Phonemes (44 sounds )

12 Pure Vowels


5 Long Vowels


1. /ɑː/ - tart, father

2. /uː/ - goose, two, blue, group

3. /ɔː/ - thought, law, north, war

4. /iː/ - fleece, sea, machine

5. /ɜː/ -nurse, stir, learn, refer


8 Short Vowels


6. /ə / (Neutral Vowel)- about, common, standard

7. / i / happy, radiate. glorious

8. / ʌ / strut, mud, love, blood

9. /ɒ / lot, odd, wash

10. /e / dress, bed, head, many

11. / ʊ / foot, good, put

12. / æ / trap, bad



8 Diphthongs

1. / əʊ / goat, show, no

2. / eɪ / face, day, break

3. /ɔɪ / choice, boy

4. / ɪə / near, here, weary

5. / aɪ / price, high, try

6. /ʊə / poor, jury, cure

7. / eə / square. fair, various

8. / aʊ / mouth, now


Consonants

24 Consonants

Plossives

1. / p / - pen, copy, happen

2. / b / - back, baby, job

3. /t / - tea, tight, button

4. /d / - day, ladder, odd

5. / k / -key, clock, school

6. / g / - get, giggle, ghost


Affricates

1. / tʃ / -church, match, nature

2. / dʒ / -judge, age, soldier


Fricatives

1. /f / -fat, coffee, rough, photo

2. /v / -view, heavy, move

3. / θ / -thing, author, path

4. / ð / -this, other, smooth

5. / s / -soon, cease, sister

6. / z / -zero, music, roses, buzz

7. / ʃ / -ship, sure, national

8. / ʒ / -pleasure, vision

9. / h / -hot, whole, ahead



Trills

1. / r / -right, wrong, sorry, arrange


Nasals

1. /m / -more, hammer, sum

2. /n / -nice, know, funny, sun

3. /ŋ / -ring, anger, thanks, sung


Laterals.

1. / l / -light, valley, feel


Approximants

1. / j / -yet, use, beauty, few

2. / w / -wet, one, when, queen