Star Notes Clear English Pronunciation Bonus Lesson International Phonetic Alphabet - IPA Lesson Outcome: To become familiar with all the sounds in English. To become familiar with the IPA symbols for sounds in English. All The Sounds in English - Consonants Unvoiced Consonants Voiced Consonants pet /pet/ bet /bet/ /p/ paper /ˈpeɪ.pə/ /b/ trouble /ˈtrʌ.bəl ̩/ top /tɒp/ rub /rʌb/ Tim /tɪm/ dim /dɪm/ /t/ better /ˈbe.tə/ /d/ order /ˈɔː.də/ hot /hɒt/ bad /bæd/ came /keɪm/ game /geɪm/ /k/ talking /ˈtɔː.kɪŋ/ /g/ bigger /ˈbɪ.gə/ back /bæk/ bag /bæg/ fine /faɪn/ vine /vaɪn/ /f/ offer /ˈɒf.ə/ /v/ saving /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/ off /ɒf/ of /ɒv/ thin /θɪn/ then /ðen/ /θ/ method /ˈme.θəd /ð / other /ˈʌ.ðə/ both /boʊθ/ with /wɪð/ seal /si:l/ zeal /zi:l/ /s/ missing /ˈmɪ.sɪŋ/ /z/ crazy /ˈkreɪ.zi/ face /feɪs/ phase /feɪz/ show /ʃoʊ/ measure /ˈme.ʒə/ /ʃ/ pushing /ˈpʊʃ.ɪŋ/ /ʒ/ vision /ˈvɪ.ʒən/ rush /rʌʃ/ asia /ˈeɪ.ʒə/ choke /ʧoʊk/ joke /ʤoʊk/ /ʧ/ watching /wɒ.tʃɪŋ/ /ʤ/ damaging /ˈdæ.mɪ.dʒɪŋ/ catch /kætʃ/ large /lɑːdʒ/ PAGE 1 www.starpronunciation.com © G.TAYLOR STAR PRONUNCIATION Star Notes Clear English Pronunciation Bonus Lesson International Phonetic Alphabet - IPA All The Sounds in English - Consonants Voiced Consonants love /lʌv/ /l/ follow /ˈfɒː.loʊ/ well /wel/ mail /meɪl/ /m/ humour /ˈhjuː.mə/ some /sʌm/ nail /neɪl/ /n/ funny /ˈfʌ.ni/ fine /faɪn/ sing /sɪŋ/ /ŋ/ singer /ˈsɪ.ŋə/ heal /hi:l/ /h/ perhaps /pəˈhæps/ real /ri:l/ /r/ correct /kəˈrekt/ you /ju:/ /j/ beyond /biˈjɒnd we /wi/ /w/ showing /ˈʃoʊ.wɪŋ/ PAGE 2 www.starpronunciation.com © G.TAYLOR STAR PRONUNCIATION Star Notes Clear English Pronunciation Bonus Lesson International Phonetic Alphabet - IPA All The Sounds in English - Vowels Short Vowels /ɪ/ sit /sɪt/ hip /hɪp/ lid /lɪd/ tick /lɪck/ /e/ pet /pet/ step /step/ head /hed/ neck /nek/ /æ/ flat /flæt/ map /mæp/ tap /tæp/ back /bæk/ /ɒ/ hot /hɒt/ stop /stɒp/ long /lɒŋ/ clock /klɒk/ /ʌ/ cut /kʌt/ cup /kʌp/ one /wʌn/ luck /lʌk/ /ʊ/ put /pʊt/ look /lʊk/ good /gʊd/ cook /kʊk/ /ə/ Schwa is a weak vowel used in many unstressed syllables. schwa You will learn about schwa in your lessons on syllable stress. apart /əˈpa:t/ about /əˈbaʊt/ control /kənˈtroʊl/ pilot /ˈpaɪlət/ value Long Vowels /i:/ seat /si:t/ sheep /ʃi:p/ leak /li:k/ team /ti:m/ /a:/ start /sta:t/ laugh /la:f/ dark /da:k/ ask /a:sk/ /u:/ shoe /ʃu:/ knew /nju:/ soon /su:n/ flew /flu:/ /ɔ:/ short /ʃɔ:t/ form /fɔ:m/ pork /pɔ:k/ course /kɔ:s/ /ɜ:/ hurt /hɜ:t/ word /wɜ:d/ work /wɜ:k/ shirt /ʃɜ:t/ PAGE 3 www.starpronunciation.com © G.TAYLOR STAR PRONUNCIATION Star Notes Clear English Pronunciation Bonus Lesson International Phonetic Alphabet - IPA All The Sounds in English - Vowels Diphthong Vowels – two vowels sounds in a row /aɪ/ buy /baɪ/ why /waɪ/ flight /flaɪt/ night /naɪt/ /eɪ/ say /seɪ/ late /leɪt/ wait /weɪt/ train /treɪn/ /ɔɪ/ boy /bɔɪ/ choice /tʃɔɪs/ voice /vɔɪs/ noise /nɔɪz/ /aʊ/ how /haʊ/ now /naʊ/ town /taʊn/ brown /braʊn/ know /noʊ/ phone /foʊn/ home /hoʊm/ spoke /spoʊk/ /oʊ/ may be written as /əʊ/ in your dictionary /ɪə/ here- /hɪə/ near- /nɪə/ fear- /fɪə/ beer- /bɪə/ /eə/ hair- /heə/ share- /ʃeə/ pear- /peə/ chair - /tʃeə/ value /ʊə/ pure- /pjʊə/ tour- /tʊə/ lure- /lʊə/ cure - /kjʊə/ Please Note: Some IPA symbols may be diferent in your dictionary depending on whether it is American, British or Australian. A consonant cluster is when there are two consonants next to each other eg /tr/ in ‘train’. PAGE 4 www.starpronunciation.com © G.TAYLOR STAR PRONUNCIATION.