Understand the difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants. This is important when learning to pronounce English.

1. Voiced and
unvoiced
consonants
Pronunciation

2. Voiced or unvoiced? What
does it mean?
•With voiced consonants the
vocal chords vibrate when
making the sound. With
unvoiced consonants the
vocal cords do not vibrate. All
vowels are voiced.

3. Voiced or unvoiced? Discover!
Put your hand on your throat. Make a buzzing sound like a bee
makes…bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

4. Voiced or unvoiced? Discover!
Put your hand on your throat. Make a sssss sound like a snake
makes…ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

5. What did you
notice?
•Your vocal cords vibrate
with ‘z’
•This is a ‘voiced’
consonant
•They don’t vibrate with
‘s’
•This is an ‘unvoiced’
consonant

6. Voiced
consonants

7. Unvoiced
consonants

8. Vowels and
diphthongs
Voiced

9. Thanks for watching.
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