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SkimaTalk Official Course
Intermediate Pronunciation
Lesson 4: Sounds P / B / T / D

2. Intermediate Pronunciation
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Today’s Lesson!
1. Sounds L / R / Th
2. Sounds B / F / V
3. Sounds S / Sh / Z
4. Sounds P / B / T / D
5. Sounds M / N / K / G
6. Sounds W / Y / H
7. Sounds [tʃ] / [dʒ] / [ʃ] / [ʒ]
8. Sounds [a] / [æ] / [ʌ]
9. Sounds [e] / [ə] / [i]
10. Sounds [ou] / [ɔ]

3. Sounds: P vs. B
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# P B
1 Pound Bound
2 Pillow Below
3 Pet Bet
4 Path Bath
5 Pull Bull
6 Pie Buy
7 Pride Bride
8 Group Globe
9 Rapid Rabbit
10 Rope Robe
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4. Sounds: T vs. D
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# T D
1 Bat Bad
2 Tear Dear
3 Ant And
4 Bit Bid
5 Write Ride
6 Sat Sad
7 Threat Thread
8 Feet Feed
9 Court Cord
10 Salt Sold
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5. Now Let’s Practice with Tongue Twisters!
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P: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pecks of pickled
peppers did Peter Piper pick?
B: Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.
P & B: Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
Tongue Twisters – P / B
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6. Now Let’s Practice with Tongue Twisters!
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T: A tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor: “Is it harder to toot or to tutor two
tooters to toot?”
D: How many ducks could a duck duct-tape, if a duck could duct-
tape ducks?
T & D: A tree-toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree. He
was a two-toed tree-toad, but a three-toed toad was she.
Tongue Twisters – T / D
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