Pronunciation: consonant sounds

initial k

right arrow  Read from left to right and go down the list:

kick
kill
kin
kid

kiss

 can clan catch

cook

 cool coop could

crop
crank
creep
crept

clutch
clump
clue
crumb

cake
cart
care
cast

crunch
crust
crest
creek

Ken
Kent
Kate
Cathryn

middle k

 

bacon
baking
beacon
breaking

weaken
waking
waken
raking

package
pecking
peaking
pocket

docket
socket
rocket
ticket

taken
tracking
trucking
tucking

flaking
fracking
lacking
lucky

final k

back
bake
crack
cake

deck
dock
fleck
flock

fluke
kook
cook
book

hook
hunk
junk
clunk

dunk
dark
stark
bark

blink
clink
stink
think

Luke
Mike
Jack
Mack

final k + word endings

baked
backed
whacked
sacked

flaked
cracked
caked
raked

stacked
hacked
packed
peaked

creaked
leaked
licked
locked

stocked
rocked
slicked
picked

picks
packs
cracks
clucks

thinks
stinks
ranks
thanks

parks
marks
crinkled
wrinkled

Note: The “ed” ending sounds like a “t” after a k sound.

It’s a good idea to compare “k” sounds with “g” sounds.