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Instructions for using the English Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - International Standard Pronunciation

Silent consonants
p
pet/pet/
map/mæp/
k
cat/kæt/
school/skuːl/
f
find/faɪnd/
iff/
t
tea/tiː/
button/ˈbʌt.ən/
s
sun/sʌn/
miss/mɪs/
θ
think/θɪŋk/
both/bəʊθ/
ʃ
she/ʃiː/
crash/kræʃ/
ʧ
check/ʧek/
church/ʧɜːʧ/
Sound consonants
b
bad/bæd/
lab/læb/
d
day/deɪ/
lady/ˈleɪ.di/
g
give/gɪv/
flag/flæg/
ʤ
just/ʤʌst/
large/lɑːʤ/
v
voice/vɔɪs/
five/faɪv/
ð
this/ðɪs/
mother/ˈmʌð.ə(r)/
z
zoo/zuː/
lazy/ˈleɪ.zi/
ʒ
pleasure/ˈpleʒ.ə(r)/
vision/ˈvɪʒən/
Other consonants
m
man/mæn/
sum/sʌm/
n
no/nəʊ/
ten/ten/
ŋ
sing/sɪŋ/
finger/ˈfɪŋ.gə(r)/
h
how/haʊ/
hello/helˈəʊ/
l
leg/leg/
love/lʌv/
r
red/red/
try/traɪ/
j
yes/jes/
yellowjeləʊ/
w
wet/wet/
queen/kwiːn/
Short vowels
i
happy/ˈhæpi/
family/ˈfæməli/
ɪ
kit/kɪt/
shipɪp/
e
met/met/
bed/bed/
ɛ
met/mɛt/
bed/bɛd/
ɒ
hot/hɒt/
wash/wɒʃ/
ɑ
hot/hɒt/
wash/wɒʃ/
ʊ
put/pʊt/
foot/fʊt/
ʌ
cut/kʌt/
up/ʌp/
ə
away/əˈweɪ/
about/əˈbaʊt/
Long vowels
heat/ht/
see/s/
æ
cat/kæt/
black/blæk/
ɔː
call/kɔːl/
war/wɔː(r)/
blue/bl/
two/t/
u
blue/bluː/
two/tuː/
ɑː
arm/ɑːm/
father/ˈfɑːðə(r)/
ɜː
turn/tɜːn/
learn/lɜːn/
ɜ
turn/tɜːn/
learn/lɜːn/
Diphthongs vowels
where/w(r)/
air/(r)/
ɪə
near/nɪə(r)/
here/hɪə(r)/
ʊə
pure/pjʊə(r)/
tourist/ˈtʊərɪst/
eye//
five/fv/
now/n/
out/t/
say/s/
eight/t/
əʊ
home/həʊm/
goəʊ/
ɔɪ
boy/bɔɪ/
joinɔɪn/