stroke;

steam – stick – step – stare – stand – star – store – stop – student – stir – stun – stable – style – stout – stone;

city – pity – kitten – total – potato – writer – later – better – little – rattle – title – twenty – mister – pizza;

set – meet – rate – write – part – coat – short – tact – draft – belt – point – spent – kept – last – taste – roast;

looked – stopped – laughed – passed – released – reached – washed;

The sound [d] as in DO

deep – deal – dear – dip – den – dare – Dan – dark – door – dog – do – duty – during – dirt – dull – day – die – down – don't;

dream – drink – drip – dress – drag – draw – drop – drew – drum – drain – dry – drown – drone;

lady – hidden – admire – edition – Edward – heading – idle – riddle – cradle – handle – bundle;

kid – did – read – ride – made – mad – add – odd – cord – heard – would – could – send – kind – wind – round;

played – studied – called – bored – lived – turned – managed – hated – started – needed – ended;

The sound [k] as in KATE

keen – keep – kill – kiss – Ken – chemistry – can – cap – calm – car – call – corn – cool – cute – cook – curse – come – Kate – case – kind – coast – cone;

clean – clear – click – class – clue – clerk – club – claim – climb – cloud – clown – close;

cream – critical – credit – crash – crawl – cruise – crush – crazy – cry – crowd – scream – scratch – scrape;

fact – active – action – token – lecture – awkward – Arctic – mechanics – archive – miracle;

[sk] scan – scale – scare – score – school – scope – escape – skate – ski – skin – skirt – skunk – sky;

[k] account – accommodate – according – accumulate – accuse – occur;

[ks] access – accent – accept – succeed;

[ks] fix – relax – maximum – axis – excellent – exceed – except – excess – exchange – explain – explore;

[ksk] exclaim – exclude – excuse – excursion;

[kw] question – quite – quick – queen – quality – equal – require – request;

cake – took – walk – talk – dark – oak – rack – pick – panic – magic – unique – bank – link – risk – task;

The sound [g] as in GO

give – gift – get – guess – gas – gap – guard – gorge – gone – goose – good – girl – gun – gust – game – guy – guide – go – gold;

glimpse – glare – glance – glamor – glue – gloomy – glum – glide – global – glow;

green – grip – grab – grasp – grew – groom – great – ground – grow;

begin – again – ago – legal – eager – beggar – regular – ignore – ugly – giggle – eagle – struggle – single – anger – hungry;

[gw] language – linguist – Guatemala – Gwen;

[gz] exist – exert – exam – exact – exhibit;

big – bag – dog – leg – egg – rug – dialogue – vague – vogue;

The sound [f] as in FEEL

feel – feed – fear – fit – finish – fell – fed – fair – fast – far – four – form – fond – food – few – full – foot – fur – firm – fun – fame – fate – final – find – found – phone – photo;

flick – flesh – flag – floor – floss – flew – flu – flirt – flame – fly – flight – Floyd – flown;

free – freeze – frigid – friend – fresh – fragile – fraud – frog – fruit – frame – phrase – fry – frown – froze;

office – offer – often – suffer – effect – coffee – muffin – defend – after – left – drift – soft;

if – life – safe – loaf – half – deaf – stiff – staff – cuff – rough – tough – enough – laugh;

The sound [v] as in VERY

veal – vivid – vet – very – variant – vast – vault – verb – vein – vague – vine – vital – vouch – voice – void – vote;

even – evil – fever – eleven – event – level – lever – ever – every – invest – review – prevail – prevent – provoke;

leave – give – live – active – love – move – brave – groove – stove – curve;

The sound [θ] as in THIN

theme – thief – theater – theory – thin – thick – thing – think – therapy – thank – thorn – thought – third – thirty – thirsty – thermometer – Thursday – thoroughly – thumb – thunder – thousand;

three – thrifty – thrill – thread – threat – throb – through – threw – thrust – thrive – throw – throat – throne;

method – author – lethal – anything – everything – nothing – diphthong – without – sympathy;

breath – bath – path – booth – tooth – teeth – truth – north – cloth – moth – earth – birth – faith – south – both – growth;

health – wealth – length – strength – width – fifth – sixth – thirteenth – thirtieth – with;

The sound [ð] as in THIS

these – this – then – them – their – there – that – than – the – they – those – though;

other – mother – father – brother – leather – feather – weather – whether – together – gather – either – neither – further;

although – without – southern – northern – rhythm – clothes;

breathe – bathe – soothe – smooth – clothe – with;

The sound [s] as in SO

seem – seen – sin – simple – city – send – center – sad – sack – saw – sore – song – soon – suit – sir – certain – sun – suck – save – sail – side – sign – sound – sour – so – soul;

lesson – listen – associate – society – privacy – agency – test – waste;

sleep – slope – smell – smile – snake – snow – speak – span – split – splash – spray – spring – stay – stone – strain – stripe – sweet – swim;

[sk] scale – scare – escape – scatter – score – school – scoundrel – screen – scrub – skate – skin – sky;

[s] scene – scent – science – scissors – scythe – miscellaneous;

[ks] accent – access – accept – except – excess – explain – relax – fix – mix;

kiss – pass – advice – nice – notice – release – increase – reduce – use (n.) – loose – rinse – since – chance;

looks – takes – asks – stops – keeps – types – laughs – coughs – fits – hates – tests – insists;

The sound [z] as in ZOO

zebra – zero – zip – zigzag – zest – zap – zoo – zoom – zone;

music – reason – poison – present – dozen – citizen – horizon – razor – resign – resist – busy – crazy – lazy – puzzle – sizzle – dazzle – realism – idealism – capitalism – socialism;

[gz] exist – exert – exam – exact – exhibit;

lose – choose – use (v.) – rose – those – wise – always – advise – surprise – organize – quiz – jazz;

is – does – has – pays – runs – teams – finds – tells – rubs – lives – classes – loses – changes – fixes;

The sound [sh] as in SHOW

she – sheep – sheer – chic – ship – shed – share – champagne – short – shot – shoe – sure – sugar – should – shook – shirt – shut – shame – shake – shape – shine – show;

shriek – shrimp – shrink – shrug – shrine;

special – social – official – financial – politician – efficient – patient – delicious – suspicious – precious – cautious – discussion – expression – mission – pressure – fashion – nation – section – condition;

push – bush – leash – fish – flash – rash – cash – cache – publish – foolish;

The sound [zh] as in BEIGE

usual – casual – visual – vision – explosion – erosion – measure – pleasure – treasure – leisure;

beige – mirage – collage – sabotage – prestige – garage – rouge;

The sound [h] as in HE

he – heat – here – him – history – help – hair – hand – have – half – heart – hard – horn – hot – who – whose – hook – her – heard – hurry – hunt – hundred – hate – hide – how – home – hope – hold – whole;

behind – behold – inherit – inhibit – inhabit – inhale;

The sound [ch] as in CHEESE

cheese – cheap – cheer – chip – chin – check – chess – chair – chance – chapter – charity – chart – charter – chalk – chore – choose – chew – church – chunk – chain – China – chime – chose – choke,

teacher – preacher – kitchen – matching – watching – teaching;

much – such – touch – search – torch – teach – rich – branch – lunch – batch – catch – patch – pitch – watch – Dutch;

The sound [j] as in JUST

jeans – jeep – Jim – gin – gym – jet – general – gentle – jam – jazz – John – journey – journal – just – jump – judge – June – jail – Jane – giant – joint – joke;

region – surgeon – agent – angel – danger – stranger – engine – Egypt – tragic – energy – object – subject – injection – suggest – fidget;

age – page – rage – large – huge – emerge – package – message – hostage – manage – bridge – badge – porridge – change – range – strange – sponge;

The sound [m] as in ME

me – mean – mere – middle – mint – men – man – mark – more – Mommy – moon – mute – murder – must – mother – main – make – mind – my – mode – most;

smell – smash – smart – small – smooth – smug – smile – smoke;

summer – Emma – command – memory – murmur – family – female – mumble – ramble;

seem – some – dame – time – form – firm – stem – plum – lamb – thumb – climb – comb;

The sound [n] as in NO

need – neat – knee – never – nap – nasty – normal – not – noon – new – nutrition – nut – name – nature – knife – night – nine – now – noun – nose – know – no;

sneeze – sniff – snack – snap – snore – snob – snug – snake – snail – sniper – snow;

funny – manner – inner – winner – annoy – finish – internal – Nancy – kindness – signature;

lunch – bench – branch – change – range – find – mind – bend – sound – round – aunt – faint – point – student – sent – dance – science – sense;

ban – tan – kin – pin – thin – sin – son – sun – born – sane – main – sign – nine – noun – known – own – Indian;

The sound [ŋ] as in SING

[ŋ] sing – singer – singing – sang – sung – hang – hanger – hanging – hung – lung – song – king – bang – slang – ring – ping – thing – wrong – long – young – strong – tongue – going – cooking – reading;

[ŋ]+[g] finger – anger – angry – hunger – hungry – linger – longer – longest – younger – youngest – stronger – strongest – congress (n.) – single – angle – strangle – tangle – lingo – language – linguist;

[ŋ]+[k] bank – banker – frank – spank – tank – ankle – drink – think – sink – link – ink – pink – punk – drunk – skunk – uncle;

The sound [l] as in LIVE

lead – leap – live – let – less – lack – last – lark – law – lord – lock – lot – lost – lose – loop – look – learn – luck – lady – late – life – like – light – lie – loud – loyal – Lloyd – load;

blood – blow – plain – plan – clear – close – glide – glow – split – splash;

sleep – slip – slap – slash – slot – sluice – slur – slum – slave – slight – slide – slouch – slow – slogan;

alone – alive – Elizabeth – elect – valley – lily – silly – really – lonely – nicely – wisely;

cold – hold – held – mild – field – build – fault – salt – felt – melt – consult;

apple – couple – table – terrible – little – bottle – needle – idle – miracle – vehicle;

all – fall – call – tell – well – will – whole – role – roll – soul – deal – boil – mail – tale – file – cool – girl;

The sound [r] as in RED

read – reap – real – rear – risk – wrist – red – rest – rare – ran – rap – raw – wrong – roof – route – room – run – rust – rain – raise – rise – right – round – royal – road – rope – rose – wrote;

bring – proud – spread – true – stripe – dry – free – crow – scrape – grab – throw – shrink;

around – arrange – arrive – arrogant – narrow – berry – carry – sorry – hurry – during – period – barbaric – murderous – careless – reference – tolerance – story – salary;

carp – hard – park – large – carve – born – form – horse – porch – morgue – term – earn – birth – first – girl – curb – curl – hurt – turf;

more – tore – four – car – bar – far – care – pair – fear – hear – sir – were – fur – purr – fire – hire – poor – tour – our – power;

The sound [w] as in WE

we – week – wheel – wind – will – wet – west – when – where – wax – wall – war – warm – water – want – wool – would – word – worse – won – one – once – way – wait – wild – why – white – wound – won't;

sweet – swim – swift – sweat – swear – swallow – twelve – twenty – twice – twinkle – twist – dwell – dwarf;

[kw] question – quite – quick – queen – quality – equal – request – require;

[gw] language – linguist – Guatemala – Gwen;

The sound [y] as in YES

year – yield – yes – yesterday – yellow – yet – yard – yawn – York – yacht – yearn – young – yoga – yolk – you – use – unit – utility;

beyond – canyon – Tanya – Tonya – million – billion – onion – union – music – human – few – view.