A selection of English ESL consonant sounds printables

Look at the pictures to find the pictures with the same beginning sound, circle the pictures and write the letter that represents the sound.

Beginning Consonant Sounds

This is particularly useful for teaching in Asia. Students usually cut off the end sounds for words, so this helps them to focus on the importance of the final consonants. They can then practice building from back to front for pronunciation and can follow up with a listening/speaking task. Closed pairs.

Final Consonant Sounds/ End Sounds

It asks for many examples in different syllables for two sounds 

consonant sounds /g/ and /dʒ/

This activity is to put in practice all the knowledge that we acquire during this partial , we going to practice vowel sounds and consonant sounds with two activity, each one have some literals, at the end you will have a clear idea about the previous knowledge.  

VOWELS SOUNDS AND CONSONANT SOUNDS (TRANSCRIPTIONS).

Notes and examples on the letter Y in English - when it's a consonant, when it's a vowel, and pronunciation for the consonant Y. Includes a link to a YouTube video (not mine) with American accent examples, and pronunciation and identification exercises for the consonant Y. 

Y Consonant Sound Notes and Exercises

The students will cut out only the eggs which have the sound /th/ and stick them in the jar

Consonant Digraph /th/

A consonant digraph is made up from two consonants which join together to produce a single sound. The most common consonant digraphs are ch-, sh-, th-, ph- and wh-.

Consonant Digraphs

This is the follow-on from our consonant + e (CV) worksheet



After students learn the phonic sounds for individual letters, the next logical step is to focus on CV, VC and CVC patterns.



This worksheet introduces consonants with e in three-letter words, coming in various different locations. As before, these words are words that are introduced earlier on in the unit, and every word has a colorful illustration! Students first review the phonic sounds, and use focused repetition to write out the assortment of patterns, gradually giving fewer hints as repetitions go on. The activity finishes with a fun and speedy sight-reading activity for extra pronunciation practice and reading speed. Kids love these simple, focused challenges and the chance to show off their skills.



This is just another worksheet type of our BINGOBONIC phonics curriculum. Want to find out more? Want a FREE 80 page PDF of worksheets, follow the link to our site below! 

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E + consonant combinations - BINGOBONIC Phonics from BINGOBONGO Learning

After students learn the phonic sounds for individual letters, the next logical step is to focus on CV, VC and CVC patterns.



This worksheet introduces consonants with e in three-letter words. These words are words that are introduced earlier on in the unit, and every word is with a colorful illustration! Students first review the sounds, and write out the random assortment in focused repetition. The activity finishes with a fun and speedy sight-reading activity for extra pronunciation practice and reading speed. Kids love these simple, focused challenges and the chance to show off their skills.



This is just one aspect of our BINGOBONIC phonics curriculum. To find out more, including our FREE 80 page PDF of worksheets, hit the link to our site https://www.bingobongokids.com/free-phonics-worksheets-esl-efl-kids-classes/

Consonant + e combinations - BINGOBONIC Phonics from BINGOBONGO Learning

A role play gap fill activity with words containing sk/st consonant cluster sounds. You can practise the pronunciation of the individual words with the students first then get them to work out which words go in the gaps, and finally do the role play in pairs. Worked well with my students (native Thai speakers), who often have difficulties with pronouncing these sounds correctly. Hope you find it useful.

sk and st consonant clusters

A pronunciation practice which I made to go with a Youtube video - 'English Language Club Consonant Pairs' 8mins (Thank you English Language Club!) I started with the video but you can do it any way round. Lots of sounds drilling! The words used are on the second page. You could get your students to write their own short sentences and practice with each other. You could use pictures or photos to pep it up, or have them cut up magazine pictures to make a storyboard to tell each other.

Consonant Pair Practice

A series of picture matching and conversation practice worksheets to improve students' pronunciation of word-final consonant clusters -ft / -st. These are quite tricky for the Thai-speaking students I teach!



Each consonant cluster has two sheets to clarify the pronunciation and meaning of the words. Firstly, students match the words to the pictures - there are 5 words with the single consonant on the left, and 5 with the consonant + t on the right, to make it easier to compare the sounds side by side.



After that, there are 'find someone who' -style conversation questions using the words from the picture sheet with the key sounds highlighted, in order to remind students to pay special attention to these sounds while speaking. They are all yes/no questions, with additional space for asking follow-up questions for extra information.



It generated some good conversation today - hope you find it useful too!





Consonant Clusters - Final Sounds - f - ft - s - st

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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16 Consonant sounds English ESL worksheets pdf & doc