What are consonants?
Consonants are the letters in the alphabet that are not vowels (vowels are a, e, i, o, u).
For example, in the word “cat,” “c” and “t” are consonants, and “a” is a vowel.
Consonants are sounds you make by blocking airflow using your teeth, tongue, or lips. Unlike vowels, which flow freely, consonant sounds create a little roadblock in your mouth. You might use your lips to make a /p/ sound like in “pie,” or your tongue near your teeth for a /t/ sound like in “tap”.
List of Consonants
There are 21 consonants in the English alphabet.
| Bb | Cc | Dd | Ff | Gg | Hh | Jj |
| Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Pp | Rr | |
| Ss | Tt | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
List of Consonants
There are 21 consonants in the English alphabet.
| Bb | Cc | Dd |
| Ff | Gg | Hh |
| Jj | Kk | Ll |
| Mm | Nn | Pp |
| Rr | Ss | |
| Tt | Vv | Ww |
| Xx | Yy | Zz |
What sounds do consonants make?
Some consonants are pronounced the same way regardless of the words they are in. For example, the sound of the letter “b” in “bat” is the same as the “b” in “buy”, “bell”, “bring”, etc. Some consonants can be pronounced differently depending on the words they are in or the letters around them. For example, the letter “c” in “cat” sounds different from the “c” in “circle.”
Letter: b
bat, ball, boat
Letter: f
fish, fit, leaf
Letter: j
jug, jog, join
Letter: m
man, mug, mat
Letter: q
quit, queen, liquid
Letter: t
top, tall, tap
Letter: x
axe, luxury, xylophone
Letter: c
cat, rice, ocean
Letter: g
goat, age, biege
Letter: k
kid, kite, key
Letter: n
nose, nest, neck
Letter: r
van, vat, vase
Letter: v
van, vet, vase
Letter: y
yes, yet, yell
Letter: d
dad, laughed, educate
Letter: h
hot, hut, hit
Letter: l
leg, luck, lift
Letter: p
pat, pin, tap
Letter: s
sat, desert, illusion
Letter: w
win, well, web
Letter: z
zebra, zip, zero
Silent Consonants
A silent letter is a letter that you don’t hear when you say the word. In English, every letter can be silent in some words. Some common silent letters are B, C, D, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, T, and W.
Examples:
| b:doubt | c: muscle | d:Wednesday | g: gnaw | h:hour | k: know |
| l:salmon | m:mnemonic | n: autumn | p:raspberry | t:castle | w:answer |
Examples:
| b:doubt | c: muscle |
| d:Wednesday | g: gnaw |
| h:hour | k: know |
| l:salmon | m:mnemonic |
| n: autumn | p:raspberry |
| t:castle | w:answer |
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