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[f], [v], [θ], [ð], [s], [z], [ ʃ ], [ʒ], [h]
Sample [f]: Four phone calls are enough.Sample [v]: It was very hot, of course.
Spellings [f]: Spellings [v]:f as in four v as in veryff as in affair f (only in the word of)gh as in enough ph (only in the
name ph as in phone Stephen)lf as in half vv as in savvy
[f] [v]feel veal
fan van
proof prove
leaf leave
shuffle shovel
[v] [w]vine wine
verse worse
vet wet
vest west
vile wile
[v] [b]vest best
rove robe
vote boat
vow bow
vend bend
BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDfear afford relief
fire default staff
fair perfect safe
face offend shelf
fever defer brief
[fl] [fr] [fs] [ft]flush afraid chefs
after
sniffle frost graphs left
floor frenzy laughs staffed
waffle frog reefs raft
flame fruit beliefs safety
BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDview event have
voice heaven above
verse favor stove
virtue river brave
value device relative
[vl] [vz] [vd]gravel carves deceived
rival shoves moved
level slaveslived
evil moves saved
oval grooves loved
Half of the shelf was overflowing.
I was positive there was a live wire on the pavement.
It’s the best work of fiction I’ve read in five years.
I lost the chance for victory in only seven moves.
Description: [θ], [ð] are cognate sounds. They are both produced by squeezing a breath stream between your tongue and teeth. [θ] is voiceless and [ð] is voiced.
Sample [θ]: I thought it was a thin slice of birthday cake.
Sample [ð]: My mother said they were the best.
Spellings: [θ] [ð]th as in bath th as in withtth as in Matthew the as
in bathe
[t] [θ]tin thin
taught thought
boat both
bat bath
tanks thanks
[f] [θ]first thirst
free three
reef wreath
froze throws
fink think
[s] [θ]sick thick
sigh thigh
mouse mouth
face faith
worse worth
BEGINNING MIDDLEEND
thing pathway myth
thousand python tooth
thumb healthy cloth
thrive athlete warmth
therapy everything fortieth
[nθ] [θl] [dθ] [θs]Tenth lethal width paths
Month faithless breadth myths
Synthetic ruthless hundredth ninths
[ksθ]sixth
[d] [ð]day they
dare there
ladder lather
dough though
doze those
[z] [ð]teasing teething
close clothes
Zen then
seize seethe
closing clothing
The word the is one the most frequently used in the English language. Yet many are confused on how to pronounce it. Here are some rules to help:
It is [ðə] when followed by a consonant. It is [ði] when followed by a vowel.
So it’s [ðə] in the beginning and [ði] at the end.
BEGINNING MIDDLEEND
than leather clothe
theirs rhythms smooth
that whether with
those gather soothe
this father breathe
[ðd] [ðz] [rð] breathed soothes northern
writhed loathes earthen
smoothed breathes further
clothed bathes worthy
seethed smoothes farther
[θ]It was his third faithless love affair.
Old myths and old athletes can stretch beyond truth.
[ð]They were within the boundaries.
I like bathing is cool, soothing waters.
Sample [s]: The dog lost the scent of the snake in the grass.
Sample [z]: They hosed out the cages at the zoo.
Spellings [s]: Spellings [z]:s as in snake tz as in waltz z as in zooss as in grass sch as in schismx as in Xeroxsc as in scent x as in exit se as in
hosec as in cent (with [k]) zz as in blizzardps as in psychology ss as in scissors
s as in music
[s] [z]sue zoo
racer razor
loose lose
spice spies
device devise
BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDsun basin juice
saint decide mess
ceiling bicycle release
sorry assignblouse
search taste lettuce
[sw] [sp] [str] [skr] [sts]Swim spare struck scrapeboasts
Swamp wasp destroy transcribe dusts
Swallow inspire stretch scribe tests
Suede clasp distract screen bursts
Swing span street subscriberusts
[sk] [ks]mask max
desk decks
ask axe
dusk ducks
task tacks
BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDzipper design choose
zone hazy because
Zebra music his
zoo freezing falls
zucchini resultrefuse
As the saying goes, the race is to the swift.
Deposit cans are worth five cents a piece.
My sister groans when she lends me money.
Wood stoves are my answer to the energy crisis.
Sample [ʃ]: She dreamed that he lived in a mansion made of sugar near Chicago’s Russian embassy.
Sample [ʒ]: She was vision in beige and azure at the garage.
Spellings [ʃ]: t as in nation Spellings [ʒ]:sh as in she sc as in fascist s as in pleasurec as in ocean chs as in fuchsiage as in beiges as in tension ch as in Chicago z as in azuress as in fissure j as in bijousch as in schnapps g as in
gendarme
[ʃ] and [ʒ] are cognate sounds. They are lingua-palatal(tongue-soft palate) fricatives. Same production as [s] and [z], except the tongue is further back.
Contrast [ʃ] and [ʒ]:[ʃ] [ʒ]glacier glazier
pressure pleasure
fission vision
BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDshield martial lush
shrimp crashed harsh
shock machine finish
shower special trash
sheep tissue push
MIDDLE MIDDLE END ENDconfusion treasure collage prestige
version visual garage massage
incision decision mirage camouflage
illusionconclusion beige entourage
measure casual rouge sabotage
They’re casual about relaxation in Chicago.
Shoveling sand can be pleasurable.
The dog could be vicious on occasion.
We measured the beach erosion while on vacation.
Sample: Helen heated the whole house until it was too hot.
Spellings:
h as in hot wh as in whole
BEGINNING BEGINNING MIDDLEMIDDLE
Heat hungry perhaps exhale
Happy who behave rehearse
House here behind ahead
Humor hat lighthouse coherent
Help health Ohio unharmed
He took a huge inhalation at the end of the hallway.
The passengers were unharmed in the highjacking.
They were happy, but hungry, after the rehearsal.