2. There are two different kinds of sounds
in English:
VOICELESS.
VOICED.
3. VOICELESS or VOICED
You can feel it if you touch your throat with your
hand:
VOICELESS:
When you make a voiceless sound, your throat
doesn’t vibrate.
VOICED:
When you make a voiced sound, your throat vibrates.
4. These are the VOICELESS
sounds:
/p/
/t/
/k/
/f/
/θ/
/s/
/∫/
/t∫/
5. Examples:
/p/ pen /pen/ cap /kæp/ , cape /keɪp/
/t/ two /tuː/ street /striːt/, omelette /ˈɒmlɪt/, late /leɪt/
/k/ kitchen /ˈkɪ t∫ən/, key /kiː/ chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən, book /bʊk/
/f/ five /fʌɪv/, photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ rough /rʌf/
/θ/ three /θriː/ tooth /tuːθ/
/s/ ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/, sister /ˈsɪstə/ science /ˈsʌɪəns/, this /ðɪs/
/∫/ shop /ʃɒp/, sure /ʃɔː/ nation /ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
/t∫/ chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən nature /ˈneɪtʃə/, match /matʃ/
Voiceless
6. These are the VOICED sounds:
/b/
/d/
/g/
/v/
/ð/
/z/
/ʒ/
/dʒ/
7. /b/ book /bʊk/, baby /ˈbeɪbi/ rubber /ˈrʌbə/, job /ʤɒb/
/d/ day /deɪ/, dead /ded/ ladder /ˈladə/,old /əʊld/
/g/
game /geɪm/, green /griːn/,
ghost /gəʊst/
bag /bag/, giggle /ˈgɪgəl
/v/ vase /vɑːz/, vest /vɛst/ movement /ˈmuːvm(ə)nt/, move /muːv/,
/ð/ this /ðɪs/ mother /ˈmʌðə/, smooth /smuːð/
/z/
zebra /ˈziːbrə/ music /ˈmjuːzɪk/, puzzle /ˈpʌz(ə)l/,
these /ðiːz/, rose /rəʊz/
/ʒ/ sure /ʃɔː/ pleasure /ˈpleʒə/, vision /ˈvɪʒən/
/dʒ/ genius /ˈdʒiːnɪəs/,
judo /ˈdʒuːdəʊ/
age /eɪʤ/, bridge /brɪdʒ/,
lounge /laʊn(d)ʒ/
Examples:
Voiced
8. Every voiceless sound has a similar voiced sound.
VOICELESS
/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/ /∫/ /t∫/
/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/ /dʒ/
VOICED
9. These are the eight pairs of sounds.
VOICELESS
/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/ /∫/ /t∫/
/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/ /dʒ/
VOICED
10. You can learn the eight voiceless sounds to
improve your pronunciation.
VOICELESS
/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/ /∫/ /t∫/
