PHONETICS

The English Phonemic Chart

The 44 sounds of English

VOWELS

iː : sheep – eagle – field

ɪ : ship – busy – started

ʊ : good – put – should

uː : moon – grew – through

ɪə : ear – here – career

eɪ : train – say – plane

e : bed – dead – said

ə : about – police – the

ɜː : bird – hurt – work

ɔː : door – walk – saw

ʊə : your – dure – tourist

ɔɪ : boy – point – oil

əʊ : coat – low – note

æ : apple – cat – mad

ʌ : up – money – cut

ɑː : car – bath – safari

ɒ : not – what – because

eə : hair – careful – there

aɪ : by – high – fine

aʊ : now – our – house

CONSONANTS

p : pen – hopping – jump

b : ball – hobby – herb

t : table – little – watched

d : dog – added – played

tʃ : chips – itch – picture

dʒ : jam – danger – fudge

k : key – car – luck

g : green – hug – league

f : fire – laugh – phone

v : video – move – of

θ : thick – healthy – teeth

ð : mother – this – with

s : see – city – notice

z : zebra – cosy – has

ʃ : shop – nation – special

ʒ : television – visual – leisure

m : man – tummy – lamb

n : no – funny – knife

ŋ : sing – uncle – angry

j : yes – onion – view

l : light – smelly – feel

r : right – berry – wrong

w : win – where – one

h : house – hungry –