The Vocal
Tract
The Consonants of English
(ic.arizona.edu)
The Vowels of English
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you to learn the phonetic alphabet.
Just go to
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tic.html
a
further guide to pronunciation:
http://www.oupchina.com.hk/dict/ph
onetic/home.html
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ɪ
kit /kɪt/
bid /bɪd/
hymn /hɪm/
minute
/'mɪnɪt/
ə
about /əˈbaʊt/
common /ˈkɒmən/
standard
/ˈstændəd/
butter /ˈbʌtə/
ʊ
foot /fʊt/
put /pʊt/
good /gʊd/
e
dress /dres/
bed /bed/
head /hed/
many /ˈmeni/
ʌ
strut /strʌt/
mud /mʌd/
love /lʌv/
blood /blʌd/
æ
trap /træp/
stamp
/stæmp/
bad /bæd/
ɒ
lot /lɒt/
odd /ɒd/
wash /wɒʃ/
iː
fleece /fliːs/
sea /siː/
machine /məˈʃiːn/
ɔː
thought /θɔːt/
law /lɔː/
north /nɔːθ/
war /wɔː/
uː
goose /guːs/
two /tuː/
blue /bluː/
group /gruːp/
ɜː
nurse /nɜːs/
stir /stɜː/
learn /lɜːn/
refer /rəˈfɜː/
ɑː
father /ˈfɑːðə/
start /stɑːt/
hard /hɑːd/
ɪə
near /nɪə/
here /hɪə/
weary /ˈwɪərɪ/
əʊ
goat /gəʊt/
show
/ʃəʊ/
no /nəʊ/
ʊə
tour /tʊə/
jury /ˈʤʊərɪ/
cure /kjʊə/
eə
square /skweə/
fair /feə/
various /ˈveəriəs/
aɪ
price /praɪs/
high /haɪ/
try /traɪ/
eye /aɪ/
aʊ
mouth /maʊθ/
now /naʊ/
fowl /faʊl/
ɔɪ
choice /ʧɔɪs/
noise /nɔɪz /
boy /bɔɪ/
boiler /ˈbɔɪlə/
eɪ
face /feɪs/
day /deɪ/
break /breɪk/
p
pen /pen/
copy /ˈkɒpi/
happen /ˈhæpən/
f
fat /fæt/coffee /
'kɔfɪ/
rough /rʌf/
photo /'fəʊt
t
tea /tiː/
tight /taɪt/
button /ˈbʌtən/
θ
thing /θɪŋ/
auth
or /'ɔːθə/
path /pɑːθ/
ʧ
church /ʧɜːʧ/
match /mæʧ/
nature /ˈneɪʧə/
s
soon /suːn/
cease /siːs/
sister /'sɪstə/
k
key /kiː/clock
/klɒk/
school /skuːl/
ʃ
ship /ʃɪp/
sure /ʃɔː/
national /'næʃnəl/
b
back /bæk/
baby /'beɪbi/
job /ʤɒb/
v
view /vjuː/
heavy /'hevi/
move /muːv/
d
day /deɪ/
ladd
er /'lædə/
odd /ɒd/
ð
this /ðɪs /
other /'ʌðə/
smooth /smuːð/
ʤ
judge /ʤʌʤ
Soldier
age
z
zero /'zɪərəʊ/
music /'mjuːzɪk/
roses /'rəʊzɪz/
buzz /bʌz
g
get /get/
giggle /'gɪgəl/
ghost /gəʊst/
ʒ
pleasure /'pleʒə/
leisure /'leʒə/
vision /'vɪʒən/
m
more /mɔː/
hamm
er /'hæmə/
sum /sʌm/
l
light /laɪt/
valley /'væli/
feel /fiːl/
n
nice /naɪs/
know /nəʊ/
funny /'fʌni/
sun /sʌn
r
right /raɪt/
wrong /rɒŋ/
sorry /'sɒri/
arrange
/ə'reɪnʤ
ŋ
h
ring /rɪŋ/
hot /hɒt/
anger /'æŋgə/ whole /həʊl/
thanks
ahead /ə'hed/
/θæŋks/
sung /sʌŋ
w
wet /wet/
one /wʌn/
when /wen/
queen /kwiːn/
j
yet /jet/
use /juːz/
b eauty
/bjuːti/
f ew /fjuː