SOUNDS OF ENGLISH (VOWELS AND CONSONANTS). TRANSCRIBE AT LEAST 200 WORDS CHOOSING FROM THE COURSE BOOK
1. /i:/ (long 'e') – seen, seat, meet,
feet, cheese, dream, deal, reach, weak
2. /ɪ/ (short 'i') – sit, fish, busy, hit,
bit, minute, women, lift, little, wish
3. /e/ (short 'e') – bed, said, head,
bread, instead, men, friend, ten, dress
4. /æ/ (short 'a') – cat, hat, apple, man,
happy, bat, sad, dance, bag, plan
5. /ɑ:/ (long 'a') – car, father, park,
half, calm, far, heart, part, large
6. /ɒ/ (short 'o') – hot, pot, not, stop,
clock, rock, lot, dog, off, soft
7. /ɔ:/ (long 'o') – saw, law, more, talk,
caught, bought, ball, call, fall, war
8. /ʊ/ (short 'u') – put, foot, good,
book, look, full, could, should, wood
9. /u:/ (long 'u') – moon, food, soon,
move, school, room, true, too, blue
10. /ʌ/ (short 'u') – cup, but, cut, sun,
up, love, luck, bus, just, money
11. /ə/ (schwa sound) – about, ago,
father, mother, open, pencil, problem, support
12. /ɜ:/ (long 'e' as in 'bird') – her,
learn, work, first, nurse, heard, world
MONOPHTHONGS
(12 PURE VOWELS):
1. /i:/ as in seat
2. /ɪ/ as in sit
3. /e/ as in set
4. /æ/ as in sat
5. /ɑː/ as in car
6. /ɒ/ as in cot
7. /ɔː/ as in caught
8. /ʊ/ as in put
9. /u:/ as in boot
10. /ʌ/ as in cup
11. /ɜː/ as in bird
12. /ə/ as in sofa (schwa sound)
1. /eɪ/ – day, play, say, weight, way,
today, stay, afraid, rain
2. /aɪ/ – time, like, night, high, kind,
drive, light, fight, child
3. /ɔɪ/ – boy, toy, joy, annoy, enjoy,
boil, coin, voice
4. /aʊ/ – now, out, how, brown, town,
loud, shout, found, count
5. /əʊ/ – go, no, show, old, cold, know,
both, alone, road
DIPHTHONGS
(8 DOUBLE VOWELS):
1. /eɪ/ as in say
2. /aɪ/ as in my
3. /ɔɪ/ as in boy
4. /aʊ/ as in now
5. /əʊ/ as in go
6. /ɪə/ as in ear
7. /eə/ as in care
8. /ʊə/ as in tour
CONSONANT
SOUNDS
1. /p/ – pen, play, paint, cup, hope,
paper, people, point
2. /b/ – ball, back, big, book, brother,
baby, bring, cab
3. /t/ – top, time, ten, table, letter,
train, team, wait
4. /d/ – dog, door, do, day, red, good,
food, drive
5. /k/ – cat, kite, clock, school, king,
week, cook, pack
6. /g/ – go, girl, garden, green, bag,
game, big, get
7. /f/ – fish, fun, five, fan, food,
photo, soft, half
8. /v/ – very, van, voice, love, move,
have, live, save
9. /θ/ (as in 'think') – think, thank,
bath, path, thin, both, teeth
10. /ð/ (as in 'this') – this, that, the,
father, brother, mother, with
11. /s/ – sun, sit, sing, see, face, city,
class, rice
12. /z/ – zoo, zebra, zero, buzz, has,
prize, busy, size
13. /ʃ/ (as in 'ship') – shoe, shop, fish,
push, brush, she, wash, dish
14. /ʒ/ (as in 'vision') – television,
measure, pleasure, treasure, leisure
15. /tʃ/ (as in 'chip') – chair, cheese,
child, teach, church, reach, rich
16. /dʒ/ (as in 'judge') – jump, jar,
juice, large, age, bridge, enjoy
17. /h/ – hat, horse, house, hello, hand,
hair, home, head
18. /m/ – man, mother, money, time, room,
come, name, small
19. /n/ – not, need, nine, name, know,
can, pen, run
20. /ŋ/ (as in 'sing') – song, sing, ring,
long, thing, king, bring, strong
21. /l/ – light, love, look, table,
school, call, girl, feel
22. /r/ – red, run, road, train, car,
read, room, bring
23. /j/ (as in 'yes') – yes, yellow,
young, year, you, yesterday, yard
24. /w/ – water, win, white, well, way,
what, wish, swim
PLOSIVES
(6 SOUNDS):
1. /p/ as in pen
2. /b/ as in bat
3. /t/ as in top
4. /d/ as in dog
5. /k/ as in cat
6. /g/ as in go
FRICATIVES
(9 SOUNDS):
1. /f/ as in fan
2. /v/ as in van
3. /θ/ as in think
4. /ð/ as in this
5. /s/ as in sun
6. /z/ as in zoo
7. /ʃ/ as in she
8. /ʒ/ as in measure
9. /h/ as in hat
AFFRICATES
(2 SOUNDS):
1. /tʃ/ as in chair
2. /dʒ/ as in judge
NASALS
(3 SOUNDS):
1. /m/ as in man
2. /n/ as in net
3. /ŋ/ as in sing
APPROXIMANTS
(4 SOUNDS):
1. /r/ as in run
2. /l/ as in let
3. /j/ as in yes
4. /w/ as in wet
