Consonant /t/ 
/t/ it is an stop alveolar consonant. The tip of the tongue firmly presses the alveoli preventing the exit of the air that comes from the lungs, producing a small explosion when releasing the blockage. The vocal cords do not vibrate when producing this sound. It's 'not voiced'. The most common writing patterns are 't', 'tt', the ending 'ed' of regular verbs when the previous sound is non-voiced, 'th' and 'zz'. Although it has many exceptions and variants.
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 The English consonant /v/
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