English Phonetics

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1. I.E.S. ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS
Dpt. of English Language
PHONETICS
a viewonEnglishphonemes

2. ue
International Phonetic
Alphabet
ship/p/ sheep/p/ put/pt/ you/ju/ hear/h/name/nem/
e
sound
ten /ten/letter/let/girl/gl/ saw/s/ poor/p/ toy/t/ no /n/ symbol
eaa
chart
cat/kt/ sun /sn/ car /k/ hot/ht/ where/we/ my /ma/ how/ha/
pbtdtSdkg
pot/pt/ bed/bed/ tap/tp/ door /d/chair/te/jam/dm/come /km/ gum/gm/
fvszS
four/f/ very/ver/think/k/ the// son /sn/ zoo /zu/ she/S/vision/vin/
mnhlrwj
man/mn/nose/nz/angry/gr/happy/hp/late /let/ red /red/want/wnt/ yes /jes/

3. single vowel sound
  u
ship/p/ sheep/p/ put/pt/ you/ju/
e 
ten /ten/letter/let/girl/gl/ saw/s/
 
cat/kt/ sun/sn/ car /k/ hot/ht/

4. diphthongs
e
hear/h/name/nem/

poor/p/ toy/t/ no /n/
eaa
where/we/my /ma/ how/ha/

5. consonants
pbtdtSdkg
pot /pt/bed /bed/tap /tp/
door
/d/
church
/tt/
jam
/dm/
come
/km/
gum/gm/
fvszS
four
/f/
very
/ver/
thanks
/ks/
the//son /sn/zoo /zu/she/S/
vision
/vn/
mnhlrwj
man
/mn/
nose
/nz/
angry
/gr/
happy
/hp/
late
/let/
red /red/
want
/n/
yes /jes/

6. Ladies and Gentlemen
Welcome to…
Easy
For
You To
Say

7. /nʌt/
nut

8. /baskl/
bicycle

9. /kmjunkeSn/
comMunication

10. /aʊt/
out

11. /’næʃə’nælɪti:/
nationality

12. /heɪt/
hate

13. /rkv/
recover

14. /θmb/
thumb

15. /pɪn/
pin

16. /’ndekSn/
injection

17. /stɒp/
stop

18. /’dels/
jealous

19. /pæn/
pan

20. /’ɒnə’mætə’piə/
Onomatopoeia

21. /’nd/
knowledge

22. Homophones
1.A. wear B. where
2.A. their B. there
3.A. fare B. fair
4.A. you’re B. your
5.A. sea B. see
6.A. hear B. here
7.A. too B. to
8.A. pitcher B. picture
9.A. eight B. ate
10.A. meet B. meat
11.A. blew B. blue
12.A. bare B. bear
13.A. son B. sun
14.A. caught B. cot
15.A. knows B. nose

23. Underlie the silent consonant in these words. Some words may
not have any silent consonants.
Knight walk column
Psychology read island
Sword consonantsclimb
Whole landscapethumb
Received reign doubt
Honour ghost grandson
Mother tsunami aisle
Whale ballet corps