The document provides a summary of English vowel and consonant sounds. It includes phonetic spellings of common words to demonstrate each sound. It also lists some common word pairs that demonstrate contrasts in vowel and consonant sounds in English.
The document provides a summary of English vowel and consonant sounds. It includes phonetic spellings of common words to demonstrate each sound. It also lists some common word pairs that demonstrate contrasts in vowel and consonant sounds in English.
The document provides a summary of English vowel and consonant sounds. It includes phonetic spellings of common words to demonstrate each sound. It also lists some common word pairs that demonstrate contrasts in vowel and consonant sounds in English.
The document provides a summary of English vowel and consonant sounds. It includes phonetic spellings of common words to demonstrate each sound. It also lists some common word pairs that demonstrate contrasts in vowel and consonant sounds in English.
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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:]