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International Phonetic Alphabet Vowels
7
Examples
gym
pretty
busy
if
symbol
English
in
big
women
sieve
miss
build
Examples
Practice for Mastery
Jim is in the picture.
Examples
Miss Smith is thin.
Bring chicken for diner
Listen to this ridiculous list.
The pretty women are busy in the gym.
Pronunciation
i
Examples
i
be
key
people
ski
honey
police
he
amoeba
we
cheap
suite
either
fear
bee
receive
chassis
see
debris
sweet
marry
niece
chamois
happy
The /i/ sound, spelled /y/ at the end of a word usually indicates an adjective. See the examples below and repeat them after the instructor.
Examples
soapy
sticky
heavy
tricky
edgy
chilly
shaky
easy
Adverbs usually at the end of the syllable ly are pronounced /liy/. Listen to the examples and repeat them after the instructor.
Examples
nicely
quickly
slowly
plainly
sweetly
clearly
Practice for Mastery
Jeannie, do you see the bees?
Please freeze the peas.
Practice for Mastery
Neither he nor she believes me.
We can easily read the agreement.
Examples
boy
poise
boil
toy
soil
noisy
coin
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Roy's toys are noisy.
Practice for Mastery
The boy pointed to the poison.
Troy's ploy was foiled.
The spoiled boy destroyed Floyd's ploy.
Pronunciation
Examples
put
look
could
woman
book
would
wolf
push
Practice for Mastery
Look in the cookbook for a good pudding.
He would if he could.
It should be good wool.
The woman took a good look at the wolf.
Pronunciation
u
Listen to examples and repeat.
Examples
use
yew
view
beauty
u
few
cute
you
feud
music
ewe
hue
Pronunciation
Examples
Listen to the examples and repeat after the instructor
Examples
union
figure
accurate
medium
Examples
usually
failure
accusation
immunize
canyon
your
Practice for Mastery
Examples
A few beauties were in the picture.
Practice for Mastery
Your cues are confusing.
He was accused of abuse.
Are you used to using the computer?
u
Examples
do
loose
flew
flu
due
lose
choose
rude
blue
new
u
Tuesday
who
food
canoe
through
juice
rheumatism
shoe
soup
Examples
Sue knew the truth
Choose blue for the new room.
Examples
It blooms soon, in June.
The news is too gloomy.
Contrasting Sound Practice
pool
fool
pull
full
stood
stewed
kooky
cookie
would, wood
wooed
nuke
nook
who'd
hood
Pronunciation
Examples
how
house
bough
now
aloud
brown
Pronunciation
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Our townhouse has a brown mouse.
Practice for Mastery
Are we allowed to speak aloud?
We found our gowns downtown.
Shower the flowers for an hour.
How's the sauerkraut?
Examples
followed by the consonant /r/
care
fair
wear
where
stairs
there
bear
dare
heir
they're
aerial
their
prayer
Practice for Mastery
Examples
The fair haired man ran in the sand.
Practice for Mastery
Where are the spare pairs Stan and Dan wear?
They're not your socks. They're theirs.
Frances laughed when she passed him on the stairs.
They're cramming for their exams over there.
Pronunciation
Examples
egg
again
meadow
friend
said
head
edge
step
heifer
says
leopard
any
guest
many
Pronunciation
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Send Ben for his friend.
Practice for Mastery
Lets rent a tent.
Esther never gets upset.
Fred said it again and again.
Examples
eight
prey
ate
cafe
they
rein
face
gauge
great
ballet
day
way
pain
suede
straight
Pronunciation
Practice for Mastery
Examples
It rained eight days.
Practice for Mastery
The suede cape has a great shape.
Renee ate creme brulee at the buffet today.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
She laid the frail lace on the table.
Examples
in the second syllable
in the first syllable
so-da
cap-tain
a-go
o-pen
pi-geon
ef-fect
par-tial
den-im
ex-plain
meth-od
sta-tion
oc-cur
syr-up
cup-board
u-pon
The symbol can be pronounced when there is no vowel at all
Examples
pris- m
prism
socialism
so-cial-is- m
nationalism
na-tion-al-is- m
In certain contractions the sound is pronounced at the same time as the n sound.
Examples
doesn't
does- nt
Examples
isn't
is- nt
wasn't
was- nt
haven't
hav- nt
didn't
did- 't
hadn't
had- n't
shouldn't
should- n't
Pronunciation
a
Examples
rye
pie
my
aisle
I
a
fly
I'd
dried
height
guide
guy
indict
ice
might
buy
diaper
bike
choir
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Ida buys nice surprises.
Practice for Mastery
I'm twice your size, Liza!
Try my pie, Ira!
That guy might buy my cycle.
Pronunciation
Examples
up
cousin
does
under
trouble
rough
was
love
flood
done
blood
son
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Buffy cut up the shrubs.
Practice for Mastery
The dust is under the rug.
The mother won some of the money, but not enough.
I'd love to come on Sunday, if its sunny.
Pronunciation
Examples
daughter
cough
all
off
caught
brought
on
call
often
auto
awful
broad
lawn
gone
fault
Pronunciation
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Draw water from the faucet.
Practice for Mastery
The water is always calm in August
I thought Audrey saw a lawyer.
You ought to have brought your daughter.
Examples
knowledge
honor
father
cot
wand
doll
honest
bureaucracy
lock
option
encore
ennui
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Roz is fond of dolls.
Practice for Mastery
John got an honest job.
Bob stopped in the shop for a mop.
His knowledge of crops is obvious.
Pronunciation
Examples
black
plaid
cat
tap
bag
pad
cab
Practice for Mastery
Examples
Pack the bags.
Practice for Mastery
Have a snack, Jack.
Pat's cat is fat.
Her plaid jacket has black snaps.
Pronunciation