Hello Scholar,
Welcome to the simplest lesson on voiceless consonant sound /f/ with its pronunciation, word examples and questions for you to practice.
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Pronounce voiceless consonant sound /f/ correctly.
- Give examples of words with consonant sound /f/.
- Identify consonant /f/ sound in words.
Voiced consonant /f/
Consonant sound /f/ is pronounced like a short “fu”.
It is pronounced with the same tongue and lips placement as in voiced CONSONANT SOUND /v/ but /f/ is “voiceless”.
So there is NO vibration in your throat when you pronounce it.
| -f- | fish beef |
| -ff- | off sniff |
| -ph- | phone graph |
| -gh- | laugh enough |
TAKE NOTE: though the -ff in “off” has the /f/ sound, the -f in “of” is pronounced like /v/.
- CONTRASTING CONSONANT SOUNDS /v/ AND /f/
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