English Vowel Sounds IPA I Std Examples it (It) dish (dI )

she ( i) sunny (s ni)

green (g in ski (ski)

machine (m please (pliz) in)

red ( d) any ( ni)

head (h d)

said (s d)

and ( nd)

plaid (pl d)

hot (h t

father (f )

August ( g st) fall

thaw ( )

bought b t)

(f l)

pu t (p t)

book (b k)

should ( d)

room (rum) you (ju) flew (flu)

who (hu) shoe ( u) two (tu)

through ( ru) July ( uli) blue (blu)

up ( p)

tough (t f)

sofa (s f ) gallop (g l p)

enemy incredible ( n mi) (Inkr d bl) focus (f k s)

The

symbol is called a schwa.

Diphthongs eI they gray aid

( eI) ate (eIt) rsum (r zumei)

(g eI) great (greIt)

(eId) freight (freIt)

aI

fine (faIn) why (waI) buy (baI)

aisle (aIl) bye (baI) guide (gaId)

sight (saIt) lie (laI)

oi

toy (t )

noise (n z)

ou

cow (k )

house (h s)

snowing (sn wI) hello (h l

sew (s )

though ( )

toe (t )

soap (s p)

ju

unite

humid

few

(junaIt) ewe (ju)

(hjumId (fju) youth (ju ) eulogy (jul gi)

Vowel sounds with "r" endings arm ( m) guard (g d) heart (h t)

ore ( ) more (m )

floor (fl r)

four (f )

near (n ) pier (p )

here (h )

cheers ( s)

hair (h ) merry (m I)

where (w ) their ( )

mare (m )

burn

learn

sir

(b

n)

(l

n)

(s

October ( kt b )

worm (w m

nglish Consonant Sounds IPA initial p please (pliz) internal purple (p p l) apple ( p l) final help (h lp) grape (greIp)

book (b k)

noble (n b l) cabbage (k bIg)

web (w b)

five (faIv)

fifty (fIfti) raffle (r f l)

gulf (g lf) off ( f) nymph (nImf) tough (t f)

phone (f n)

hyphen (haIf n) roughly (r fli)

vanilla (v nIl )

seven (s v n)

five (faIv)

thirty ( ti)

nothing (n
I)

path (p )

they ( eI)

father (f )

breathe (bri )

ten (t n)

autumn

hit (hIt)

( t m) attain ( teIn) eighty (eIti) mitt (mIt) freight (freIt) baked* (beIkt) white (weIt)

dish (dI )

widow (wId ) adding ( dI)

red (r d) guide (g d)

sir (s

thesis ) ( is s) massage (m s )

books (b ks) miss (mIs)

scissors (sIz z) center (s nt )

December ice (dIs mb ) (is) six (sIks) house (h s)

psychology (saIk l gi)

zero (z

freezing (frizI) fuzzy (f zi) miser (maIz )

ooze (uz) jazz ( (dI z) z)

dishes please (pliz)

xenophobe (z n f b)

exit ( gzIt) scissors (sIz z)

she ( i) sure

mushroom (m rum) pressure

radish (r dI )

( (

)
Ist)

(pr fascist (f (tuI

Ist)

schist

tuition n)

cache (k )

genre ( nr )

seizure (si ) fissure (fI ) vision (vI n) leisure (li )

garage (g r )

cheers ( s)

artichoke ( tI ) k picture (pIk

March (m watch (w ) )

jump ( mp) gentle ( nt l)

major (meI rigid (rI

Id)

) cage (keI ) )

badger (b

bridge (brI )

king (kI)

baker (beIk rocket (r k t

pink (pIk) black (bl k) attic ) ( tIk)

cold (k ld) queen (kwin)

October ( kt b equal (ikw l) orchid ( kId) fix (fIks) broccoli

cake (keIk)

(br k

li)

good (g d)

August ( g st) foggy (f gi) exotic ( gz tIk)

drag (dr g)

May (meI)

humid (hjum d) summer (s m )

ma'am (m m) autumn ( t m) lamb (l m)

no (n

raining (raInI)

green (grin) sign (s n) fine (faIn)

pneumonia sunny (n m nj ) (s ni) knife (naIf) unknown ( n n)

singer (sI ) pink (pIk)

spring (sprI)

winter (wInt ) what (w t) one (w n)

snowing (sn wI) nowhere (n w )

yellow (j l ) unite (junIt)

mayor (meI ) beautiful (bjutIf l)

hot (h t)

mishap (mIsh p)

look (l k) llama (l m )

eleven ( l v n) hello (h l )

cool (k l) fall (f l)

red (r d)

orange ( n merry (m i)

or ( ) purr (p )