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The following table shows voiced and voiceless consonants of English.


                                         voiceless                               voiced

                                   as in pen                  as in book           as in mango

                                   as in take                 as in dark           as in nose

                                   as in book or car          as in girl           as in thing

                                   as in flower               as in very           as in like

                                   as in think                as in that           as in white

                                   as in sat                  as in zoo            as in river

                                   as in shut                 as in garage         as in yellow

                                   as in catch               as in jaws



                    B1.  Say the following words aloud and write whether the sounds of the
                           le  ers in red are voiced or voiceless. Write V+ for voiced sounds and V–
                           for voiceless sounds.



                            Britain                         Canada                           big

                            proud                           Robert                           singer
                            pull                            an                               picture

                            jungle                          gift                             grammar


                    B2.  Given below are some words that have three sounds each. Iden  fy the

                           voiced and voiceless sounds in them and write their pa  ern as shown
                           below. Remember that all vowels are voiced.


                             tree           V–    V+    V+



                             map            V+    V+    V–


                            1. sun

                            2. bake

                            3. read

                            4. free
                            5. roam


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