The sounds of English
Learning the sounds
Short vowel / i /
Short vowels
Short vowel / i /
Short vowel / ʊ /
Short vowel / ʌ /
Short vowel /ɒ /
Short vowel /ə /
Short vowel /e /
Short vowel / æ /
Long Vowels
Long vowel /iː/
Long vowel /uː/
Long vowel /ɑː /
Long vowel /ɔː/
Long vowel /ɜː/
Diphthongs (double vowel sounds)
8 Diphthongs
Diphthong / ɪə / near, here, weary
Diphthong /ʊə / poor, jury, cure
Diphthong / aɪ / price, high, try
Diphthong /ɔɪ / choice, boy
Diphthong / əʊ / goat, show, no
Diphthong / eə / square. fair, various
Diphthong / aʊ / mouth, now
Diphthong / eɪ / face, day, break
24 Consonants
[Voiceless consonants]
Voiceless Consonant Sound / p / - pen, copy, happen
Voiceless Consonant Sound /t / - tea, tight, button
Voiceless Consonant Sound / tʃ / -church, match, nature
Voiceless Consonant Sound / k / -key, clock, school
Voiceless Consonant Sound /f / -fat, coffee, rough, photo
Voiceless Consonant Sound / θ / -thing, author, path
Voiceless Consonant Sound / s / -soon, cease, sister
Voiceless Consonant Sound / ʃ / -ship, sure, national
Voiced consonants
Voiced Consonant Sound /d / - day, ladder, odd
Voiced Consonant Sound / dʒ / -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 / ʒ / -pleasure, vision
Other Consonant Sound
Other Consonant Sound /m / -more, hammer, sum
Other Consonant Sound /n / -nice, know, funny, sun
Other Consonant Sound /ŋ / -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