The following sounds are usually voiceless:



These next sounds are described as voiced but are only fully voiced when they are between other voiced sounds.



The short vowel sound



is pronounced slightly differently before a voiced sound. Listen to the following words, can you hear the difference?

   cab /kæb/

   cap /kæp/

Before the voiced sound /b/ in cab /kæb/ the /æ/ sound is longer than before the voiceless sound /p/ in /kæp/.