Create sentences in which a particular consonant features prominently and frequently.
In Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (1936), Bruce Rogers (1870-1967) opened with this:
Peter Piper, without Pretension to Precocity or Profoundness, Puts Pen to Paper to Produce these Puzzling Pages, Purposely to Please the Palates of Pretty Prattling Playfellows, Proudly Presuming that with Proper Penetration it will Probably, and Perhaps Positively, Prove a Peculiarly Pleasant and Profitable Path to Proper, Plain and Precise Pronunciation. He Prays Parents to Purchase this Playful Performance, Partly to Pay him for his Patience and Pains; Partly to Provide for the Printers and Publishers; but Principally to Prevent the Pernicious Prevalence of Perverse Pronunciation.
This repetition of a consonant is called alliteration.
In Think and Speak (1929) NL Clay encouraged his pupils to create their own alliterative sentences. The consonants he recommended were: n, p, r, s, b, d, f, g, j, k and l. You could use this model:
Barry bought a bag of broken biscuits.
If Barry bought a bag of broken biscuits,
Where is the bag of broken biscuits Barry bought?
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