Guide to Pronunciation Symbols

Consonant Sounds Vowel

/p/ pet /pet/ /iː/ see /siː/

/b/ bed /bed/ /ɪ/ win /wɪn/

/t/ time /taɪm/ /i/ very /ˈveri/

/d/ dog /dɒg/ /e/ every /ˈevri/

/k/ king /kɪŋ/ /æ/ cat /kæt/

/g/ garden /ˈgɑːdən/ /ɑː/ farm /fɑːm/

/f/ fox, leaf /fɒks/, /liːf/ /ɒ/ clock /klɒk/

/v/ van /væn/ /ɔː/ wall /wɔːl/

/s/ same /seɪm/ /ʊ/ book /bʊk/

/z/ zebra, is /ˈzebrə/, /ɪz/ /uː/ moon /muːn/

/l/ light /laɪt/ /ʌ/ cup /kʌp/

/m/ mat /mæt/ /ɜː/ world /wɜːld/

/n/ name /neɪm/ /ə/ letter /ˈletə/

/h/ hot /hɒt/

Diphthong (two vowels together)
/r/ red /red/
/eɪ/ wait /weɪt/
/j/ young /jʌŋ/
/əʊ/ phone /fəʊn/
/w/ what /wɒt/
/aɪ/ mine /maɪn/
/θ/ bath /bɑːθ/
/aʊ/ house /haʊs/
/ð/ weather /weðə/
/ɔɪ/ noise /nɔɪz/
/ʃ/ fashion /ˈfæʃən/
/ɪə/ near /nɪə/
/ʒ/ television /ˌtelɪˈvɪʒən/
/eə/ hair /heə/
/ʧ/ cheap, catch /ʧiːp/, /kæʧ/
/ʊə/ pure /pjʊə/
/ʤ/ jumper /ˈʤʌmpə/

/ŋ/ spring /sprɪŋ/

Remember:
Sound is not the same as spelling, for example, the word ‘is’ finishes with the letter ‘s’ but the sound is /z/.
/ɪz/  is

When writing the sound of a word (its phonemic transcription), always put lines like these // on either side of the word:
/væn/  van

Stress is shown with marks like these ˈ ˌ

ˈ shows the primary stress in a word. For example, /  ˈ gɑːdən/  garden
ˌ shows the secondary stress. For example, /  ˌ telɪˈ vɪʒən/  television