Most consonants represent one sound, but there are a few consonants that can make two or even 3 different sounds. This is shown in the chart below.
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Letters
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Examples
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| Bb | baby, absent, number, tub |
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| Cc |
center, cellar, cigarette, cinema, agency, notice cake, come, act, panic |
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| Dd | day, admire, hidden, kind, ended |
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| Ff | fast, five, often, deaf |
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| Gg |
game, get, go, begin, dog, egg general, agent, suggest, energy mirage, garage, beige |
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| Hh |
heart, home, hotel, hunt, behind, inherit hour, honor, honest, heir |
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| Jj | jam, jelly, joke, just |
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| Kk | kind, sky, blanket, take, look |
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| Ll | late, alone, close, old, nicely, all |
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| Mm | make, common, name, team |
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| Nn | napkin, funny, student, kindness, ton, sun |
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| Pp | paper, repair, apple, keep, top |
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quality, question, quite, quote, equal, require unique, technique, antique, grotesque |
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| Rr | rain, brief, grow, arrive, turn, car |
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| Ss |
send, system, lost, kiss, release present, reason, realism, advise, always, is, was |
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| Tt | task, hotel, attentive, student |
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| Vv | vast, even, review, move, active |
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| Ww | wall, swear, swim, twenty |
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| Xx |
exercise, expect, fix, relax exam, exact, executive, exist, exit Xenon, Xerox, xenophobia, xylophone |
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| Yy |
you, yellow, yes my, by, fly syringe, mystic, rhythm any, many, story, city canyon, pinyon, banyan |
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| Zz |
zero, zoo, horizon, puzzle, crazy, quiz pizza, Mozart, Nazi, waltz |
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