Pronunciation voiceless or voiced

1. VOICELESS or VOICED

2. There are two different kinds of sounds
in English:
VOICELESS.
VOICED.

3. VOICELESS or VOICED
You can feel it if you touch your throat with your
hand:
VOICELESS:
When you make a voiceless sound, your throat
doesn’t vibrate.
VOICED:
When you make a voiced sound, your throat vibrates.

4. These are the VOICELESS
sounds:
/p/
/t/
/k/
/f/
/q/
/s/
/∫/
/t∫/

5. Examples:
/p/
pen /pen/ cap /kæp/ , cape /keɪp/
/t/
two /tuː/ street /striːt/, omelette /ˈɒmlɪt/, late /leɪt/
/k/
kitchen /ˈkɪ t∫ən/, key /kiː/ chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən, book /bʊk/
/f/five /fʌɪv/, photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ rough /rʌf/
/q/
three /θriː/ tooth /tuːθ/
/s/
ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/, sister /ˈsɪstə/ science /ˈsʌɪəns/, this /ðɪs/
/∫/
shop /ʃɒp/, sure /ʃɔː/ nation /ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
/t∫/chicken /ˈt∫ɪkən nature /ˈneɪtʃə/, match /matʃ/
Voiceless

6. These are the VOICED sounds:
/b/
/d/
/g/
/v/
/ð/
/z/
/ʒ/
/dʒ/

7. /b/
book /bʊk/, baby /ˈbeɪbi/ rubber /ˈrʌbə/, job /ʤɒb/
/d/
day /deɪ/, dead /ded/ ladder /ˈladə/,old /əʊld/
/g/
game /geɪm/, green /griːn/,
ghost /gəʊst/
bag /bag/, giggle /ˈgɪgəl
/v/vase /vɑːz/, vest /vɛst/ movement /ˈmuːvm(ə)nt/, move /muːv/,
/ð/
this /ðɪs/ mother /ˈmʌðə/, smooth /smuːð/
/z/
zebra /ˈziːbrə/ music /ˈmjuːzɪk/, puzzle /ˈpʌz(ə)l/,
these /ðiːz/, rose /rəʊz/
/ʒ/
sure /ʃɔː/ pleasure /ˈpleʒə/, vision /ˈvɪʒən/
/dʒ/genius /ˈdʒiːnɪəs/,
judo /ˈdʒuːdəʊ/
age /eɪʤ/, bridge /brɪdʒ/,
lounge /laʊn(d)ʒ/
Examples:
Voiced

8. Every voiceless sound has a similar voiced sound.
VOICELESS
/p//t//k//f//q//s//∫//t∫/
/b//d//g//v//ð//z//ʒ//dʒ/
VOICED

9. These are the eight pairs of sounds.
VOICELESS
/p//t//k//f//q//s//∫//t∫/
/b//d//g//v//ð//z//ʒ//dʒ/
VOICED

10. You can learn the eight voiceless sounds to
improve your pronunciation.
VOICELESS
/p//t//k//f//q//s//∫//t∫/

11. By mmrb