English Sounds (Consonants and Vowels)
Vowels:
Monophthongs (Pure Vowels):
/ɪ/ → sit, bit, lid
/e/ → bed, pen, men
/æ/ → cat, bat, map
/ʌ/ → cup, sun, run
/ɒ/ → cot, hot, lot
/ʊ/ → put, book, cook
/ə/ → about, ago, sofa
/iː/ → see, tree, bee
/ɑː/ → car, far, star
/ɔː/ → call, ball, fall
/uː/ → food, moon, blue
/ɜː/ → bird, word, learn
Diphthongs (Gliding Vowels)
/eɪ/ → face, day, play
/aɪ/ → time, my, sky
/ɔɪ/ → boy, toy, joy
/aʊ/ → now, how, cow
/əʊ/ → go, no, home
/ɪə/ → near, ear, fear
/eə/ → hair, care, fair
/ʊə/ → tour, poor, sure
Consonant Sounds:
Voiced Consonants:
/b/ → bat, ball, bag
/d/ → dog, day, door
/g/ → go, girl, bag
/v/ → van, very, love
/ð/ → this, that, these
/z/ → zoo, zip, buzz
/ʒ/ → measure, vision, pleasure
/dʒ/ → judge, jump, joy
/m/ → man, mother, room
/n/ → no, nice, pen
/ŋ/ → sing, ring, long
/l/ → leg, light, ball
/r/ → red, run, car
/j/ → yes, yellow, you
/w/ → wet, win, wall
Voiceless Consonants:
/p/ → pen, pig, cap
/t/ → top, tea, cat
/k/ → cat, kite, back
/f/ → fan, fish, leaf
/θ/ → think, thin, bath
/s/ → see, sun, bus
/ʃ/ → she, shop, fish
/tʃ/ → chair, child, watch
/h/ → hat, house, hand
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