Perfect your pronunciation

SOUNDS

Interactive chart :

Click on the symbols to listen the sounds of English

More about phonetics

Consonant sounds

Feel where the sounds come from!

Say "Cheeeeeeese"!

TIP: the sound / ɪ / is short (ship, tick, lit...) while, the sound / i: / is a bit longer and high-pitched (sheep, leek, neat...)

Play with the ' i ' sounds

HOW IS -ED pronouncED?

INTERACTIVE PRACTICE!

heuuuuuu... /ə /

Play with the / ə / sound (Schwa )

TIP: pronounce the schwa 1) in an unstressed syllable (click on a'bout, a'llow, 'vitamin, pe'tition) or 2) as a reduced vowel sound (click on of, can )

Play with WEAK VOWELS / ə / and / ɪ /

-TH-

BroTHer

THE

Play with TH

'I', 'O', 'A'

PRONUNCIATION –

Play with the letter ' O '

FINAL -S

Holy Cow!

/ əʊ /

/ ɑʊ /

Play with the diphthongs / əʊ / and / ɑʊ /

SILENT LETTERS

Do not pronounce these letters in the following words

'R'

ADVANCED pronunciation tips to sound like a native

Follow this link to Tim's Workshop 4 more videos

'L'

PLAY WITH PHONETICS

Match the words with their phonetic transcription

TONGUE TWISTERS

Don't forget to practise the music of English: INTONATION!

The more you speak, the better! So...SPEAK!

Page updated

Report abuse