International phonetic alphabet

1.

International Phonetic
Alphabet

2.

Diphthongs (double
vowel sounds)

3.

ɔɪ
Sound Symbols
soil /sɔɪl/
oil
/ɔɪl/
point /pɔɪnt/

4.

eɪ
Sound Symbols
hail
/heɪl/
whale /weɪl/
fail
/feɪl/

5.

əʊ
Sound Symbols
old
/əʊld/
show /ʃəʊ/
though /ðəʊ/

6.

aʊ
Sound Symbols
now /naʊ/
down /daʊn/
towel /taʊ'l/

7.

ɪə
Sound Symbols
ear
/ɪə/
cheer /ʧɪə/
beer /bɪə/

8.

aɪ
Sound Symbols
eye
/aɪ/
why
/waɪ/
Friday /fraɪ'deɪ/

9.

eə
Sound Symbols
hair /heə/
wear /weə/
there /ðeə/

10.

ʊə
Sound Symbols
poor
sure
tour
/pʊə/
/ʃʊə/
/tʊə/

11.

Long vowels

12.

ɑ:
Sound Symbols
car
/kɑ:/
arm /ɑ:m/
party /pɑ:'ti:/

13.

i:
Sound Symbols
we
/wi:/
tree
/tri:/
teacher /ti:'ʧə/

14.

u:
Sound Symbols
rule
tooth
shoe
/ru:l/
/tu:θ/
/ʃu:/

15.

ɜ:
Sound Symbols
surf /sɜ:f/
turtle /tɜ:'tl/
turn /tɜ:n/

16.

ɔ:
Sound Symbols
forty /fɔ:r'ti:/
horse /hɔ:rs/
board /bɔ:rd/

17.

Short vowels

18.

ə
Sound Symbols
ago
/əgəʊ'/
again
/əgen'/
America /əmeɪ'rikə/

19.

e
Sound Symbols
get
/get/
best
/best/
seven /se'ven/

20.

ʊ
Sound Symbols
cook
/kʊk/
put
/pʊt/
woman /wʊ'mən/

21.

ɪ
Sound Symbols
it
/ɪt/
sit
/sɪt/
busy /bɪ'zi:/

22.

ɒ
Sound Symbols
top
/tɒp/
stop /stɒp/
wash /wɒʃ/

23.

ʌ
Sound Symbols
up
/ʌp/
touch /tʌʧ/
cup
/kʌp/

24.

æ
Sound Symbols
map /mæp/
hand /hænd/
thank /θænk/

25.

Voiced consonants

26.

b
Sound Symbols
big
/bɪg/
bake /beɪk/
web /web/

27.

d
Sound Symbols
dark /dɑ:k/
good /gʊd/
bread /bred/

28.

g
Sound Symbols
go
/gəʊ/
girl
/gɜ:l/
league /li:g/

29.

ʤ
Sound Symbols
July
/ʤu:laɪ'/
large
/lɑ:ʤ/
language /læn'gu:ɪʤ/

30.

ʒ
Sound Symbols
usually /u:'ʒu:əli:/
garage /gərɒ'ʒ/
decision /di:sɪ'ʒn/

31.

ð
Sound Symbols
the
/ðə/
they
/ðeɪ/
brother /brʌ'ðə/

32.

v
Sound Symbols
love /lʌv/
vase /veɪs/
voice /vɔɪs/

33.

z
Sound Symbols
zoo
/zu:/
boys
/bɔɪz/
please /pli:z/

34.

Voiceless consonants

35.

ʧ
Sound Symbols
rich
/rɪʧ/
teach /ti:ʧ/
chair /ʧeə/

36.

f
Sound Symbols
feel
/fi:l/
laugh /læf/
safe /seɪf/

37.

k
Sound Symbols
kind /kaɪnd/
cold /kəʊld/
luck /lʌk/

38.

p
Sound Symbols
pick /pɪk/
hope /həʊp/
step /step/

39.

ʃ
Sound Symbols
sheep /ʃi:p/
fresh /freʃ/
wish
/wɪʃ/

40.

s
Sound Symbols
seat
rice
this
/si:t/
/raɪs/
/ðɪs/

41.

t
Sound Symbols
tell
heat
wet
/tel/
/hi:t/
/wet/

42.

θ
Sound Symbols
theme
thin
breath
/θi:m/
/θɪn/
/breθ/

43.

Other consonants

44.

h
Sound Symbols
he
hill
heal
/hi:/
/hɪl/
/hi:l/

45.

l
Sound Symbols
call
/kɒl/
leave /li:v/
learn /lɜ:n/

46.

m
Sound Symbols
meet /mi:t/
warm /wɑ:m/
room /ru:m/

47.

n
Sound Symbols
can /kæn/
fine /faɪn/
need /ni:d/

48.

r
Sound Symbols
red
/red/
wrong /rɒŋ/
brave /breɪv/

49.

ŋ
Sound Symbols
sing
/sɪŋ/
English /ɪŋ'glɪʃ/
thing
/θɪŋ/

50.

w
Sound Symbols
week
/wi:k/
where
/weə/
question /kwes'ʧn/

51.

j
Sound Symbols
you
/ju:/
f_ew
/fju:/
_unique /ju:ni:k'/

52.

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