The P and F sounds

The P and F sounds

Pronunciation: The “p” and “f” sounds

Minimal Pairs

FacePaceSufferSupperCuffCup
FillPillDifferDipperChiefCheap
FanPanLaughableLapableCoughCop
FullPullChiefestCheapestChaffChap
FlopPlopRefsRepsBeefBeep
FastPastCofferCopperLaughLap
FairPairReeferReaperPuffPup
FailPailCoughsCopsRifeRipe
FilePileLeftLeaptStrifeStripe

In Phrases

  • A cup of coffee, please
  • Offer him an apple
  • The cup’s half empty
  • Keep a fast pace
  • Please pass the fruit
  • The first place prize
  • Fair play or foul play
  • Pay the piper/pay the fifer

Sentences

  • Stand up and face the press, Mr. President.
  • In Faye’s days, the phrase was “Flower Power.”
  • The fish were fresh from the produce shelf.
  • Fools laugh now, but they will pay later.
  • Fran’s plan was referred to the higher-ups.
  • The party’s at a quarter past four.
  • “Get off the phone, Fred,” snapped Father.
  • Paul can’t help fumbling the football.
  • “That’s enough, Penny,” replied Mr. Phillips.

Poetry

  • Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief.
  • Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef.
  • I went to Taffy’s house; Taffy was in bed.
  • I took the leg of beef and bopped him on the head.
  • Said Simple Simon to the pieman, “Let me taste your ware.”
  • The first place prize
  • Said the pieman to Simple Simon, “Show me first your penny.”
  • Said Simple Simon to the pieman, “Indeed I have not any.”
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