Consonant Sound /p/ with Examples (+Video and Quiz)

Consonant sound /b/ is pronounced like a short ‘pa’ or that first sound in “pat”.

It is voiceless because there is no vibration in your throat when you pronounce it, unlike CONSONANT SOUND /b/.

Some examples of words with consonant /p/ sound

🔕 Silent consonant /p/ occurs when the letter ‘p’ comes before ‘–s’, ‘–n’ or ‘–h’.

• psalm
• graph
• pneumonia

Consonant /p/ sound is also silent in “cupboard, receipt, coup, pterodactyl”.

And though it is silent in ‘corps’, it is pronounced in ‘corpse’.

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Practice questions on consonant sound /p/

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