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The sounds of English





Learning the sounds

Short vowels

Short vowel / i /



Short vowel
/ ? /



Short vowel / ? /



Short vowel
/? /



Short vowel /? /



Short vowel /e /



Short vowel / æ /



Long Vowels


Long vowel /i?/



Long vowel
/u?/



Long vowel /?? /



Long vowel
/??/



Long vowel /??/




Diphthongs (double vowel sounds)
8 Diphthongs


Diphthong / ?? / near, here, weary



Diphthong /?? / poor, jury, cure



Diphthong / a? / price, high, try



Diphthong /?? / choice, boy



Diphthong / ?? / goat, show, no




Diphthong / e? / square. fair, various




Diphthong / a? / mouth, now




Diphthong / e? / face, day, break



24 Consonants
[Voiceless consonants]


Voiceless Consonant Sound / p / - pen, copy, happen




Voiceless Consonant Sound /t / - tea, tight, button




Voiceless Consonant Sound / t? / -church, match, nature




Voiceless Consonant Sound / k / -key, clock, school




Voiceless Consonant Sound /f / -fat, coffee, rough, photo




Voiceless Consonant Sound / ? / -thing, author, path




Voiceless Consonant Sound / s / -soon, cease, sister




Voiceless Consonant Sound / ? / -ship, sure, national




Voiced consonants



Voiced Consonant Sound / b / - back, baby, job




Voiced Consonant Sound /d / - day, ladder, odd




Voiced Consonant Sound / d? / -judge, age, soldier




Voiced Consonant Sound / g / - get, giggle, ghost




Voiced Consonant Sound /v / -view, heavy, move




Voiced Consonant Sound / ð / -this, other, smooth




Voiced Consonant Sound / z / -zero, music, roses, buzz




Voiced Consonant Sound / ? / -pleasure, vision




Other Consonant Sound


Other Consonant Sound /m / -more, hammer, sum




Other Consonant Sound /n / -nice, know, funny, sun




Other Consonant Sound /? / -ring, anger, thanks, sung




Other Consonant Sound / h / -hot, whole, ahead




Other Consonant Sound / l / -light, valley, feel




Other Consonant Sound / r / -right, wrong, sorry, arrange




Other Consonant Sound / w / -wet, one, when, queen




Other Consonant Sound / j / -yet, use, beauty, few




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