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Open vowels

Open vowels

    • Examples:
      • /æ/ Hat, attack, antique, plait
      • /ʌ/ Run, uncle, front, nourish, does, come, flood
      • /ɑ:/ Aunty, heart, far, part, half, class
      • /ɒ/ Dog, often, cough, because, knowledge, want

Open vowels

    • Examples:
      • /æ/ Hat, attack, antique, plait
      • /ʌ/ Run, uncle, front, nourish, does, come, flood
      • /ɑ:/ Aunty, heart, far, part, half, class
      • /ɒ/ Dog, often, cough, because, knowledge, want

Close vowels

    • Examples:
      • /i:/ bead, key, cheese, scene, police, people, quay
      • /i/ hit, sausage, biggest, rhythm, mountain
      • /ʊ/ book, good, woman, push, pull
      • /u:/ food, rude, who, fruit, soup

Mid vowels

    • /e/ Egg, left, said, head, read, instead, any, leisure, leopard
      • /ə/ about, paper, banana, nation, the
      • /ɜ:/ Shirt, heard, word, pearl, further, serve
      • /ɔ:/ Fork, call, taught, bought, board, saw, pour, broad, law, all

Diphthongs

    • ​
      • /ɪə/ as in "Deer," "peel," "meal," and "atmosphere."
      • /eɪ/ as in "Play," "able," "make," "way," "may," "wait," "freight," "they," "great," "space."
      • /ʊə/ as in "Sure," "pure," "jury," and "curious."
      • /eə/ as in "Pair," "fair," "hair," "mare," and "where."
      • /aʊ/ as in "Town," "out," "down," "now," "brown," "frown," "mouth," and "pound."
      • /ɔɪ/ as in "Toy," "oil," "point," "boy," "void," and "employ."
      • /aɪ/ as in "Light," "eyes," "time," "why," "might," "pride," "bike," "cry," "like," and "slide."
      • /oʊ/ as in "Slow," "over," "both," "so," "know," "boat," and "poke."

Plosives: p, b, t, d, k, g

    • /p/

Examples: pin/bin, cap/cab, happen,/cabbage

    • /t/ /d/

Examples: to/do, hat/had, hotter/harder

    • /k/ unvoiced and fortis /g/ voiced and lenis

Examples: cot/got, pick/pig, packet/forget

Plosive consonant /k/

Examples: Cat, Key, Car, Cup, Kite, King, Cake, Kitchen, Coat, Camera

Plosive /g/

Examples: Goat Game Goal Gift Gum Giggle Goose Gas Glad Garden

Approximants /w/ /r/ /j/

Spellings for the approximant sounds:

    • /w/: went, quite, once
    • /r/: road
    • /j/: yawn, fuel, few
    • Bilabial approximant: /w/ as in the words win, when and we
    • Alveolar approximant: /r/ as in red, run and rugby 
    • Lateral approximant: /l/ as in the words love, lay and hall
    • Palatal approximant: /j/ as in yes, you and yell

Affricate Pronunciation

Voiceless /tʃ/

    • Examples: choose /tʃuːz/, beach /biːtʃ/, change /tʃeɪndʒ/, chops /tʃɒps/, China /ˈtʃaɪnə/

Voiced /dʒ/

Examples: joy /dʒɔɪ/, siege /siːdʒ/, John /dʒɒn/, orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

Five articulatory positions of fricatives:

    • Labiodental Fricatives; (f,v - fine, vine )
    • Voiceless /f/ Examples: five /faɪv/, four /fɔː(r)/, fine /faɪn/
    • Voiced /v/ Examples: vine /vaɪn/, violet /vaɪələt/, vital /’vaɪt(ə)l/
    • Dental Fricatives : (: θ, ð - think, this)
    • Voiceless /θ/ Examples: thistle /ˈθɪs(ə)l/, thing /θɪŋ/

Voiced /ð/ Examples: this /ðɪs/, that /ðæt/

    • Voiceless /s/ Examples: sue /suː/, sip /sɪp
    • Voiced /z/ Examples: zoo /zuː/, zip /zɪp/
    • Voiceless /ʃ/ Examples: shore /ʃɔː(r)/, ship /ʃɪp/

Voiced /ʒ/ Examples: azure /ˈæʒə(r)/

/h/ Examples: hot /hɒt/, heat /hiːt/

Close vowels

    • Examples:
      • /i:/ bead, key, cheese, scene, police, people, quay
      • /i/ hit, sausage, biggest, rhythm, mountain
      • /ʊ/ book, good, woman, push, pull
      • /u:/ food, rude, who, fruit, soup

Mid vowels

    • /e/ Egg, left, said, head, read, instead, any, leisure, leopard
      • /ə/ about, paper, banana, nation, the
      • /ɜ:/ Shirt, heard, word, pearl, further, serve
      • /ɔ:/ Fork, call, taught, bought, board, saw, pour, broad, law, all

Diphthongs

    • ​
      • /ɪə/ as in "Deer," "peel," "meal," and "atmosphere."
      • /eɪ/ as in "Play," "able," "make," "way," "may," "wait," "freight," "they," "great," "space."
      • /ʊə/ as in "Sure," "pure," "jury," and "curious."
      • /eə/ as in "Pair," "fair," "hair," "mare," and "where."
      • /aʊ/ as in "Town," "out," "down," "now," "brown," "frown," "mouth," and "pound."
      • /ɔɪ/ as in "Toy," "oil," "point," "boy," "void," and "employ."
      • /aɪ/ as in "Light," "eyes," "time," "why," "might," "pride," "bike," "cry," "like," and "slide."
      • /oʊ/ as in "Slow," "over," "both," "so," "know," "boat," and "poke."

Plosives: p, b, t, d, k, g

    • /p/

Examples: pin/bin, cap/cab, happen,/cabbage

    • /t/ /d/

Examples: to/do, hat/had, hotter/harder

    • /k/ unvoiced and fortis /g/ voiced and lenis

Examples: cot/got, pick/pig, packet/forget

Plosive consonant /k/

Examples: Cat, Key, Car, Cup, Kite, King, Cake, Kitchen, Coat, Camera

Plosive /g/

Examples: Goat Game Goal Gift Gum Giggle Goose Gas Glad Garden

Approximants /w/ /r/ /j/

Spellings for the approximant sounds:

    • /w/: went, quite, once
    • /r/: road
    • /j/: yawn, fuel, few
    • Bilabial approximant: /w/ as in the words win, when and we
    • Alveolar approximant: /r/ as in red, run and rugby 
    • Lateral approximant: /l/ as in the words love, lay and hall
    • Palatal approximant: /j/ as in yes, you and yell

Affricate Pronunciation

Voiceless /tʃ/

    • Examples: choose /tʃuːz/, beach /biːtʃ/, change /tʃeɪndʒ/, chops /tʃɒps/, China /ˈtʃaɪnə/

Voiced /dʒ/

Examples: joy /dʒɔɪ/, siege /siːdʒ/, John /dʒɒn/, orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

Five articulatory positions of fricatives:

    • Labiodental Fricatives; (f,v - fine, vine )
    • Voiceless /f/ Examples: five /faɪv/, four /fɔː(r)/, fine /faɪn/
    • Voiced /v/ Examples: vine /vaɪn/, violet /vaɪələt/, vital /’vaɪt(ə)l/
    • Dental Fricatives : (: θ, ð - think, this)
    • Voiceless /θ/ Examples: thistle /ˈθɪs(ə)l/, thing /θɪŋ/

Voiced /ð/ Examples: this /ðɪs/, that /ðæt/

    • Voiceless /s/ Examples: sue /suː/, sip /sɪp
    • Voiced /z/ Examples: zoo /zuː/, zip /zɪp/
    • Voiceless /ʃ/ Examples: shore /ʃɔː(r)/, ship /ʃɪp/

Voiced /ʒ/ Examples: azure /ˈæʒə(r)/

/h/ Examples: hot /hɒt/, heat /hiːt/

Examples:

    • /æ/ Hat, attack, antique, plait
    • /ʌ/ Run, uncle, front, nourish, does, come, flood
    • /ɑ:/ Aunty, heart, far, part, half, class
    • /ɒ/ Dog, often, cough, because, knowledge, want

Open vowels

  • Examples:
    • /æ/ Hat, attack, antique, plait
    • /ʌ/ Run, uncle, front, nourish, does, come, flood
    • /ɑ:/ Aunty, heart, far, part, half, class
    • /ɒ/ Dog, often, cough, because, knowledge, want

Close vowels

  • Examples:
    • /i:/ bead, key, cheese, scene, police, people, quay
    • /i/ hit, sausage, biggest, rhythm, mountain
    • /ʊ/ book, good, woman, push, pull
    • /u:/ food, rude, who, fruit, soup

Mid vowels

  • /e/ Egg, left, said, head, read, instead, any, leisure, leopard
    • /ə/ about, paper, banana, nation, the
    • /ɜ:/ Shirt, heard, word, pearl, further, serve
    • /ɔ:/ Fork, call, taught, bought, board, saw, pour, broad, law, all

Diphthongs

  • ​
    • /ɪə/ as in "Deer," "peel," "meal," and "atmosphere."
    • /eɪ/ as in "Play," "able," "make," "way," "may," "wait," "freight," "they," "great," "space."
    • /ʊə/ as in "Sure," "pure," "jury," and "curious."
    • /eə/ as in "Pair," "fair," "hair," "mare," and "where."
    • /aʊ/ as in "Town," "out," "down," "now," "brown," "frown," "mouth," and "pound."
    • /ɔɪ/ as in "Toy," "oil," "point," "boy," "void," and "employ."
    • /aɪ/ as in "Light," "eyes," "time," "why," "might," "pride," "bike," "cry," "like," and "slide."
    • /oʊ/ as in "Slow," "over," "both," "so," "know," "boat," and "poke."

Plosives: p, b, t, d, k, g

  • /p/

Examples: pin/bin, cap/cab, happen,/cabbage

  • /t/ /d/

Examples: to/do, hat/had, hotter/harder

  • /k/ unvoiced and fortis /g/ voiced and lenis

Examples: cot/got, pick/pig, packet/forget

Plosive consonant /k/

Examples: Cat, Key, Car, Cup, Kite, King, Cake, Kitchen, Coat, Camera

Plosive /g/

Examples: Goat Game Goal Gift Gum Giggle Goose Gas Glad Garden

Approximants /w/ /r/ /j/

Spellings for the approximant sounds:

  • /w/: went, quite, once
  • /r/: road
  • /j/: yawn, fuel, few
  • Bilabial approximant: /w/ as in the words win, when and we
  • Alveolar approximant: /r/ as in red, run and rugby 
  • Lateral approximant: /l/ as in the words love, lay and hall
  • Palatal approximant: /j/ as in yes, you and yell

Affricate Pronunciation

Voiceless /tʃ/

  • Examples: choose /tʃuːz/, beach /biːtʃ/, change /tʃeɪndʒ/, chops /tʃɒps/, China /ˈtʃaɪnə/

Voiced /dʒ/

Examples: joy /dʒɔɪ/, siege /siːdʒ/, John /dʒɒn/, orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

Five articulatory positions of fricatives:

  1. Labiodental Fricatives; (f,v - fine, vine )
  • Voiceless /f/ Examples: five /faɪv/, four /fɔː(r)/, fine /faɪn/
  • Voiced /v/ Examples: vine /vaɪn/, violet /vaɪələt/, vital /’vaɪt(ə)l/
  1. Dental Fricatives : (: θ, ð - think, this)
  • Voiceless /θ/ Examples: thistle /ˈθɪs(ə)l/, thing /θɪŋ/

Voiced /ð/ Examples: this /ðɪs/, that /ðæt/

  • Voiceless /s/ Examples: sue /suː/, sip /sɪp
  • Voiced /z/ Examples: zoo /zuː/, zip /zɪp/
  • Voiceless /ʃ/ Examples: shore /ʃɔː(r)/, ship /ʃɪp/

Voiced /ʒ/ Examples: azure /ˈæʒə(r)/

/h/ Examples: hot /hɒt/, heat /hiːt/

Close vowels

  • Examples:
    • /i:/ bead, key, cheese, scene, police, people, quay
    • /i/ hit, sausage, biggest, rhythm, mountain
    • /ʊ/ book, good, woman, push, pull
    • /u:/ food, rude, who, fruit, soup

Mid vowels

  • /e/ Egg, left, said, head, read, instead, any, leisure, leopard
    • /ə/ about, paper, banana, nation, the
    • /ɜ:/ Shirt, heard, word, pearl, further, serve
    • /ɔ:/ Fork, call, taught, bought, board, saw, pour, broad, law, all

Diphthongs

  • ​
    • /ɪə/ as in "Deer," "peel," "meal," and "atmosphere."
    • /eɪ/ as in "Play," "able," "make," "way," "may," "wait," "freight," "they," "great," "space."
    • /ʊə/ as in "Sure," "pure," "jury," and "curious."
    • /eə/ as in "Pair," "fair," "hair," "mare," and "where."
    • /aʊ/ as in "Town," "out," "down," "now," "brown," "frown," "mouth," and "pound."
    • /ɔɪ/ as in "Toy," "oil," "point," "boy," "void," and "employ."
    • /aɪ/ as in "Light," "eyes," "time," "why," "might," "pride," "bike," "cry," "like," and "slide."
    • /oʊ/ as in "Slow," "over," "both," "so," "know," "boat," and "poke."

Plosives: p, b, t, d, k, g

  • /p/

Examples: pin/bin, cap/cab, happen,/cabbage

  • /t/ /d/

Examples: to/do, hat/had, hotter/harder

  • /k/ unvoiced and fortis /g/ voiced and lenis

Examples: cot/got, pick/pig, packet/forget

Plosive consonant /k/

Examples: Cat, Key, Car, Cup, Kite, King, Cake, Kitchen, Coat, Camera

Plosive /g/

Examples: Goat Game Goal Gift Gum Giggle Goose Gas Glad Garden

Approximants /w/ /r/ /j/

Spellings for the approximant sounds:

  • /w/: went, quite, once
  • /r/: road
  • /j/: yawn, fuel, few
  • Bilabial approximant: /w/ as in the words win, when and we
  • Alveolar approximant: /r/ as in red, run and rugby 
  • Lateral approximant: /l/ as in the words love, lay and hall
  • Palatal approximant: /j/ as in yes, you and yell

Affricate Pronunciation

Voiceless /tʃ/

  • Examples: choose /tʃuːz/, beach /biːtʃ/, change /tʃeɪndʒ/, chops /tʃɒps/, China /ˈtʃaɪnə/

Voiced /dʒ/

Examples: joy /dʒɔɪ/, siege /siːdʒ/, John /dʒɒn/, orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

Five articulatory positions of fricatives:

  1. Labiodental Fricatives; (f,v - fine, vine )
  • Voiceless /f/ Examples: five /faɪv/, four /fɔː(r)/, fine /faɪn/
  • Voiced /v/ Examples: vine /vaɪn/, violet /vaɪələt/, vital /’vaɪt(ə)l/
  1. Dental Fricatives : (: θ, ð - think, this)
  • Voiceless /θ/ Examples: thistle /ˈθɪs(ə)l/, thing /θɪŋ/

Voiced /ð/ Examples: this /ðɪs/, that /ðæt/

  • Voiceless /s/ Examples: sue /suː/, sip /sɪp
  • Voiced /z/ Examples: zoo /zuː/, zip /zɪp/
  • Voiceless /ʃ/ Examples: shore /ʃɔː(r)/, ship /ʃɪp/

Voiced /ʒ/ Examples: azure /ˈæʒə(r)/

/h/ Examples: hot /hɒt/, heat /hiːt/