Practice 1 to 6 - Consonants

1: /l/ and /n/


1. law, nor
2. lay, nay
3. line, nine
4. let, net
5. light, night


2: /l/ and /n/


1. The laboratory technician forgot to turn off the light last night.
2. Lily locked her belongings in a locker near the language laboratory last night.
3. Nearly nine accidents happened in May last year.


3: /t/ and /d/


1. lent, lend
2. wrote, road
3. bent, bend
4. fate, fade
5. bit, bid


4: /t/ and /d/


1. He had hoped to be successful in his career, but fate decided othewise. His hopes faded.
2. The paintings are a bit too expensive; there is not any bid for them.
3. Juliet couldn't bend her mind to her English studies even though she has a bent for English.


5: /k/ and /g/


1. coat, goat
2. ankle, angle
3. back, bag
4. duck, dug
5. pluck, plug


6: /k/ and /g/


1. Please put the plug in the outlet. I'm going to pluck the duck which has dug a hole in the garden.
2. Put the heavy bag on your back.
3. Professor Kelogg twisted his ankle carelessly while he was suggesting his students look at the affair from a different angle.