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Phonetic symbols

Short vowels

/ɪ/

  • kit /kɪt/
  • bid /bɪd/
  • hymn /hɪm/
  • minute /ˈmɪnɪt/

/ʊ/

  • foot /fʊt/
  • put /pʊt/
  • good /ɡʊd/

/ʌ/

  • strut /strʌt/
  • mud /mʌd/
  • love /lʌv/
  • blood /blʌd/

/ɒ/

  • lot /lɒt/
  • odd /ɒd/
  • wash /wɒʃ/

/ə/ - schwa

  • a /ə/
  • the /ðə/
  • of /əv/ (/ɒv/)
  • about /əˈbaʊt/
  • common /ˈkɒmən/
  • standard /ˈstændəd/

/e/ (/ɛ/)

  • dress /dres/
  • head /hed/
  • bed /bed/
  • many /ˈmenɪ/

/æ/

  • trap /træp/
  • stamp /stæmp/
  • back /bæk/
  • lap /læp/

Long vowels

/iː/

  • fleece /fliːs/
  • sea /siː/
  • machine /məˈʃiːn/

/uː/

  • goose /guːs/
  • two /tuː/
  • blue /bluː/
  • group /gruːp/

/aː/

  • father /ˈfɑːðə/
  • start /staːt/
  • hard /haːd/

/ɔː/

  • thought /θɔːt/
  • law /lɔː/
  • north /nɔːθ/
  • war /wɔː/

/ɜː/

  • nurse /nɜːs/
  • stir /stɜː/
  • learn /lɜːn/
  • refer /rɪˈfɜː/

Diphthongs

/ɪə/

  • near /nɪə/
  • hear /hɪə/
  • weary /ˈwɪəri/

/ʊə/

  • tour /tʊə/
  • pure /pjʊə/
  • cure /cjʊə/

/aɪ/

  • eye /aɪ/
  • price /praɪs/
  • high /haɪ/
  • try /traɪ/

/ɔɪ/

  • choice /tʃɔɪs/
  • noise /nɔɪz/
  • boy /bɔɪ/

/əʊ/

  • boat /bəʊt/
  • show /ʃəʊ/
  • know /nəʊ/

/eə/

  • square /skweə/
  • fair /feə/
  • pair /peə/

/aʊ/

  • mouth /maʊθ/
  • now /naʊ/
  • fowl /faʊl/

/eɪ/

  • face /feɪs/
  • day /deɪ/
  • break /breɪk/

Voiceless consonants

p, t, tʃ, k, f, θ, s, ʃ

Voiced consonants

b, d, dʒ, g, v, ð, ʒ

Other consonants

m, n, ŋ, h, l, r, w, j

Ref

BBC Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Phonetic symbols for English
https://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/phoneticsymbolsforenglish.htm

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