THE SOUNDS IN ENGLISH
VOWELS
Phonetic Symbol |
Examples |
Sound |
i: ( í )
i
e
æ
α: ( á )
ͻ
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me, tree, he, people
ship, it, ticket, king
bed, pen, yes, well
man, that, am, and
past, dark, arm, are
not, lot, wash, from
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ͻ: ( ó )
u
u: ( ú )
⋀
ǝ:
ǝ
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all, small, forty, or
put, full, look, good
who, move, noon, blue
up, cup, much, sun
her, Thursday, burn, third
a, under, father, address
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DIPHTHONGS
Phonetic Symbol |
Examples |
Sound |
ei
ou
ai
au
ͻi
iǝ
εǝ
ͻǝ
uǝ
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say, baby, train, table
no, smoke, motor, only
five, nine, ice, eye
how, count, flower, cloud
boy, noise, boil, voice
dear, clear, beer, ear
where, there, their, chair
four, door, your, more
sure, poor
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THE ENGLISH ALPHABET
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
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CONSONANTS
Phonetic Symbol |
Examples |
Sound |
p
b
t
d
k
g
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pen, pay, people, open
be, bath, boy, husband
train, tree, sit, table
door, day, sad, desk
cold, back, clock, class
gold, bag, girl, dog
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f
v
θ ( th )
ð ( dh )
s
z
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fine, five, flower, fifteen
very, save, vegetable, seven
thank, thick, thin, nothing
then, that, there, weather
so, sit, sleep, place
zero, has, knives, noise
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∫ ( š )
Ʒ ( ž )
t∫ ( č )
dƷ ( dž )
h
m
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ship, sharp, fish, English
pleasure, measure
Charles, each, Richard, much
John, judge, age, Japan
his, happy, here, help
man, make, many, swim
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n
ŋ
r
l
w
j
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name, near, then, finish
sing, thing, working, king
red, around, very, rich
leave, long, full, greatly
will, work, away, when
yellow, year, you, young
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Lesson 1
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