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Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /p/ & Voiced /b/

Sound-Spelling Pattern

Press the lips together.  Then blow out.

  /p/   /b/
p

pair pear pare
peach push
pan pill post
put pay paid
spider spout
cap cop cup

b

bear bare
beach bush
buy bought
bring brought
break broke broken
blow blew blown
betting bedding
cab tribe

  Silent P   Silent B
  Homophones   Homophones