The /p/ and /b/ sounds are formed with the same mouth position. The /p/ is unvoiced, only air passes through your mouth. The /b/ is voiced, meaning the vocal cords are making a sound. In both /p/ and /b/ the lips press together to stop the airflow and then open to release it.
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Practice Reading:
Bill always took his tiny pug pup, Penny, to the pub with him every time he went. Penny was a good pug and always sat under Bill’s chair with a cup of water to sip. Bill sipped his own beer and bored his poor buddies with base jokes and dumb puns. He liked to play pranks on his buddies, too, pulling the chair out from beneath them and such. One day his buddies decided to turn the tables on Bill. They slipped Penny out the back of the pub while Bill wasn’t looking. When Bill got ready to go, he couldn't find Penny, which frightened him out of his wits. Bill’s buddies got a good laugh out of it.
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