/p/ is harder to pronounce than /b/ since an aspirated /p/ is uncommon in most languages. So we have a few tongue twisters to practice /p/ and /b/ before we move onto minimal pairs:
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Perry's Berry's make peanut butter better.
Buy pie pans before you buy butter plates.
/p/, /b/ minimal pairs
These are minimal pairs for /p/ and /b/. Notice the differences in vowel lengths between words when /p/ and /b/ come at the end of the words. As we learned in the section on voicing, due to pre-fortis clipping, vowels are shorter before voiceless consonants.
cab cap
big pig
buy pie
bet pet
bear pair
bill pill
bin pin
cub cup
Bob bop
band panned
base pace
bat pat
bear pear
belt pelt
berry perry
blade played
bay pay
rib rip
blank plank
bride pride
bull pull
butter putter
robe rope
breast pressed
beep peep
tribe tripe
/p/, /b/ sentences
These are sentences with the /p/ sound.
Peter grows the most precious peaches and pears.
We had pumpkin pie and pepperoni pizza near the swimming pool.
Wipe your mouth with paper napkins.
Pull on the zipper to open your suitcase.
Under the dim lamp light, the painter mopped the damp floor.
The rope is tied in knots.
Please Wash your hands with soap.
Perfect planning prevents pathetic performance.
These are sentences with the /b/ sound.
He shot the ball at the buzzer.
The bat hung upside down in the tree eating beans.
The bear was hunting for the young bobcat.
I found corn on the cob in the cupboard
The baby was sleeping in her crib.
The bear cub turned the doorknob.
These are sentences with both /p/ and /b/ in them.
Paul peeped and beeped as the bull pulled his bus.
Bob ripped his rib on a big burly pig playing bagpipes.
The bishop blessed Pete the pageboy before his baptism.
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