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PRONUNCIATION: /b/, /v/, /p/ and /f/

Read this sentence aloud:

Victor and Barbara love receiving beautiful postcards

 

Compare your pronunciation with the recording below. Is there any sound that you haven't pronounced properly?.

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

Listen and repeat the following sounds and words.

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

  

 Pronouncing /b/, /v/, /p/ and /f/

Think about it!

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.

  1. Which of these 4 sounds does not exist in your first language?
  2. One of this sounds changes its features in word initial position and after a stressed syllable which one?

Exercise 1

You are going to listen to 4 sentences including all the 4 sounds seen above. Listen to each sentence twice and write it down on your notebook,

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

Practise saying all the sentences.