Consonants /b/

Sound IPA symbol Common spellings Sample Words
/b/
b
 b    bear bad bag bat bed big bin bit box bun bus but
baby ball back band bee bike book brown brother
bb  bubbles rabbit robber rubber rubbing cabbage ribbon pebble gobble rubble stubble

 

Spelling Sample texts
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Baby Boomsticks
Margaret Wild & David Legge (2003)
Sydney: ABC Books

Bare Bear
   Miriam Moss & Mary McQuillan (2006)
   London: Hodder Children's Books

Bertie and the Bear
Pamela Allen (1983)
Melbourne: Nelson

Brown Bear, Brown Bear
   Bill Martin Jnr & Eric Carle (1995)
   London: Hamish Hamilton

My Big Brother Boris
   Liz Pichon (2004)
   London: Scholastic Press
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 Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum
Lisa Wheeler & Laura Huliska-Beith (2004)
Mascot, NSW: Koala Books

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