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Confusing Consonant Pairs Practice Activity Handout

The document provides a practice activity focused on distinguishing between confusing consonant sounds in American English. It includes exercises for listening, repeating words, and reading sentences to enhance pronunciation skills. Specific consonant sounds highlighted are /l/, /w/, /n/, /y/, /r/, /v/, /ʤ/, and /ŋ/.

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Confusing Consonant Pairs Practice Activity Handout

The document provides a practice activity focused on distinguishing between confusing consonant sounds in American English. It includes exercises for listening, repeating words, and reading sentences to enhance pronunciation skills. Specific consonant sounds highlighted are /l/, /w/, /n/, /y/, /r/, /v/, /ʤ/, and /ŋ/.

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Consonant Sounds of American English

Practice Activity: Confusing Consonant Sounds that Hum or Flow

/l/ lock /w/ west /n/ not /y/ yam /n/ sin /y/ year
/r/ rock /v/ vest /l/ lot /ʤ/ jam /ŋ/ sing /w/ wood

v In each question below, you’ll hear and repeat two words. Then the speaker will say one of the
words. Circle the word that you hear.

1. load road
2. wine vine
3. never lever
4. yellow Jello
5. sun sung

v Practice saying these words:


/y/ you yes year yeast yield
/w/ will wait wood woman wool

v Practice reading these sentences. Circle the words that you’d like to keep practicing.
1. Would you rather be a pilot or a pirate?
2. William likes to watch Western movies, but not violent ones.
3. Linda and Norman never got to know a lot of people.
4. Some men and women were singing in the warm sunshine.
5. That young woman bought some wool yarn last year.
6. Yesterday Jane ate some yellow, lemon-flavored Jello.
7. Little children love to play in the park all day.

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