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Vowels


Diphthongs

V

bus
but
drunk
uncle
cousin
mother
brother
son
sun

e,E

red
pen
bed
ten
fell
breakfast
head
bread
Thames

I

it
milk
ill
six
pink
ring
bitten
women
cabbage

Q

hot
bottom
lot
not
dog
stop
shop
shock
clock

U

put
push
pull
butcher
foot
good
book
wood
would

aI

my
fly
nine
five
night
high
hi
pie
buy

eI

mail
fail
day
play
they
plate
game
fame
famous

OI

noise
coin
voice
oil
boil
point
boy
toy
enjoy

A:

car
park
arm
star
start
calm
fast

3:

girl
term
turn
earth
word
work
world

i:

feel
please
piece
receive
complete
be
key

O:

all
fall
ball
door
four
bought
caught

u:

food
too
moon
threw
blue
two
through

I@

ear
dear
hear
tear
here
deer
beer
theory

E@

air
chair
hair
tear
wear
there
where
compare

U@

sure
cure
poor
tour
tourist
moor
Moorish

&

cat
fat
man
back
black
ran
swam
catch

@

the
father
sister
future
a
of
photograph
photographer

i

silly
pretty
easy
sleepy
twenty
ugly
quickly
monkey

aU

now
how
brown
cow
out
about
house
found
shout

@U

know
show
old
cold
go
no
home
phoned coat


Consonants

p

pen
pink
purple
people
stop
keep
opposite
supper
Pope

t

tea
ten
time
Thomas
Thames
hot
fat
fatter
attack

k

key
car
queue
quickly
cake
cook
ask
extra chemistry

T

think
thick
thanks
thumb
through
mouth
fifth
author
mythical

f

friend
five
photo
enough
cough
laugh
stuff
effect
suffer

s

sea
soap
soup
ice
advice
kiss
missing
assistance
crisis

S

shop
she
fish
crash
action
mission machine
sugar
pressure

tS

cheap
champion
teacher
catch
watch
picture
future
church
Czech

b

brown
boat
club
web
cobweb
cabbage
baby
fabulous

d

do
did
dead
ad
add
added
idea
divided

g

girl
go
pig
fog
foggy
magazine
exam
excellent

D

the
this
then
they
there
breathe
feather
clothes

v

van
victory
five
live
receive
over
invent
invite

z

zoo
zebra
jazz
advise
realise
buzzing
eyes
prism

Z

illusion
vision
treasure
measure
leisure
pleasure
usual
beige

dZ

just
gym
imagine
fridge
change
judge
engine
soldier
m

man
moment
swim
name
comb
thumb
immediately
n

noon
innocent
afternoon
nine
know
knife
income
N

think
pink
thing
bang
song
sinking
singing
l

lion
will
wall
angel
clown
final
falling
h

help
hill
hole
inherit
inhale
who
whole
r

run
red
far ¹
part ¹
Mary
marry
arrow
w

well
we
wood
would
willow
why
wheel
j

yes
yellow
year
you
your
young
York

voiceless
consonants
voiced
consonants 		semiconsonants
(voiced)
¹ Final "r" is only pronounced in British English when followed by a vowel:
That car's mine. /"D&t"kA;z"maIn/
That car is mine. /"D&t"kA;rIz"maIn/


Be careful how you pronounce these words!

I've lost my button.¹
______________
¹ A real experience, not just an example.		 button /"bVt@n/
bottom /"bQt@m/
I have a friend in Yale. ²
______________
² Emilio Lorenzo's example, not mine.		 Yale /jeIl/
gaol — jail /dZeIl/
I need a saw. saw /sO;/
sow /saU/
I have to sow this and sew that, so I'm very busy. sow — sew — so /s@U/
I don't like that beach. beach — beech /bi;tS/
bitch /bItS/
Put a fresh sheet in the printer. sheet /Si;t/
shit /SIt/
I enjoy some fat in my steaks. fat /f&t/
fart /fA;t/
(far /fA;r/)
She loves the fine arts. arts /A;ts/
ass /&s/
arse /A;s/
I need a can of peas. peas /pi;z/
piss /pIs/



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