IPA Symbols according to the “Focus on Pronunciation” Series

V O W E L S & D I P H T H O N G S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
/iy/ /ɪ/ /ey/ /ɜ/ /ӕ/ /ʌ/ /ᴐ/
green mint grey red black mustard olive
eat see big minute day paid eight ever friend action brother father
three said
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
/ʊ/ /uw/ /ow/ /ay/ /aw/ /oy/ /ə/ schwa**
wood blue yellow white brown turquoise unstressed
put could true food gold boat try sight out mouth soil toy the decide

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
/ər/ /or/* /ԑə/* /iə/* / αr/ /aƱr/* /ayr/* /Ʊr/
purple orange charcoal flower
early bird wore door pear ear fire cure pure
star
learn scared cheer hour
cart crier liar

C O N S O N A N T S
/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/ /k/ /g/
pot but tight dad chin joke gym coat kick goat glove

/f/ /v/ /θ/ /ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/

fan vein thin both than mother so ice eyes is shape vision

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /h/ /l/ /r/ /w/ /y/

mat not king hope leg right win yes unit

Adapted from: Teaching Pronunciation with the Color Vowel Chart, Julianne Finger, 1985
*Denotes symbols not used in the “Focus on Pronunciation” series, but that may be useful for Canadian pronunciation
** The “Focus on Pronunciation” series uses the same symbol for both the schwa and the vowel sound in mustard.