Pafa Bava: (English Consonant Sounds)

PaFa
BaVa
(English Consonant Sounds)
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International
Dictionary Symbol Example word(s)
Phonetic Alphabet
Stops (sounds you cannot hold)
p p pink
b b boy
t t tall
d d dog
ch tʃ chair
j dʒ jump, giant
k k car, kite, quit
g g girl

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International
Phonetic Alphabet
Fricatives (sounds you can hold)
f f fun, phone
v v van
th θ thanks
dh or th ð these
s s sun
z z zoo
sh ʃ shine
zh ʒ measure

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International
Phonetic Alphabet
Nasals
m m Man
n n Nice
ng ŋ King

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International
Phonetic Alphabet
Other
h h happy
l l love
r r run
y j yellow
w w water

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/p/
Pace Apple Cap
Pack Chapel Gap
Pad Epopee Lap
Peak Weapon Map
Peek Maple Nap
Pep Proponent Creep
Pick Wrapper Deep
Pike Ripple Keep
Pill Report Steep

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... on sentences ...
1. The poet was so happy and so proud of his

newly composed epopee.
2. Paul plans to pick up a jump rope in the
department store.
3. It is impossible to predict population patterns.
4. Laptop computers put payroll, payables and
spreadsheets at our fingertips.
5. It is important to provide perfect principles for
young people.

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/f/
Fan Graphic Calf
Fain Griffin Staff
Fang Atmosphere Laugh
Fast Defrost Chef
Fear Crafty Knife
Feign Leafy Cuff
Fell Safety Cough
Felt Often Strife
Fig Refute Grief

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... on sentences ...
They laughed at the awful photograph of

Francis falling off a fence.
Fred forgot to fry fish on Friday.
Few friends fail to fight.
Feel free to laugh if it’s funny.
It took effort to finish the final draft.

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/f/ vs. /p/
Fan – pan Fond – pond Chaff – chap
Fain – pain Fig – pig Leaf – leap
Fast - past Fill - pill Reef – reap
Fang – pang Fine – pine Chief – cheap
Feat – Pete First – pursed Rifle – ripe
Fear – peer Fun – pun Strife – stripe
Felt – pelt Four – pour Wife – wipe
Fool – pool Calf – cap Tough – top
Foot – put Laugh – lap Cuff – cup

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personal favor fascinating partner
food poisoning face the people
private firm fake pass
political figure polite feedback
present facts frying pan

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Perry, a fat pink fairy who lives in Fantasyland,
and his pet Paul, a pig that is frighteningly full of fur,
went to visit Perry’s paternal grandfather fairy. The grand
father fairy was praying when fat pink Perry and furry
Paul arrived. Fat pink Perry noticed a pall on a plank
parallel to grandfather fairy’s favourite praying position.
He pulled the pail that was full of paint but the pail fell
on grandfather fairy’s frayed feathery pants. Fat pink
Perry and furry Paul were full of fright when grandfather
fairy stood and pushed the pail away.

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Grandfather fairy’s face frowned and
pointed his finger towards the pale pink pantry.
The frightened fat pink Perry proceeded only to
find out that grandfather fairy was pretending to
be praying. Fat pink Perry’s family was there.
Papa Frey, fat pink Perry’s father, hugged fat
pink Perry and greeted him “Happy Birthday.” Fat
pink Perry was no longer frightened. Fat pink
Perry was so pleased to find out that his family
was there to party with him on his fun-filled
fourth birthday.
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/b/
Banner Debar Dab
Bagger Debase Stab
Backer Debate Gib
Bachelor Debit Jib
Ballet Debonair Sib
Beggar embark Cob
Benign Hobby Cab
Beau Reborn Probe
burst probation Lobe

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Black Blake’s back block broke a
bearing. Did Black Black's back brake-block
break a bearing? If Black Blake’s back
break block broke a bearing, where’s the
bearing Black Blake’s back break-block
broke?

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/v/
Van Craven Brave
Vain Haven Grave
Veil Heaven Alive
Vase Raven Arrive
Vat Diver Wave
Veer Giver Derive
vast Liver Reserve
Vend River Nerve
Vent Lover Serve

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Viola vainly viewed the vast, vacant vista.
Vanessa Verde is well versed in very wordy verb

verse.

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very big book value
vote buying basically vicious
blocs of voters business venture
biased view virtually blind
bridal veil vertical bar

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Victor believes Vivian is the most
vivacious and beautiful woman in the
world. But Bill wishes Victor's views were
valid. "Vivian? That venomous viper?"
Victor vows he'll wed Vivian, even if he is
just seventeen. Will Vivian ever know of
Victor's wedding vision? Does she even
know Victor's name?

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Berry is called “Very Berry” because he is considered the best bet
for a vet and brightest baseball veteran in the big country of
Belgium. A side from spending time with bunnies, very Berry is also
fond of baseball bats and balls. His villa has a basement with vault
of balls. Very Berry is also fond of collecting bats in a vat. He and his
best buddy Bubbly ver bowed their vow never to vie to buy baseball
bats and balls to boys. They shifted their attention from buying
baseball bats to bingeing on beer so every time the banned van
visits their vicinity, very Berry and his best buddy Bubbly Ver would
veer away and buy beer instead. However, Very Berry and Bubbly
Ver realized that beer is vile for the boy’s bile production. So, they
decided to run after banned van and buy baseballs instead of
bingeing on beer. Very Berry and Bubbly Ver were never happier.

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/θ/
Thane Atheist Bath
Thank Athlete Faith
Thatch Bathtub Hath
Thaw Breathtaking Path
Theatre Epithet oath
Theology Ether Berth
Thermal Earthly Dearth
Thick Enthusiastic Mirth
thigh Earthly pith

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/ð/
Than Father Bathe
That Farther Lathe
The Neither Scathe
Thee Heathen Soothe
Their Other Breathe
Them Bother Seethe
Then Another Blithe
Thence Weather Writhe
Thine Whether Lithe

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/ð/ vs. /θ/ vs. /d/
Thaw-though Sooth-soothe Breathe-breed
Thigh-thy Wreath-wreathe Seethe-seed
Ether-either They- thy Wreathe-read
Cloth-clothe Though-dough Tithe-tide
Bath-bathe Father-fodder Lithe-lied
Breath-breathe Lather-ladder Loathe-load
Loath-loathe Either-eider Writhe-ride
Mouth-mouthed Lathe-laid Loathing-loading
Teeth-teethe Swathe-swayed Thin-those

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think - through - dare
moth - either - den
Thin - clothing - doubt
path - thy - doze
three - leather - ladder
forth - worthy - sealed
Cloth - clothe - day
tooth - these - dean
myth - thus - feared
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Heather always seems bothered. She thinks of breathing
and bathing, and it thickens her brain, to do two things at
a time the same. She has other thoughts that are rather
lethargic. There are those about weather, and those
about the worth of a box of thermal mugs. She gathers
fear when thinking of thugs, and the mother of all
monsters, Therathimides. She soothe herself thinking of
comfortable leather chairs, or grandfather or thugs, you
can be sure, Heather the Bothered has bothered to think
about them all and thought all thing through.

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Heather lathers her hair when she bathes.
Either I buy these toothpaste or those

toothbrushes
The Wrath of Thor breathes life into the

withering mythological writing scene.
Thinking of the thought of weather and others.
Thomas will choose either this or that, but

neither those or these.
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The box of thimbles from the Thrifty Thimble
company arrived as ordered. However, instead of
thirty-six thimbles, the box contained only thirty-
three thimbles, three thimbles thinner than the
thirty-six we ordered.
Through thick and thin, Sheila and Seth see

things through together. Sheila sees Seth as Seth
sees Sheila. Seth and Sheila are certain they will
be together forever.

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/ʃ/
Shabby Shame Ash
Shack Ashore Crash
Shade Cashew Dash
Sham Cashier Gash
Shape Facial Lash
She Cliche Quash
Sheep Glacier Trash
Sheer Satiate Squish
Sheik Echelon Swish

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The [ ʃ ] is represented by many spellings, besides
sh:
“ti” as in induction, fiction, motion, portion,
section
“si” as in pension, mansion
“ss” as in passion, mission, session
“ci” as in facial, racial, gracious, precious
“ch” as in attache, mustache, chaperone,
chauffeur, chef, chivalrous, carte blanche

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1. The greatest number of ships and aircraft ever
involved in a sea-air action was in the Battle of Leyte
Gulf, which ranged from October 22 to 27, 1944,
involving 231 ships and 1, 996 aircraft.
2. The sharp-shooter Florencio was assigned to the shock
corps of the army where only men with high morale,
training, and discipline are chosen.
3. A shy lass shuns any form of clash.
4. The fashion in women’s attire from the early sixties to
the present would make an angel blush with shame.
5. The dashing and flashy sheik with dark must ache
drank champagne in the shade of his garden.

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/ʃ/ vs. /s/
Shack – sack Shoal – soul Rushed – rust
She – see Shock – sock Push – plus
sheep – seep Shoe – sue Clash – class
Sheer – seer Shoot – soot Lash – lass
Sheik – seek Shore sore Ash – ass
Shell – sell Show – sow Shake – sake
shine – sign Shun – sun Ship – sip
Ship – sip shy – sigh Shimmer – simmer
Shake – sake Gash - gas Shame – same

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A foolish young fisher named Fisher
One fished for some fish in the fissure
Till a fish with a grin
Pulled the fisherman in
Now, they’re fishing the fissure for Fisher.
(anonymous)
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And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall
blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work
for fame.
(Rudyard Kipling, “L ‘Envoi”)
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Matrimony usually starts with friendship, goes on to courtship, and
ends up in battleship.

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/ʒ/
Barrage Sabotage Treasure
Beige Rouge Seizure
Camouflage Prestige Pleasure
Collage Protege Measure
Corsage Negligee Leisure
Entourage Lingerie Intrusion
Espionage Visual Incision
Garage Vision Illusion
Mirage Usual Explosion

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Aspirated /t/
Tab Attire Dipped
Tack Attempt Gripped
Tag Atom Nipped
Take Atone Briefed
Tale Atop Lashed
Tea Entire Dashed
Tell Eternal Missed
Ten Optical Messed
tear protest Baked

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*In the past tense, D sounds like T, after an
unvoiced consonant sound — f, k, p, s, ch, sh, th
(but not T).
*With a stressed T and ST, TS, TR, CT, LT and

sometimes NT combinations.
*T is an aspirated “t” at the beginning of a word

or in a stressed syllable .

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It took Tim ten times to try the telephone
Tony will be too tired tomorrow.
Tiffany attacks her work right away.
The traffic was terrible today.
His task was to turn around the table.
We will go to an Italian restaurant on Tuesday.

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/t/ is soft /d/
...if /t/ is located at the middle of the word
Water daughter bought a
caught a
lot of got a
later meeting
better

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/t/ when preceded and followed by /s/
Casts Priests Toasts
Fasts Insists Dusts
Lasts Lists Gusts
Jests Mists Rusts
Nests Boasts trusts
Pests Coasts Feasts
Rests Ghosts roasts

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/t/ when preceded and followed by /s/
Casts Priests Toasts
Fasts Insists Dusts
Lasts Lists Gusts
Jests Mists Rusts
Nests Boasts trusts
Pests Coasts Feasts
Rests Ghosts roasts

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T “disappears” or is silent after /n/ in
unstressed position
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If the T is at the end of a word, you
almost don't hear it at all.
Put lot Set
what hot Shot
brought sit bat

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/i/ vs. /I/
Eat - it leak- lick Seen – sin
Meet - mitt Eel - ill Leave – live
Wheat -
Deed - did Feel - fill
whit
Bead - bid Keel - kill Heel - hill
Each - itch Feet - fit Ease - is
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/ɛ/ vs. /e/
ten – alias Bled - great
Burial – hate Meadow – sail
Felt – steak Dead - sachet
Well – ate Fell – male
Edit - drain Echo – fatal

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/ᴂ/ vs. /ȧ/
Sack – wander Hand - topic
Asset – fond Cash – hard
Cab – bark Mad – arc
mansion garlic Lamp – cough
Taxi - hot Math – collar

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/ɔ/ vs. /o/
Bought - boat Audience – roe
Jaw – flow Bald – pole
Law – soap Orange - code
Call – so Alter - soul

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/ᴜ/ vs. /u/
Bull – pool Juror – hue
Pull – fruit Sure – jewel
Should – you Footage - chew
Stood – new Woman - super

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k k car, kite, quit

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Fricatives (sounds you can hold)

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Pack Chapel Gap

Pad Epopee Lap

Peak Weapon Map

Peek Maple Nap

Pep Proponent Creep

Pick Wrapper Deep

Pike Ripple Keep

Pill Report Steep

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1. The poet was so happy and so proud of his

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Fain Griffin Staff

Fang Atmosphere Laugh

Fast Defrost Chef

Fear Crafty Knife

Feign Leafy Cuff

Fell Safety Cough

Felt Often Strife

Fig Refute Grief

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They laughed at the awful photograph of

Fred forgot to fry fish on Friday.

Few friends fail to fight.

Feel free to laugh if it’s funny.

It took effort to finish the final draft.

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Fain – pain Fig – pig Leaf – leap

Fast - past Fill - pill Reef – reap

Fang – pang Fine – pine Chief – cheap

Feat – Pete First – pursed Rifle – ripe

Fear – peer Fun – pun Strife – stripe

Felt – pelt Four – pour Wife – wipe

Fool – pool Calf – cap Tough – top

Foot – put Laugh – lap Cuff – cup

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Bagger Debase Stab

Backer Debate Gib

Bachelor Debit Jib

Ballet Debonair Sib

Beggar embark Cob

Benign Hobby Cab

Beau Reborn Probe

burst probation Lobe

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Vain Haven Grave

Veil Heaven Alive

Vase Raven Arrive

Vat Diver Wave

Veer Giver Derive

vast Liver Reserve

Vend River Nerve

Vent Lover Serve