The final consonant deletion is amongst many phonetic processes by language, where children remove the final consonant from words. We will narrate with the help of examples.
The children deleting the final consonants becomes very difficult for them to understand, since generally in all cases, dropping final consonant sound changes the meaning of a word which is being expressed.
What is Final Consonant Deletion?
Final consonant deletion is a phonological process in language where children they delete the final consonant off words and it is read out like:
/Mom I want ice cream/ suddenly becomes —–> /mo I wan I crea/
This is a pretty simple concept, but this makes them and others very hard to understand when it comes to writing as it changes the whole meaning.
Deleting the final consonants on words looks like this—> Cat becomes Ca
Following are the examples where final consonant sounds are dropped:
- Tea / Teach
- By / Bike
- Key / Keep
- Say / Same
At the word level it may not sound very difficult to understand, but what if this first happens in complete phrases and sentences.
Not so easy to understand anymore, huh
Final Consonant Deletion Word Pairs List
| BEE – BEEP | FEE – FEED | RAY – RAIN |
| BAR – BARK | DIE – DIME | RYE – RIDE |
| PIE – PIPE | DOUGH – DOME | ROW – ROAD |
| DAY – DATE | PEA – PEEP | COW – COUCH |
| PIE – PINE | MAY – MAKE | FOUR – FORT |
| SEE – SEED | ME – MEET | LIE – LIGHT |
| BYE – BITE | MY – MINE | DRY – DRIVE |
| BOW – BOAT | MOO – MOON | WE – WEEK |
| BOO – BOOT | KNEE- NEED | BOY – BOIL |
| TEA – TEAM | NO – NOSE | SHE – SHEEP |
| TIE – TIME | NEW – NOON | SHOE – CHUTE |
| TOE – TOAD | LAY – LATE | TREE – TREAT |
| TWO – TOOT | LEE – LEAD | WE – WEEP |
| KEY – KEEP | LYE – LIME | PLAY – PLANE |
| TOW – TOAST | LOW – LOAD | LOU – LOOM |
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn more about consonants and types of sounds they make.