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In today’s English Language class, We will be Contrasting the Consonants /f/ and /v/. We hope you enjoy the class!
SPEECH WORK: Consonant Contrast, /f/ and /v/
Content
Consonant /f/ and /v/ are both fricatives. However, consonant /f/ is a voiceless sound while /v/ is a voiced one. Both of them are described as labio-dental fricatives. This means that in the production of each of them, we involve the lower lip and teeth.
Consider the following pair of words
| /f/ | /v/ |
| Life | Live |
| Leaf | Leave |
| Loaf | Loaves |
| File | Vile |
| Relief | Relieve |
| Belief | Believe |
| Ferry | Very |
| Fault | Vault |
| Face | Vase |
| Facing | Vaccine |
Evaluation: Produce 10 pairs of your own
Reference: Oxford advanced Learner’s Dictionary; Countdown English by Ogunsanwo.
Reading Assignment: Read Effective English for JSS 3 page 184
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