International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Symbols American English Vowels ɑ Consonants on, mom b book, tub æ apple, bag d desk, sad aɪ bike, sky, pie, high f family, leaf, laugh, phone aʊ mouth, cow g girl, big egg, ten, bread h head, hand ɛ eɪ game, rain, play j yawn, yogurt ɪ in, big k king, cat, cake, rock, school i fifty, baby l lion, pencil iː eat, sleep m moon, arm, climb oʊ home, cold, road, window n nest, lion ɔː walk, yawn, August p pen, map ɔɪ coin, boy r run, room ʊ book, foot, pull, put s sun, nuts, eraser, face uː flute, blue, fruit, food t ten, goat ʌ up, run v van, love ə balloon, camel, pencil, protect, minus w water, whale ɜː shirt, Earth, nurse, work z zebra, quiz, beans, cookies ŋ wing, running ʒ measure dʒ gym, huge, jet Reviewers ʃ shoes, fish tʃ cheese, lunch θ three, mouth ð this, mother Thank you to the educators who provided invaluable feedback during the development of Our World Phonics: Luciana Fernandez, ESSARP, Buenos Aires, Argentina Avon Mao, Yafang Education Training School, Fujian, China Bobby Tang, ABC Bobby, Shanghai, China Cynthia Huang, One Best, Guangzhou, China Elva Zhao, Elva English School, Harbin, China Jie hua Chen, Hangzhou ChangJiang Primary School, Hangzhou, China Akiko Seino, Seino Akiko English School, Nagano, Japan Mayumi Tabuchi, Notre Dame Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan Yasuko Hirata, Shonan Totsuka YMCA, Kanagawa, Japan Bonita Ward, Colegio Highland del Noroeste, Hermosillo, Mexico José Cahuantzi León, Instituto Carlos Pereyra, Puebla, Mexico Annie Kuan Ling Chen, Candy Tree, Taipei, Taiwan Christine Chih, Washington School, Taoyuan, Taiwan Patty White, PW Language Center, Taichung, Taiwan 192 International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Symbols British English Vowels and Diphthongs ɒ Consonants on, hot b book, cub æ apple, bag d desk, sad ɑ: arm, large, car f family, leaf, laugh, phone aɪ bike, sky, pie, high g girl, big aʊ mouth, cow h head, hand e egg, ten, bread j yawn, yoghurt eə chair, pear k king, cat, cake, rock, school eɪ game, rain, play l lion, pencil ɪ in, big m moon, arm, climb i fifty, baby n nest, lion i: eat, sleep p pen, map ɪə: ear, deer r run, room əʊ home, cold, road, window s sun, nuts, desk, face ɔ: walk, yawn, August t ten, goat ɔɪ coin, boy v van, love ʊ book, foot, pull, put w water, whale u: flute, blue, fruit, food z zebra, quiz, beans, noodles ʌ up, run ŋ wing, running ə balloon, camel, pencil, protect, minus ʒ measure ɜ: shirt, Earth, nurse, work dʒ gym, huge, jet ʃ shoes, fish tʃ cheese, lunch θ three, mouth ð this, mother Reviewers Thank you to the educators who provided invaluable feedback during the development of Our World Phonics: Luciana Fernandez, ESSARP, Buenos Aires, Argentina Avon Mao, Yafang Education Training School, Fujian, China Bobby Tang, ABC Bobby, Shanghai, China Cynthia Huang, One Best, Guangzhou, China Elva Zhao, Elva English School, Harbin, China Jie hua Chen, Hangzhou ChangJiang Primary School, Hangzhou, China Akiko Seino, Seino Akiko English School, Nagano, Japan Mayumi Tabuchi, Notre Dame Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan Yasuko Hirata, Shonan Totsuka YMCA, Kanagawa, Japan Bonita Ward, Colegio Highland del Noroeste, Hermosillo, Mexico José Cahuantzi León, Instituto Carlos Pereyra, Puebla, Mexico Annie Kuan Ling Chen, Candy Tree, Taipei, Taiwan Christine Chih, Washington School, Taoyuan, Taiwan Patty White, PW Language Center, Taichung, Taiwan 192