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English sounds

Vowels and diphthongs

[i:] each [iːʧ] [ɜː] girl [gɜːl]


[i] lift [lift] [æ] a man [mæn]
[e] red [red] [eɪ] late [leɪt]
[æ] map [mæp] [əu] home [həum]
[ɑː] far [fɑː] [ai] time [taɪm]
[ɔ] not [nɔt] [au] how [hau]
[ɔː] four [fɔː] [ɔɪ] boy [bɔɪ]
[u] good [gud] [ɪə] here [hɪə]
[u:] too [tuː] [ɜː] were [wɜː]
[ʌ] cut [kʌp] [uə] poor [puə]

Consonants

[p] pop [pɔp] [s] son [sʌn]


[b] bag [bæg] [z] zoo [zuː]
[t] time [taɪm] late [ʃ] shop [ʃɔp]
[d] day [deɪ] ['m] measure['meʒə]
[k] case [keɪs] [m] meet [miːt]
[g] good [gud] [n] now [nau]
[ʧ] cheap [ʧiːp] [ŋ] long [lɔŋ]
[ʤ] job [ʤɔb] [r] red [red]
[f] five [faɪv] [l] left [left]
['v] very ['verɪ] [h] hot [hɔt]
[θ] thing [θɪŋ] [j] yet [jet]
[ð] there [ðeə] [w] well [wel]

English sounds in pares

feet [fiːt] fit [fɪt] must [mʌst] most [məust]


lift [lɪft] left [left] foot [fut] fit [fiːt]
bed [bed] bad [bæd] bath [bɑːθ] both [bəuθ]
pack [pæk park [pɑːk] knews [nju:z] nose nɔɪz
far [fɑː] four [fɔː] view [vju:] few [fju:]
caught [kɔːt] cote [kəut] pack [pæk] back [bæk]
late [leit] light [lait] long [lɔŋ] wrong
match [mæʧ] much [mʌʧ] west [west] rest [rest]
took [tuk] talk [tɔːk] sue [s(j)uː] zoo [zuː]
let [let] late [leit] show [ʃəu] sow [səu]
here [hɪə] hare [heə] shoes [ʃuːz] choose [ʧuːz]
bath [bɑːθ] birth [bɜːθ] tie [taɪ] die [daɪ]
know [nəu] now [nau] ten [ten] then [ðen]
birth [bɜːθ] both [bəuθ] wing [wɪŋ] win [wɪn]
Alphabet
A a [ei] J j [ʤei] S s S[es]
B b [bi:] K k [kei] T t [ti:]
C c [ci:] L l [el] U u [ju:]
D d [di:] M m [em] V v [vi:]
E e [i:] N n [en] W w [‘dablju:]
F f [ef] O o [ou] X x [eks]
G g [ʤi:] P p [pi:] Y y [wai]
H h [eiʧ] Q q [kju:] Z z [zed]
I i [ai] R r [a:]

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