Fricative Consonants

Fricative Consonants

By:Carolina Aroca Karina Granizo Noemi Lema Jessica Luzón María Osorio

What are fricative consonants?

Fricative consonants are sounds that are produced by squeezing air between a small gap as it leaves the body.

We have 9 fricative consonants.

Labiodental fricatives

/f/

/v/

Voiceless

Voiced

Examples

Examples

find /faɪnd/; information /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʆən/; off /ɒf/

visit /ˈvɪzɪt/; never /’nevə/; love /lʌv/

Activity: tongue-twisters

Of all the feltI ever felt I never felt a piece of felt.

Five very funny flies in velvet vests flew from France on Friday evening.

Dental fricatives

/θ/

/ð/

Voiceless

Voiced

Examples

Examples

think /θɪŋk/; month /mʌnθ/; anything /ˈeniθɪŋ/

although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/; southern /ˈsʌðən/; they /ðeɪ/

Activity: Popcorn

Alveolar fricatives

/s/

/z/

Voiceless

Voiced

Examples

Examples

once /wʌns/; place /pleIs/; school /skuːl/

reason /ˈriːzən/; exactly /ɪgˈzæktli/; zoo /zu:/

Activity: Guess the word

Post-alveolar fricatives

/ʃ/

/ʒ/

Voiceless

Voiced

Examples

Examples

finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/; national /ˈnæʃənəl/; push /pʊʃ/

pleasure /pleʒə/; vision /vɪʃən/; usual /ju:ʒu:əl/

Activity: I spy

Glottal fricatives

/h/

Voiceless

Examples

happen /’hæpən/; whole /həʊl/; behaviour /bɪˈheɪvjə/

Activity: Alphabet soup