VOICELESS or VOICED

There are two different kinds of

sounds in English:
VOICELESS.

VOICED.

VOICELESS or VOICED

You can feel it if you touch your throat with

your hand:
VOICELESS:
When you make a voiceless sound, your throat
doesnt vibrate.
VOICED:
When you make a voiced sound, your throat
vibrates.

These are the VOICELESS sounds:

/p/
/t/
/k/
/f/
//
/s/
//
/t/

Examples:

/p/

pen /pen/

cap /kp/ , cape /kep/

/t/

two /tu/

street /strit/, omelette /mlt/, late /let/

/k/

kitchen /k tn/, key /ki/

chicken /tkn, book /bk/

/f/

five /fv/, photo /ft/

rough /rf/

//

three /ri/

tooth /tu/

/s/

ceiling /sil/, sister /sst/

science /sns/, this /s/

//

shop /p/, sure //

nation /ne()n/

/t/

chicken /tkn

nature /net/, match /mat/

Voiceless

These are the VOICED sounds:

/b/
/d/
/g/
/v/
//
/z/
//
/d/

Examples:
/b/

book /bk/, baby /bebi/

rubber /rb/, job /b/

/d/

day /de/, dead /ded/

ladder /lad/,old /ld/

/g/

game /gem/, green /grin/,

ghost /gst/

bag /bag/, giggle /ggl

/v/

vase /vz/, vest /vst/

movement /muvm()nt/, move /muv/,

//

this /s/

mother /m/, smooth /smu/

zebra /zibr/

music /mjuzk/, puzzle /pz()l/,

these /iz/, rose /rz/

//

sure //

pleasure /ple/, vision /vn/

/d/

genius /dins/,
judo /dud/

age /e/, bridge /brd/,

lounge /lan(d)/

/z/

Voiced

Every voiceless sound has a similar voiced sound.

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ // /s/ // /t/

/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ // /z/ // /d/
VOICED

These are the eight pairs of sounds.

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/ /k/

/f/

// /s/ // /t/

/b/ /d/ /g/

/v/ // /z/ // /d/

VOICED

VOICELESS

/p/ /t/

/k/

/f/

//

/s/ // /t/

You can learn the eight voiceless sounds

to improve your pronunciation.

By mmrb