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THE SOUNDS IN ENGLISH

VOWELS

Phonetic Symbol

Examples

Sound

i: ( í )

i

e

æ

α: ( á )

ͻ

me, tree, he, people

ship, it, ticket, king

bed, pen, yes, well

man, that, am, and

past, dark, arm, are

not, lot, wash, from

ͻ: ( ó )

u

u: ( ú )

ǝ:

ǝ

all, small, forty, or

put, full, look, good

who, move, noon, blue

up, cup, much, sun

her, Thursday, burn, third

a, under, father, address


DIPHTHONGS

Phonetic Symbol

Examples

Sound

ei

ou

ai

au

ͻi

εǝ

ͻǝ

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

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

 

CONSONANTS

Phonetic Symbol

Examples

Sound

p

b

t

d

k

g

pen, pay, people, open

be, bath, boy, husband

train, tree, sit, table

door, day, sad, desk

cold, back, clock, class

gold, bag, girl, dog

f

v

θ ( th )

ð ( dh )

s

z

fine, five, flower, fifteen

very, save, vegetable, seven

thank, thick, thin, nothing

then, that, there, weather

so, sit, sleep, place

zero, has, knives, noise

∫ ( š )

Ʒ ( ž )

t∫ ( č )

dƷ ( dž )

h

m

ship, sharp, fish, English

pleasure, measure

Charles, each, Richard, much

John, judge, age, Japan

his, happy, here, help

man, make, many, swim

n

ŋ

r

l

w

j

name, near, then, finish

sing, thing, working, king

red, around, very, rich

leave, long, full, greatly

will, work, away, when

yellow, year, you, young






   Lesson 1


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