Daily English - Day 9

Voice? That's correct. It's a voiceless sound. Practice with me. To make the buh sound, you need to follow these steps. Step 1. Bring your lips together. Step 2. Pull up some pressure in your mouth and release it. Make it powerful. This time, use your voice. It's a voiced consonant. You may notice less air coming out of your mouth. It's air on your palm and a vibration in your throat. Buh. Look at my mouth carefully. Buh. Do you feel that you are pronouncing them correctly? Let's practice some more words and sentences. The ʔ sound, problem, party, park, company, power, pay, program, provide, potato, potato. My grandpa is cooking potatoes for a party. My grandpa is cooking potatoes for a party. Don't pick the pepper. Paul often parks his car outside our company. Whose pink pen is that? People in this town paid a lot for it. paid a lot for a public playground. The B sound appears in these words. begin better beef between book black best problem about I'll be right back. I bought a book from the library. Is there a problem? You'd better stop beh... You'd better stop... behaving so badly. Betty tried her best to become the best. Let's move on to some exercises. Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and circle the word which contains the P or B sounds. The big puppies bark. The baby was happy. Ride your bike to the park. Bob should stop playing video games. We baked a purple berry pie. A purple berry pie. Exercise 2. We baked a purple berry pie. Exercise 2. Listen and fill in the blanks. She threw away her old pills. Her old pills. How much was the cab? The bowl was kind of big. I put the robe in the closet. There are some pear trees in the garden. Could you show me where the P is? Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and circle the word which contains the P or B sounds. The big puppies bark. The baby was happy. Ride your bike to the park. Bob should stop playing video games. We baked a purple berry pie. Exercise 2. Listen and fill in the blanks. She threw away her old pills. Her old pills. How much was the cab? The bowl was kind of big. The bowl was big. Big. The bowl was kind of big. I put the robe in the closet. It was big. There are some pear trees in the garden. Could you show me where the P is? Let's wrap it up here.