All About Accent

1. CONSONANTS

2. CONSONANTS contd.
Producing a consonant sound correctly
depends on :
• Place of articulation
• Manner of producing sound
• Voicing of the sound
Sound production:

3. CONTSONANTS contd.
24 Consonant Sounds

4. CONSONANTS contd.
The ‘T/D’ as we pronounce has the tongue curled
with the underside touching the upper palate which
gives it a heavy sound pretty much like the
corresponding vernacular sounds.
For the neutral English sound, the tongue needs to
remain flat with the upper side of the tongue
touching the hard palate.
The T/D Sounds

5. T D
Tame Ten Day Dollar
Tree Twelve Does Decide
Tap Today Delta Today
Twin Tip Did Diskette
Team Tomorrow Donna Damaged
Telephone Tray Data Identify
CONSONANTS contd.

6. CONSONANTS contd.
/t/
Common Spellings
T Tea
D Walked
bt* Debt
pt* Receipt
Tt Mitt
Th Thomas
Contrasting Pairs
tank/thank try/dry tree/three
team/theme debt/dead true/threw
tick/thick Toot/tooth right/ride

7. CONSONANTS contd.
WORDS
Ted Tiger To Tomorrow Tarnish Towards
Italy Atom Tomato Data Meeting Sweater
Ought to Got to Went to Sent to Put to Get to
Bottom Lotto Pattern Glottal Ointment Motto
Hot Bought Site Right What Soft

8. CONSONANTS contd.
TONGUE TWISTERS
 Try to take two turns this time.
 Tina tried to tame Ted’s tiger on Tuesday.
 A Tudor who tooted a flute…….tried to tutor two
tooters to toot.
 Said the two to their tutor, "Is it harder to toot……. or
to tutor two tooters to toot?“
 Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

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PASSAGE
A bottle of bottled water held twenty little turtles. Each
turtle had to battle with another turtle, to get a little bit
of noodles. The problem was that there were many turtle
battles for the less than oodles of noodles. The littlest
Turtles always lost, because every time they battled with
another turtle, their little turtle minds boggled, and they
were left with just a little of the oodles of noodles.

10. CONSONANTS contd.
Oo ou aw aa Aye ee aaow aai
Oot out awt aat Ayet eet aaowt aait
Oopt oupt awpt aapt ayept eept aaowpt aaipt
Ookt oukt awkt aakt ayekt eekt aaowkt aaikt
Oost oust awst aast ayest eest aaowst aaist
Ooft ouft awft aaft ayeft eeft aaowft aaift
Ootht outht awtht aatht ayetht eetht aaowtht aaitht
Drill
Toot tout tawt taat tayet teet taaowt taait
Toopt toupt tawpt taapt tayept teept taaowpt taaipt
Tookt toukt tawkt taakt tayekt teekt taaowkt taaikt
Toost toust tawst taast tayest teest taaowst taaist
Tooft touft tawft taaft tayeft teeft taaowft taaift

11. The V/W Sounds
Most of us have either the ‘V’ or the ‘W’ sound or we
tend to interchange the sounds.
Eg: The veather is good.
This is wery good.
If you haven’t noticed the difference yet, you need to pay
closer attention to your lip movement for these two
sounds:
For a word beginning with ‘V’ the lower lip should touch
the outside of the upper teeth.
For a word beginning with ‘W’ we need to round our lips
and let the air escape.
CONSONANTS contd.

12. CONSONANTS contd.
/d/
On dark nights I sometimes dream of little dwarfs, who like to ride through
the woods and along country roads on tiny donkeys. On cold stabbing nights
they try to invert riddles to the sound of wind. They tend to find clear skies
disappointing and much prefer dark stormy nights. One dark dismal night in
winter, I observed a dozen of these little men hunting for dandelions in the
woods. It was raining hard, but in the distance I could see a little figure riding
away from me. I followed close behind until the dwarf reached a door,
through which he disappeared. I knocked hard on the door, hoping to catch a
glimpse of where he lived. All of a sudden, I heard a dreadful drumming
sound behind me. I turned around to investigate and discovered a dazzling
sight. A drunken dwarf dressed in a diamond-encrusted cloak was riding past
me on a dappled donkey. I tried to address him but with downcast eyes, he
trundled down the road into the distance. As the day dawned I woke from my
dream.

13. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN – V & W
Vine Wine
Vase Ways/Weighs
Vile While
Vary Wary
Vow Wow
Vent Went
He took the Veal He took the Wheel
Veer to the Left We’re to the left
Where’s the Vine? Where’s the wine?
He lives in the Vest He lives in the West
CONSONANTS contd.

14. /v/
Placement:
The lower lip and edge of upper front teeth meet to
produce a partially continuous airflow by slightly
obstructing the flow of air.
/V/ is a very important sound. The sounds /v/ and /w/
are contrastive in English and the distinction is essential
to the meaning of our message as well as to neutralize
the Indian accent. By mastering this sound,
mispronunciation between west – vest, Wet –Vet, Very
well – wery vell will be controlled.
CONSONANTS contd.

15. Contrasting Pairs
view/few Wait/fate reviews/refuse
vat/bat wave/waif relieve/relief
very/berry shovel/shuffle leave/leaf
/v/
CONSONANTS contd.

16. Passage
While revising the visitor’s version of a very well
paved avenue, the VIP revealed none of his motives.
The VIP was not convinced with the visitors views,
and avowed that he would have it vetoed by the
vice – president, and vowed to invent an
indestructible, paving compound. Soon, the VIP
found himself on the verge of civil war with a visitor
with whom he had previously conversed easily.
Never again did the visitor converse with the vain
VIP and they remained divided forever.
/v/
CONSONANTS contd.

17. /w/
Placement: Here, The lips are rounded and the back
of the tongue comes in contact with the palate. The
sound is continuous without any friction.
As compared to the sound “v”, where the upper teeth
are placed on the lower lip, in “w” the lips are
rounded, just as the way we whistle. Hence, push the
lips forward and blow out air to produce a voiced
sound.
CONSONANTS contd.

18. Tongue Twister
•While we were walking, we were watching window
washers
•When Washington's washerwoman went west, Wash
Washington washed his windows with warm washing
water.
•Walter Whipple warily warned the weary warrior.
•Wash and wear is wonderful.
/w/
CONSONANTS contd.

19. /w/
Passage
Where were we in world war one? One wild
Wednesday Wilson Water, and I were strolling in the
wild forest of Wisconsin, with a wonderful woman
called Wanda Wilkerson. “When is the day going to
come, whispered Wilson.” Hopefully soon, I’ve been
waiting since winter. Wanda walked back waving wildly.
CONSONANTS contd.

20. CONTENTS
The “th” Sounds
There are two ‘TH’ sounds:
Hard ‘TH’—than, those, there, them, that, although
Soft ‘TH’—think, thing, thanks, thermometer, Thursday
Usually when we speak these sounds, the tongue is
behind the upper teeth.
However we need to…
Place the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower
teeth and Make the sound by releasing the air while
pulling the tongue in.
CONSONANTS contd.

21. Soft TH Hard TH
Thursday Thirteen Teeth Than Although Sheath
Think Bathroom Path Those Mother Loathe
Third Nothing Method There Father Teethe
Throw Breathless Booth Them Northern Soothe
Thirsty Mythology Wrath Thy Whether Seethe
CONSONANTS contd.

22. / /
The Unvoiced ‘Th’
Placement:
For the /ɵ/ place the tip of your tongue between
your upper and lower teeth. Don't put it between
your lips. Make the sound by forcing air through the
opening between your teeth and tongue. Don't
vibrate your vocal cords.
The unvoiced /ɵ/ occurs in content words.
CONSONANTS contd.

23. Thursday Method Teeth
Think Bathroom Path
Third Nothing North
Throw Breathless Booth
Thelma Mythology Wrath
Words
/ /
Minimal Pairs
Three/Free Think/Pink Thor/Soar
Both/Boat Fought/Thought Pass/Path
Frilled/Thrilled Tore/Thor Coat/Throat
Thin/Sin Broth/Bought Moth/Moss
CONSONANTS contd.

24. Tongue Twisters
1. Thor is the god of Thunder.
2. Thelma and Theo have bad breath.
3. Three free thrilling frills fought on Ruth's roof.
4. Thieves are thankless thugs who deserve our wrath.
5. Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
6. Mr. Smith's teeth are thin and lethal.
7. Thursdays are thirsty days for lethargic Ruth and Thelma.
8. It seems themes are sought by thousands of mythical misses.
9. Thick ticks on three trees brought broth to ten thin tin men.
10. Sick thickets thwarted seven thin sinners from passing through.
/ /
CONSONANTS contd.

25. Passage
Thankful Ruth
Ruth doesn't like to remember things from the past.
Thirteen years ago, Ruth came close to death. She was
very thin and lost thirty pounds. Three of her teeth also
fell out. Ruth is thankful for her nurse, Beth, who helped
her through thick and thin. Now, Ruth can enjoy long,
thoughtful baths.
/ /
CONSONANTS contd.

26. Thomas Thompson Thyme Theresa
Thames Esther Thailand
Exceptions to the rule:
1. Sometimes the ‘ɵ’ is a ‘t’ sound. This is mostly when
the sound comes in a Proper Noun.
Another example: ‘apartheid’.
2.Sometimes the ‘ɵ’ is a ‘silent’ sound.
Asthma – æsmə
3.In content words that denote relationship the / ɵ /
takes on a /ð/ sound.
Father Mother Brother
/ /
CONSONANTS contd.

27. /ð/
The Voiced ‘Th’ / ð /
Placement:
For the / ð / place the tip of your tongue between your
upper and lower teeth. Don't put it between your lips.
Make the sound by forcing air through the opening
between your teeth and your tongue. Vibrate your vocal
cords to make/ ð /.
CONSONANTS contd.

28. /ð/
The Voiced ‘Th’ / ð /
Placement: For the / ð / place the tip of your tongue
between your upper and lower teeth. Don't put it
between your lips. Make the sound by forcing air
through the opening between your teeth and your
tongue. Vibrate your vocal cords to make/ ð /.
CONSONANTS contd.

29. The P/K Sounds
and Q/C sounds
The P/K sounds
These sounds in neutral English are soft
relaxed sounds
CONSONANTS contd.

30. The P/K Sounds
Pin Peel
Pine Pray
Paid Pail
Pixels Pour
Perfect Important
Printer Jumper
Point Picture
Cat Cost
Crime Kettle
Computer Clean
Convenient Cache
Quick Queen
Quiet Question
Contact Configuration
CONSONANTS contd.

31. /p/
Placement:
For this sound the out flow of breath is interrupted at
the lips, and lips are pursed together then released.
This produces the consonant sound ‘p”. This sound is
voiceless and aspirated.
This sound in neutral English is a soft relaxed sound.
CONSONANTS contd.

32. /p/
Potion Power Product Plymouth Practice Power
People Proper Pepper Pepperoni Happy Supper
Tap Gap Popper Ship Sip Pop
Pin Peel Paid Pail Perfect Important
Pine Pray Pixels Pour Printer Jumper
Point Picture Prosper Pint Prosper Swap
Words
CONSONANTS contd.

33. /p/Drill
Oo Ou Aw Aa Aye ee aaow Aai
Oop Oup Awp Aap Ayep eep aaowp Aaip
Oops Oups awps Aaps Ayeps eeps aaowps Aaips
Oosp Ousp awsp Aasp Ayesp eesp aaowsp Aaisp
Oopk Oupk awpk Aapk Ayepk eepk aaowpk Aaipk
Poop Poup pawp Paap Payep peep paaowp paaip
Poops Poups pawps Paaps Payeps peeps paaowps paaips
Poopk Poupk pawpk Paapk Payepk peepk paaowpk paaipk
CONSONANTS contd.

34. /p/
Tongue twisters
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums.
Pick a partner and practice passing, for if you pass
proficiently, perhaps you will play professionally.
Proper popper, Proper popper, Proper popper.
CONSONANTS contd.

35. /p/
Passage
Peter Piper and Piped Piper were thick pals. Peter and Piped
Piper both hoped to pick a peck of pickled peppercorn with
Popeye, in Paris. On their way to Paris, they met two pretty, and
petite girls, Patsy and Pamela. They too hoped to pick a peck of
pickled peppercorn with Popeye, in Paris. Peter Piper, Piped
Piper, Patsy Perkins, and Pamela Powers became good pals. On
their trip to Paris they had to cross the Prairie Chapel. The
Chapel was very old, and looked like a pestilential prison. Peter
Piper, Piped Piper, Patsy Perkins, and Pamela Powers decided to
become life partners and promptly paid the priest and had a
prairie wedding in the chapel. They returned home and lived
happily ever after.
CONSONANTS contd.

36. /k/
Placement :
Raise the back of the tongue to touch the soft part at
the back of the roof of the mouth. The air is stopped
there, and then released quickly.
/k/ is voiceless.
CONSONANTS contd.

37. /k/
Contrasting Pairs
call/gall back/bag clean/glean
curl/girl bicker/bigger crow/grow
cold/gold tucking/tugging frock/frog
Words
Kind Cambridge Cardiff Colerain Canterbury Queen
Cactus Doctor Bacon Actor Exeter Newcastle
Make Bake Kick Limerick Cork York
CONSONANTS contd.

38. /k/
Tongue Twister.
• How many cookies could a good cook cook,
If a good cook could cook cookies?
• If you stick a stock of alcohol in your locker,
it's slick to stick a lock upon your stock,
or some stickler who is slicker
will stick you of your liquor
if you fail to lock your liquor
with a lock!
• I would if I could, and if I couldn't, how could I?
You couldn't, unless you could, could you?
CONSONANTS contd.

39. /k/
Passage
Luke and Jack were close pals. Luke would lock the liquor in
the locker room, which quite irked Jack. So to get back at
Luke, Jack closed his ducks in a dark room. When Luke got
to know about this, he went to Zachary, to complain.
Zachary was cool, and a calm person, but Zachary
concluded by saying that Jack is right. When Zachary
cascaded the sequence of his conversation with Luke to
Jack, Zachary and Jack decided to teach Luke a lesson. They
locked Luke with his ducks in the dark, closed room, and
drank his liquor, sitting on his sofa, the whole night.
CONSONANTS contd.

40. /s/
Placement:
The tip of the tongue is raised to the upper gum ridge
constricting the air stream, producing a sharp "hissing"
sound.
This is a voiceless S sound.
CONSONANTS contd.

41. Words
/s/
So September Sorry Single Sound Soft
Saucy Satisfied Sixteen Electricity Incessant Cisco
Glass Mass Class Makes Bakes Flakes
CONSONANTS contd.

42. /s/
Tongue Twisters
• I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop. Where she sits
she shines, and where she shines she sits.
• Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch.
• Slickly snared six sickly silky snakes.
• Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.
• Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes
as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash
shop.
CONSONANTS contd.

43. /s/
Drill
oo Ou Aw Aa aye Ee Aaow aai
oos ous Aws Aas ayes ees aaows aais
ookts outs Awkts aakts ayekts eekts aeowkts aaikts
oost oust Awst Aast ayest eest aaowst aaist
oosts ousts Awsts aasts ayests eests aaowsts aaists
soos sous Saws Saas sayes sees saaows saais
soops soups Sawps saaps sayeps seeps saaowps saaips
sooks souks Sawks saaks sayeks seeks saaowks saaik
soosts sousts Sawsts saasts sayests seests saaowsts saaists
Soofs soufs Sawfs saafs sayefs seefs saaowfs saaifs
CONSONANTS contd.

44. /s/
Passage.
A surly Sergeant, Sam, from Leicester, saw a sailor sit
silently on a small seat next to the see- saw. He sat
there for several minutes, while tots swarmed around.
Sam asked the sailor to cease. But sailor sneered in his
face. Sam was so incensed that he considered it a
sufficient incentive to Sock the sailor. The sailor stood
there for a second, and then strolled away.
CONSONANTS contd.

45. /r/
CONSONANTS contd.
Placement:
/r/ sound is produced by curling the front of the
tongue but do not touch the back of the upper teeth.
Then push air between the palate and the tip of the
tongue.
/r/ is voiced.

46. CONSONANTS contd.
Words
/r/
(INITIAL) (MEDIAL)
red Zero
real Merry
write Several
roof Forward

47. CONSONANTS contd.
/r/
Contrasting Pairs
rest/west door/dough bright/light
rinse/wince bear/beer fry/fly
rent/went run/won crowd/cloud
Sentences
1. Knowing right from wrong is important
2. Gregory and his brother really like rock-and-roll music.
3. The three friends ran in the race on Thursday, November
thirteenth.

48. CONSONANTS contd.
/r/
Passage
Hurly Burly store at Leicester, had thousands of mirrors.
One mirror was at the side of the room, which made the
room look bigger. One girl who worked there, was
terrorised that birds might get hurt by hurtling into their
own reflection. She moved the drawers to the side of the
room in order to cover the length of the mirror. After
doing this, she realized that it saved the birds from getting
hurt. The owner of the Store, in Leicester, proportionately
rewarded her effort.

49. ch=/tʃ/
CONSONANTS contd.
Placement:
This sound is a combination of the /t/ and the /sh/
sounds. The front of the tongue is raised firmly to
the gum ridge for the /t/ sound. Lips protrude while
the air stream is restricted there, the /sh / is added
before releasing the / ch / sound.
“Ch” gives a voiceless sound.

50. CONSONANTS contd.
ch=/tʃ/
Contrasting Pairs
cheap/jeep hunch/hunt choke/joke
churn/turn arch/art batches/badges
chin/tin etch/edge cheat/sheet
Tongue twister
• Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.
• I'll chew and chew until my chin drops.
• A child can choke on a chunk of cheese.
• Chuck paid for the church picture by check.
• Choose the chicken sandwich for lunch.

51. CONSONANTS contd.
ch=/tʃ/
Passage
Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher.
While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the
balls. Whether the temperature's up or whether the
temperature's down, the nature watcher, the catcher and
the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the
catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the
temperature rises or whether the temperature falls the
nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watching
the pitcher who's watching the balls.

52. CONSONANTS contd.
/f/
WORDS
Fall Ralph
Fail Sapphire
Food Laugh
Fish Laughs
Flower Tough
After Cough
Phone Trophy

53. CONSONANTS contd.
Sentences
/f/
Freddy found fresh flowers for his friend
Frances lifted her finger to show off her sapphire
Ralph's life is tough but he laughs
Phil's life is soft but he frets

54. One fresh fall day
Paul went to the fair
To find some fun and food
But while hopping a fence
He ripped his pants
Which put him in a foul mood
But he found a fine friend
And prayed she would mend the rip before it could fray
And although he was pieced
With a patch on the seat
He went to the feast anyway
Sentences
/f/
CONSONANTS contd.

55. CONSONANTS contd.
Placement:
This sound is like the buzz of a bee.
The tongue is suspended mid air within the teeth
closed. The sound is created with a vibration
“zzzzzzz” is a voiced sound.
/z/

56. /z/
CONSONANTS contd.
Words
Zero Freeze Anxiety Cousin
Lazy Xerox Easy Cheese
She's my friends cousin
He reads newspapers and magazines on Thursdays
Sentences

57. CONSONANTS contd.
/ʤ/
Placement:
This sound is a combination of the /d/ and the /z/
sounds. Similar to a ‘j’ followed by a bee’s buzz.

58. CONSONANTS contd.
Words
James budge January badger
package bulge Jowl Edge
/ʤ/
Sentences
Janet and June joined hands to cage the badger
January in Japan and June in Brazil can be joyful.

59. CONSONANTS contd.
/ʒ/
Placement:
This sound is a combination of the ‘j’ and the /z/
sounds. Similar to a bee’s buzz but with the lips
pursed.

60. CONSONANTS contd.
/ʒ/
Words
casual Asia confusion Illusion
beige treasure lesion azure
Sentences
The collision caused an explosion in Persia.
The beige fountain camouflaged the treasure.
The mirage was of a treasure.
He was casual about the visual to term it an illusion.