Pronouncing The B/P Sounds

1- Practice: words with the /b/ sound

Bat – Big – Berry – Buy – Cab – Rib – Pub – Bay

2- Practice: words with the /p/ sound

Pat – Pig – Perry – Pie – Cap – Rip – Pup – Pay

3- Practice: minimal pairs

[Bat/Pat] – [Big/Pig] – [Berry/Perry] – [Buy/Pie] – [Cab/Cap] – [Rib/Rip] – [Pub/Pup] – [Bay/Pay]

4- Practice: tongue twisters with the /b/ sound

1- Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

2- A big black bear sat on a big black rug.

3- Bob bought a blue balloon for his baby brother.

4- The big black bug bled blue blood.

5- Practice: tongue twisters with the /p/ sound

1- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2- Please pay the proper price for the peach pie.

3- A proper copper coffee pot.

4- The prince and the princess played with the purple ball in the park.

6- Practice: tongue twisters with the /b/ & /p/ sounds

1- Big Bob bought a blue balloon before breakfast.

2- Patty’s baby brother plays basketball by the big blue barn.

3- The public bus stopped by the big park.

4- Please put the big purple package on the top table.

5- Bob’s best friend plays basketball every weekend at the public park.

6- The big black bear bit a ripe purple plum by the bubbling brook.

7- Pat picked a peck of pickled peppers before buying a big blue bag.

8- The baby rabbit hopped by the big blackberry bush.

9- Paul bought a big bag of popcorn before the public bus pulled away.

10- The big brown bear bit the ripe purple plum by the bubbling brook.