American English or British English accents welcome ;-)
These words are to be pronounced for ESL students.
Thanks in advance !
IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION – CONSONANT SOUNDS Part 1
Minimal pairs = [b] and [v].
Elementary
b – v / berry – very
Pre-Intermediate
ban - van / bat - vat / beer - veer / boat - vote / bowl - vole / serb - serve
Intermediate
bars - vase / best - vest / bet - vet / bow - vow / bowels - vowels / gibbon - given
Upper-Intermediate
bale - veil / bent - vent / bury - very / bow - vow
Advanced
bane - vein / bat - vat / beer - veer / bid - vid / bile - vile / biz - viz / bolt - volt / bowels - vowels / bowl - vole / broom - vroom / curb - curve / dribble - drivel / dub - dove / fibre - fiver / gibbon - given / jibe - jive / lobes – loaves.
Hi! Thank you very much for the recording ;-) You nailed it ! There are only 2 recordings missing and then, the job will be complete for my ESL students :-)
Take care,
Nina