I/ 15 NGUYÊN ÂM

1. /i:/ read, heat, meet, seat, seen, feet

- ee : meet, feel, see, free
- ea :team, reach, mean, sea
- ie and ei : belief, piece s, neither, receive
- final e :me, we, she, he, sáng sớm, mùa xuân
- e + consonant + e these, Chinese, Peter
- final y city, duty, country, ability
- endings with ique unique, boutique (k), critique (k)
2. /ɪ/ in, bit, this, give, sister, will, city
-i (most common) :sit, give, this, dinner
-ui: build, quit, quick, guilty
-y between two consonants: system, gym, symbol
3. /eɪ/ late, gate, bait, fail, main, braid, wait, ÂY
-a + consonant + e : late, came, take, save,
-ai : rain, wait, pain, aim, l, m, n
-ay : say, away, play, Monday
-ey : they, survey, obey, s, sh
-eigh : weigh, eight, neighbor, freight
4. /e/ let, get, end, any, fell, bread, men, said ,
-e : get, end, next, general
-ea: heavy, head, read, measure, read, read, read
5. /æ/ last, apple, add, can, answer ,class ,
-a: hat, apple, man, answer
6. /ɑ:/ stop, lock, farm, want, army, possible
- o : hot, stop, modern, job
- a : father, watch, dark, want
7. /ʌ/ come, up, jump, but, does, love, money, about
- u : but, fun, summer, drunk
- o : love, done, come, son
- ou: cousin, country, enough (f)
8. /ɔ/ all, fall, author, also, applaud, thought, fought
-aw : saw, law, awful, awesome
-au : author, August, applaud, audition
-al : small, walk, tall, always
-ought : bought, thought, fought
-aught : daughter, caught
-o : gone, off, long,
9. /oʊ/ go, slow, so, those, post, moment, drove
-o : no, don’t, home, only
-oa : road, coat, boat
-ow : own, slow, window
-ough : though, although
10. /ʊ/ look, took, put, foot, full, wolf, cookie
-oo : good, look, childhood, understood
-u : push, full, pull, sugar
-ould : would, could, should
-exception: woman sounds like “wumun”
11. /u/ cool, soup, moon, boot, tooth, move, true
-oo : too, food, school, tool
-ue : true, blue, avenue
-o : do, who, lose, prove
-ew : new, blew, drew
-u : super, rule, duty, student
12. /ɜː / her, work, sure, first, early, were, earn, occur
-er : her, mercy, mother, winner
-ear : heard, learn, earth
-ir : first, girl, firm
-or : doctor, word, worry
-ur : occur, curtain, jury
-ure : insecure, culture
-ar : grammar, collar
13. /aɪ/ time, nine, dry, high, style, five, China
-y : fly, sky, apply, style
-i : nice, kind, fine, sign
-igh : light, fight, sight, night
-ie : lie, tie, tried
14. /aʊ/ south, house, cow, found, down, town
-ou : found, loud, around, thousand
-ow : now, down, crowd, vowel
15. /ɔɪ/ oil, choice, moist, enjoy, avoid, voice
-oi : avoid, oil, moist, join
-oy : enjoy, toy, employ, royal
II/ PHỤ ÂM
Phụ âm theo cặp vô thanh và hữu thanh
1. /p/ pet /b/ bet
rope robe
2. /t/ ten /d/ den
seat seed
3. /k/ class /g/ glass
back bag
4. /f/ fault /v/ vault
leaf leave
5. /θ/ thank /ð/ this
breath breathe
6. /s/ sink /z/ zinc
price prize
7. /ʃ/ pressure /ʒ/ pleasure
wish massage
8. /ʧ/ choke /ʤ/ joke
Ngoài ra thì còn những phụ âm sau:
-/m/ mom ,from,lemon
-/n/ non, fun, any
-/ŋ/ going, spring, king
-/l/ love, will, yellow
-/r/ red, four, card
-/w/ win, wall, well
-/y/ yes (j), you, young
-/h/ happy, behave, who