Consonant Sounds

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CHEAT SHEET
As promised, here’s the third of the 3 FREE GIFTS...
I’d love to give you all my tips, secrets and rules... and I will, bit by bit.
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You have your 5 minutes of audio for each of the 5 CRUCIAL CONSONANTS,
EXTRA words from gift 1 and EXTRA phrases from gift 2.
BUT... what about all those sneaky, secret patterns?

They’ll think you landed from Mars if you don’t get them right.
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Well, here they are for your 5 crucial consonants!
Think of it like a cheat sheet! Sure, it would be great
to discover them on your own, but sometimes
it’s nice to avoid all the hard work and get the VIP treatment - right?
You don’t need to use them right now, but if you want to,
you can simply ADD THE AUDIO to your 5 Day Audio MINI COURSE
and really get your conversations moving!
So, take your time, be specific and happy practicing.
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phonetic symbol - ŋ
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the NG consonant sound
As most non-native speakers rely on spelling to help guide them towards pronunciation, the written ‘ng’ can be
misleading when speaking in an RP accent. Whilst a written ‘ng’ is mostly spoken as the single NG sound described
above, here are some exceptions:
- When should I pronounce the G in an ‘ng’?
If an adjective ending with a written ‘ng’, such as ‘young’, adopts a comparative suffix ‘er’ or superlative suffix ‘est’,
the ‘g’ should be pronounced:
young younger youngest long longer longest strong stronger strongest
If an ‘ng’ is followed by an ‘er’ or ‘le’ that is not a suffix (p.189), as in ‘anger’ and ‘angle’, the ‘g’ should also be
pronounced:
triangle angle bangle jangle tingle tangle single mingle jungle

conger hunger finger anger scaremonger gossipmonger fishmonger
Other exceptions, where the ‘g’ is pronounced, are words like:
Congo engage congruent congregation

language mongrel anguish English England
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phonetic symbol - ð (voiced)
the TH consonant sound and θ (voiceless)
Occasionally a written TH is pronounced as a T sound:
Thompson Neanderthal Thames Thailand thyme
phonetic symbol - h
the H consonant sound
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> Silent ‘h’
There are many words in which a written ‘h’ is silent, as in ‘honest’. Unfortunately, there is no reliable rule to
help you know when an ‘h’ is silent, however words can be checked for their phonetic transcription in a reliable
dictionary. Here are some examples:
honest rhyme honour heir rhubarb hour exhausted vehicle

ghost rhythm exhibition ghetto ghastly shepherd
rhapsody Sarah silhouette spaghetti gherkin
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phonetic symbol - r
the R consonant sound
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Some languages have different types of R that are used according to the position of the R in a word, as well as the
number of R’s written (so a double R as in ‘carry’ might be pronounced differently).
Whereas in standard British English, we only use one type of R, as described in DAY 4 of your 5 Day Audio MINI
COURSE.
Which means that the R’s in all of the following words are spoken in the same way:
R original rang ring pride broken crash RR marry worried

surround carry WR wrong write wrap wreathe RH rhubarb
rhythm diarrhoea rhetoric rhapsody rheumatic
- Okay, but should I pronounce every written R?
That’s a very good question and the answer is a definate ‘NO!’. You can explore this at a later date. For now, just
get the R sounding more British. When you’re ready to move on, the answer to this question is explained fully in
the complete eBook - British English Pronunciation Roadmap: A Clear Path To Clear Speech.
phonetic symbol - s and z
the S and Z consonant sounds
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> Silent ‘s’
There are many words in which a written ‘s’ is silent, as in ‘island’. Whilst there is no conclusive pattern to follow,
one way to be sure is to look at the phonetic transcription in a reliable dictionary. Here are some other examples:
island isles debris isle aisle viscount bourgeois
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First published in 2015 by Edwin Publishing and Media Ltd

BUT... what about all those sneaky, secret patterns?

So, take your time, be specific and happy practicing.

*Here’s a ‘How to download...’ guide www.englishpronunciationroadmap.com/how-to-download-audio-and-pdf-files/

- When should I pronounce the G in an ‘ng’?

young younger youngest long longer longest strong stronger strongest

triangle angle bangle jangle tingle tangle single mingle jungle

Other exceptions, where the ‘g’ is pronounced, are words like:

Congo engage congruent congregation

Occasionally a written TH is pronounced as a T sound:

Thompson Neanderthal Thames Thailand thyme

> Silent ‘h’

honest rhyme honour heir rhubarb hour exhausted vehicle

R original rang ring pride broken crash RR marry worried

- Okay, but should I pronounce every written R?

> Silent ‘s’

island isles debris isle aisle viscount bourgeois

If you haven’t already heard about it,

Okay, if you really can’t wait, CLICK this LINK:

We want to know because we want to help you. Seriously! So, on Day 1,

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