CHANGES IN

PRONUNCIATION
“VOICING OF FINAL

CONSONANT SOUNDS”
TWO TYPES OF CONSONANTS

1. VOICED

2. UNVOICED
 THE FINAL CONSONANTS OF SOME NOUNS ,
USUALLY THE UNVOICED FRICATIVES
/f , Ø, s/, VOICED TO / v , ð , z /
, RESPECTIVELY, IN THE CORRESPONDING VERB
FORMS .
TWO TYPES OF FRICATIVES ( VOICED & UNVOICED )
UNVOICED (HASSLING SOUND) VOICED (BUZZLING SOUND)

• f • V
( f sound – face / fork / fist / ( v sound – vase / vote /
fan ) voice / venture )

• Ø • ð
( th sound – thick / thousand ( th sound – this / those /
/ thin / thunder ) them / the )

• S • Z
REMEMBER:

YOU CAN CHECK THAT CONSONANT IS VOICED OR

VOICELESS BY TOUCHING YOUR THROAT.
FRICATIVES

 Is happened when air passed through the small gap

your mouth.

UNVOICED FRICATIVES ARE EITHER HISSLING OR

BUZZLING SOUNDS.
NOUN -- “S” SOUND VERB – “Z” SOUND

ABUSE /-S/ ABUSE /-Z/

ADVICE /-S/ ADVICE /-Z/

HOUSE /-S/ HOUSE /-Z/

USE /-S/ USE /-Z/

NOUNS /–F/ SOUNDS VERBS /-V/ SOUNDS

BELIEF /-F/ BELIEVE /-V/

GRIEF /-F/ GRIEVE /-V/

HALF /-F/ HALVE /-V/

RELIEF /-F/ RELIEVE /-V/

SHELF /-F/ SHELVE /-V/

THIEF /-F/ THIEVE /-V/

LEAF /-F/ LEAVE /-V/

NOUNS / -Ø / SOUNDS VERBS / - ð / SOUNDS

MOUTH /-Ø / MOUTH /- ð /

SHEATH /-Ø / SHEATHE /- ð /

WREATH /-Ø / WREATHE /- ð /

 NOUN VERB

BREATH / BREØ / BREATHE / bri:ð /

BATH / Bæø / or / ba:ø / BATHE / beıð /

GLASS / glæs / or / gla:s/ GLAZE / gleız /

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