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FOUNDATION & BASIC

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E1- CONSONANTS PART 1

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 Outline
I.Consonant overview
II.Consonants in details
III.Practice

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I. Consonant overview

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II. Consonants in details
/p/ /b/

Pet /pet/ Bell /bel/

Pepper /ˈpepə(r)/ Bag /bæɡ/
Top /tɒp/ Rabbit /ˈræbɪt/
Give papa a cup of proper Baby Bobby and baby Billy
coffee in a copper coffee cup. like books.

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Bobby is patient.

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II. Consonants in details

/t/ /d/

Ten /ten/ Dad /dæd/

Teddy /ˈtedi/ Food /fuːd/
Beat /biːt/ Dinner /ˈdɪnə(r)/
Tom and Tim are talented. David didn’t do the dishes.

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Daddy bought ten teddy bears.

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II. Consonants in details

/k/ /g/

Coat /kəʊt/ Goat /ɡəʊt/

Hack /hæk/ Ground /ɡraʊnd/
Cancer /ˈkænsə(r)/ Bag /bæɡ/
How many cans can you How much ground could a
collect? groundhog grind?
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The golden key is on the ground.

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II. Consonants in details

/f/ /v/

Feed /fiːd/ View /vjuː/

Photograph /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/ Have /hæv/
Laugh /lɑːf/ Five /faɪv/
Four furious friends fought for Five very big fish fought each
the phone. other.
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 I can fly
very high.

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II. Consonants in details
/θ/ /ð/

Thin /θɪn/ They /ðeɪ/

Everything /ˈevriθɪŋ/ This /ðɪs/
Three /θriː/ Weather /ˈweðə(r)/
What do you think about thin They don’t like this weather
things?
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 They told
me the
truth.

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 II. Consonants in details
/s/ /z/

See /siː/ Zoo /zuː/

Place /pleɪs/ Music /ˈmjuːzɪk/
Center /ˈsentə(r)/ Rose /rəʊz/
If you notice this notice, you will notice that On a lazy laser raiser lies a
this notice is not worth noticing laser ray eraser.
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 Fuzzy
Wuzzy is a
serious
bear.

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 III. Practice
1. Pronounce and clarify these voiced and voiceless consonants
1. Game – Came
2. Back – Bag
3. Had – Hat
4. Fan – Van
5. Bus – Buzz
6. Three – These
7. Beach – Peach

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 III. Practice
2. Based on the pictures, guess the words and point out
the consonants

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Cat /kæt/

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Dog /dɒɡ/

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Pizza /ˈpiːt.sə/

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Fever /ˈfiː.vər/

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Zombie /ˈzɒm.bi/

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Assessment form

Student Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar

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Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

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 What we gained!

✔ Expressions when meeting new people.

✔ 12 consonants (voiced vs voiceless)
✔ Some vocabulary

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 Homework
Practice those consonants. Then record your voice and submit it to your teacher.

o /p/ (as in ‘pen’, ‘pill’, ‘pound’)
o /b/ (as in ‘book’, ‘baby’, ‘bamboo’)
o /t/ (as in ‘town’, ‘tip’, ‘tie’)
o /d/ (as in ‘do’, ‘doubt’, ‘day’)
o /k/ (as in ‘can’, ‘kill’, ‘kick’)
o /g/ (as in ‘girl’, ‘get’, ‘go’)
o /f/ (as in ‘for’, ‘feeling’, ‘fantastic’)
o /v/ (as in ‘vomit’, ‘verry’, ‘love’)
o /θ/ (as in ‘with’, ‘thing’, ‘breath)
o /ð/ (as in ‘this’, ‘then’, ‘breathe’)
o /s/ (as in ‘son, ‘Sue’, ‘sell’)
o /z/ (as in ‘zoo’, ‘zebra’, ‘zoom’)

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Suggested video:
“MEETING NEW PEOPLE”

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/speaking/beginner-
a1/meeting-new-people

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 Thank You!

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