Definition: are consonants with the characteristic that when they are ...
Fricatives Definition: are consonants with the characteristic that when they are produced, air escapes through a small pasagge and makes a hissing sound.
Are nine fricative consonants: •fv •sz •h
Speech organs position It’s the top teeth with gently make contact with the lower lip. The air can squeeze past. Without any sound it forms /f/ as in fish, add sound to that and you get /v/.
English fricatives
Contrast words
Spelling variations for the /f/ sound f ft ph gh
first, feast,cleft, lift,fantasy,fantastic,finish soften, often pharmacy,phone, photograph, philosophy rough, tough ,laugh
Words with the /v/ sound Vote,veal,evil,leave,groove,involve,convivial,arrive develop, vice, verse,vacuum, revenge,virtue.
MINIMAL PAIRS • • • • • •
SAFE FINE FAIL FEW FAST FERRY
SAVE VINE VEIL VIEW VAST VERY
Are nine fricative consonants: •fv •sz •h
Speech organs position It’s the top teeth with gently make contact with the lower lip. The air can squeeze past. Without any sound it forms /f/ as in fish, add sound to that and you get /v/.
English fricatives
Contrast words
Spelling variations for the /f/ sound f ft ph gh
first, feast,cleft, lift,fantasy,fantastic,finish soften, often pharmacy,phone, photograph, philosophy rough, tough ,laugh
Words with the /v/ sound Vote,veal,evil,leave,groove,involve,convivial,arrive develop, vice, verse,vacuum, revenge,virtue.
MINIMAL PAIRS • • • • • •
SAFE FINE FAIL FEW FAST FERRY
SAVE VINE VEIL VIEW VAST VERY
