You want to speak more clearly. You want people to understand you. I’m here to help!

When you understand voiced and voiceless sounds, you will understand a huge part of pronunciation. In this video, I will show you how to know when a sound is “voiced” and when it is “voiceless”, and I will have you repeat sounds after me. Plus, you can practice these minimal pair sets to improve your pronunciation. Each set of minimal pairs focuses on one sound, in two versions: voiced and voiceless.

Practice with me and improve your pronunciation!

B/P

bee/pea
bin/pin
beg/peg
beep/peep
bay/pay
beach/peach
bark/park
big/pig
bees/peas
bath/path
bug/pug
bye/pie

T/D

ten/den
tea/D
tore/door
tip/dip
town/down
tot/dot
tart/dart
tie/die

K/G

cap/gap
cage/gauge
card/guard
coal/goal
curl/girl
coat/goat
cold/gold

F/V

fan/van
fine/vine
file/vile
fawn/Von
fix/Vicks
fail/veil
fear/veer
fat/vat

S/Z

sip/zip
see/Z
Sue/zoo
sink/zinc
sap/zap
dose/doze
buss/buzz

CH/DZ

cheese/G’s
chin/gin
cheap/jeep
chunk/junk
choke/joke
chive/jive