Consonant Sound /p/ with Examples (+Audio Pronunciation)

Hello Scholar,

Welcome to the simplest lesson on voiceless consonant sound /p/ with its pronunciation, word examples and questions for you to practice.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Pronounce consonant sound /p/ correctly.
• Give examples of words with consonant sound /p/.
• Identify consonant sound /p/ in words.

Consonant sound /p/ is pronounced like a short “pa“.

It is pronounced with the same tongue and lips placement as in voiced CONSONANT SOUND /b/ but /p/ is “voiceless”.

So there is NO vibration in your throat when you pronounce /p/.

TAKE NOTE: /p/ is mostly SILENT when it comes before ‘s’, ‘n’ and ‘h’.

• psalm
• graph
• pneumonia

/p/ is also silent in words like “cupboard, receipt, coup, and pterodactyl”.

Although,

Consonant sound /p/ is silent in corps, it is pronounced in corpse.

• CONTRASTING CONSONANT SOUNDS /p/ AND /b/

Practice questions on consonant sound /p/