Pronunciation: B vs P



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  • The following pairs will help you
    practice pronunciation of the sounds
    /b/ and /p/
    which are often confused by Asian students

    Back

    Pack

     

    Big

    Pig

     

    Brawl

    Prowl

    Bad

    Pad

    Bill

    Pill

    Breach

    Preach

    Ball

    Paul

    Bin

    Pin

    Bronze

    Prawns

    Ban

    Pan

    Boar

    Pour

    Bulb

    Pulp

    Bart

    Part

    Boast

    Post

    Bull

    Pull

    Bat

    Pat

    Bound

    Pound

    Bunk

    Punk

    Bay

    Pay

    Bond

    Pond

    Burr

    Purr

    Beach

    Peach

    Bob

    Pop

    Bus

    Pus

    Bear

    Pear

    Box

    Pox

    Butt

    Putt

    Beer

    Peer

    Bower

    Power

    Bye

    Pie

    Tongue Twisters and Nursery Rhymes to practice
    /b/ and /p/

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

    Plague-bearing prairie dogs.

    Betty Botter had some butter,
    "But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
    If I bake this bitter butter,
    it would make my batter bitter.
    But a bit of better butter--
    that would make my batter better."
    So she bought a bit of butter,
    better than her bitter butter,
    and she baked it in her batter,
    and the batter was not bitter.
    So 'twas better Betty Botter
    bought a bit of better butter.

    A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

    A big black bug bit a big black bear,
    made the big black bear bleed blood.