Consonants: /tʃ/ & /dʒ/

Sound 1: /tʃ/ Sound 2: /dʒ/

1. teacher 1. joke
2. match 2. bridge
3. church 3. judge
4. rich 4. junk
5. lunch 5. jeans
6. chair 6. agency
7. charge 7. change
8. child 8. orange
Pronunciation Practice
Richard James was a soldier. He joined the army in March, right after his
birthday. He liked to make jokes, watch movies and listen to jazz. His friend Charlie and
he spent their days off drinking gin in a local jazz bar. They were real gentlemen and
always tried to help the elderly, women, and children whenever they had a chance. The
two of them also enjoyed teaching Japanese to junior high school children when they
were off duty.
Find /tʃ/: Find /dʒ/:
1. gender 1. sandwich
2. switch 2. jeans
3. adjust 3. chicken
4. joke 4. genes
5. congratulations 5. spinach
6. Turkey 6. three
7. Czech 7. coach
8. Corinthian 8. Christian
9. Cyprian. 9. margarine
10. manager 10. apologize
11. adventure 11. approach
12. question 12. imagine

Consonants: /z/ & /s/

Sound 1: /z/ Sound 2: /s/
1. zero 1. soon
2. music 2. course
3. rise 3. cell
4. lazy 4. sink
5. always 5. song
6. citizen 6. price
7. business 7. west
8. dessert 8. circle
Sam was a very lazy boy until he got a job at the zoo. He started working with
sloths, snakes, chimpanzees, lions, and even grizzly bears! He enjoyed working in
a small animal hospital and liked to play music for the baby chimpanzees Sam would
rise at dawn and stay up all day just to take care of his new friends. He would even try
to sneak in some honey desserts for the bears! Sam became a model citizen and took
special care of his animals. Even today Sam sings to baby chimpanzees and throws
birthday parties for them!
Find /z/: Find /s/:
1. use (noun) 1. cousin
2. close (adjective) 2. result
3. use (verb) 3. circle
4. ice 4. user
5. phase 5. recent
6. sail 6. resident
7. lose 7. position
8. loose 8. presence
9. expect 9. present
10. busy 10. experience
11. taxi 11. Missouri
12. descent 12. examine

Consonants: /θ/ & /ð/

Sound 1: /θ/ Sound 2: /ð/
1. thin 1. bother
2. throw 2. breathe
3. author 3. southern
4. healthy 4. mother
5. tooth 5. weather
6. thought 6. another
7. earth 7. further
8. thing 8. father
Martha and Dorothy were best friends. Their birthdays were on the same day
and they always celebrated that day together. They both liked the same smooth music
and thesame authors. Everybody who met them thought they were sisters. They always
told the truth to each other and they respected each other very much. They wanted to
move to the Netherlands and planned to visit every country on Earth. For the two
of them, there was nothing better than their friendship.
Find /θ/: Find /ð/:
1. gross 1. ethnic
2. growth 2. leather
3. then 3. thorough
4. feather 4. teeth
5. thus 5. booth
6. theme 6. clothing
7. method 7. neither
8. further 8. with
9. thought 9. that
10. worth 10. sounds
11. rather 11. although
12. width 12. tree
 Consonants: /ʃ/ & /ʒ/
Sound 1: /ʃ/ Sound 2: /ʒ/
1. ship 1. pleasure
2. sure 2. vision
3. nation 3. usually
4. fish 4. occasion
5. show 5. invasion
6. shy 6. treasure
7. shock 7. measure
8. crash 8. genre
Shawn is an illusionist and he has shows all around the world. His shows usually
shock his audience. His latest one was on a big cruise ship traveling across the ocean. He
decided to use this occasion to do his special act. He asked his audience for some
patience while he was casually walking across the stage. Suddenly, the ship rose from
the surface of the ocean and was flying in the air. Much to the audience’s shock and
confusion, they found that their pockets were full of pirate treasure. It was Shawn's
greatest show of all.
Find /ʃ/: Find /ʒ/:
1. action 1. agenda
2. logic 2. Gregory
3. beige 3. closure
4. genre 4. invasion
5. pressure 5. aggression
6. Asia 6. possession
7. initial 7. conscious
8. visual 8. leisure
9. racial 9. luxurious
10. equation 10. déjà vu
11. anxious 11. Russia
12. version 12. chauffeur