Pronunciation: B vs P
The following pairs will help you
practice pronunciation of the sounds
/b/ and /p/
which are often confused by Asian students
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Back |
Pack |
Big |
Pig |
Brawl |
Prowl |
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Bad |
Pad |
Bill |
Pill |
Breach |
Preach |
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Ball |
Paul |
Bin |
Pin |
Bronze |
Prawns |
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Ban |
Pan |
Boar |
Pour |
Bulb |
Pulp |
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Bart |
Part |
Boast |
Post |
Bull |
Pull |
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Bat |
Pat |
Bound |
Pound |
Bunk |
Punk |
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Bay |
Pay |
Bond |
Pond |
Burr |
Purr |
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Beach |
Peach |
Bob |
Pop |
Bus |
Pus |
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Bear |
Pear |
Box |
Pox |
Butt |
Putt |
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Beer |
Peer |
Bower |
Power |
Bye |
Pie |
Tongue
Twisters and Nursery Rhymes to practice
/b/
and /p/
Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Plague-bearing prairie dogs.
Betty
Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.
A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.
A
big black bug bit a big black bear,
made the big black bear bleed blood.