PHONETICS

a view on English phonemes

I.E.S. ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS

Dpt. of English Language
    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/

p b t d tS d k g
pot /pt/ bed /bed/ tap /tp/ door /d/ chair /te/ jam /dm/ come /km/ gum /gm/

f v   s z S 
four /f/ very /ver/ think /k/ the // son /sn/ zoo /zu/ she /S/ vision /vin/

m n  h l r w j
man /mn/ nose /nz/ angry /gr/ happy /hp/ late /let/ red /red/ want /wnt/ yes /jes/
 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/
  e diphthongs
hear /h/ name /nem/

  
poor /p/ toy /t/ no /n/

e a a
where /we/ my /ma/ how /ha/
 consonants
p b t d tS d k g
pot /pt/ bed /bed/ tap /tp/ door church jam come gum /gm/
/d/ /tt/ /dm/ /km/

f v   s z S 
four very thanks the // son /sn/ zoo /zu/ she /S/ vision
/f/ /ver/ /ks/ /vn/

m n  h l r w j
man nose angry happy late red /red/ want yes /jes/
/mn/ /nz/ /gr/ /hp/ /let/ /n/
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Easy
For
You To
Say
/nʌt/
nut
/baskl/

bicycle
 /
/kmjunkeSn
comMunication
/aʊt/

out
/’næʃə’nælɪti:/
nationality
/heɪt/
hate
/rkv/

recover
/θmb/

thumb
/pɪn/
pin
/’ndekSn/

injection
/stɒp/

stop
 /’dels/

jealous
/pæn/
pan
/’ɒnə’mætə’piə/

Onomatopoeia
 /’nd/

knowledge
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
Underlie the silent consonant in these words. Some words may
not have any silent consonants.

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