Consonant sound [f] by Polushina Irina [ f

Consonant sound [f] by Polushina Irina

[ f ] phase [feɪz] alphabet ['ælfəbət] photograph ['fəutəgrɑːf] *laughter ['lɑːftə] *cough [kɔf] *of [ɔv] feather ['feðə] waffle ['wɔfl] knife [naɪf] Degree of noise noise consonant Work of the vocal cords voiceless and strong (fortis) Manner of articulation constrictive (fricative) Place of articulation unicentral Position of the active organ of speech labio-dental against the point of articulation

The lower lip makes light contact with the upper teeth. The soft palate is raised. [f] is unvoiced and fortis. [ f ]

Do not curl your lip too far under your top teeth to make the sound. This makes it difficult to connect the [ f ] sound to other sounds in a word. Substitution: [f] sound and [th] sound Many speakers prefer to leave the final "f" silent in words such as: fifth [fɪfθ], fifths, fifthly, twelfth [twelfθ] and twelfths. Pronunciation Tip E.g.: I have five knives and four forks. The f sound is voiceless, and the v sound is voiced. E. g.: leaf leave refuse reviews rifles rivals proof prove [ f ] E.g.: fought thought first thirst for thaw

Fifty-five flags freely flutter from the floating frigate. Three fluffy feathers fell from Phoebe's flimsy fan. Of all the felt I ever felt I never felt a piece of felt That felt the same as that felt felt. A fly and a flea in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee!“ "Let us fly!" said the flea. And they flew through the flaw in the flue. [ f ] Tongue Twisters