IPA-2 Phonetic Symbols

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/iː/ see /siː/ tree/triː/ please /pliːz/

/ɪ/ sit /sɪt/ it /ɪt/ fifteen /fɪf'tiːn/

/ʊ/ put /pʊt/ bull/bʊl/ book /bʊk/

/uː/ too /tuː/ blue/bluː/ food /fuːd/

 Vowels

/iː/ /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /uː/

/ɜː/ / ə/
 Vowels

/æ/ /ʌ/ /ɑː/ /ɒ/

/æ/
 To make the sound /æ/
1.Open your mouth as wide as possible
2.Tense your tongue,flatten it,and push it forward
3.Your jaw should be very low
a /æ/
 /æ/

/ˈtræfɪk/ /ˈflæsɪd/ /ˈmælɪt/

/e/
 To make the sound /e/
1.Partially Open your mouth
2.Relax your tongue and your lips
/r e d/ leg

/l e g/ red

/tʃ e k/ smell

/e g/ check

/s m e l/ egg
/r e d/ red

/l e g/ leg

/tʃ e k/ check

/e g/ egg

/s m e l/ smell
 /e/
e
/h e d/ h_ _d

/d e d/ d_ _d

/b r e d/ br_ _d

/r e d i/ r_ _dy

/b r e θ/ br_ _th
/h e d/ head

/d e d/ dead

/b r e d/ bread

/r e d i/ ready

/b r e θ/ breath
 /e/
e ea
e
Ted sent Fred ten hens yesterday,
so Fred’s fresh bread is ready
already.
/æ/vs /e/
men dead set beg
man dad sat bag
/ʌ/
 but come young flood
/bʌt/ /kʌm/ /jʌŋ/ /flʌd/
/kʌp/ /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ /plʌm/
cup pumpkin plum

/ˈbʌkl/ /mʌg/
buckle mug
u /ʌ/
 /lʌv/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ /sʌm/
love nothing some

/frʌnt/ /ɡlʌv/ /ˈmʌðə(r)/

front glove mother
o /ʌ/
 /ʌ/
love son blood
study jump
Jumping up and down in the muddy puddles
1. The flood
/flʌd/ comes
/kʌmz/ in summer.
/ˈsʌmə(r)/

2.He studies
/ˈstʌdiz/ nothing
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/ on Sunday.
/ˈsʌndeɪ/

3.My younger
/'jʌŋɡə(r)/ brother
/ˈbrʌðə(r)/ won
/wʌn/
so much
/mʌtʃ/ money.
/ˈmʌni/

4.My cousin
/ˈkʌzn/ will come
/kʌm/ on /ˈsʌndeɪ/
Sunday
if it’s sunny.
/ˈsʌni/
/ɑː /
 /ɑː /
a ar
/ɑː / vs /ʌ/
/ɑː /

/ʌ/
/ʌ/ /ɑː /
word pairs
 /ɑː / vs /ʌ/

father-mother
heart -hut
March-much
cart-cut
dark-duck
 /ɑː / vs /ʌ/

father-mother
heart -hut
March-much
cart-cut
dark-duck
Find the different one
1. car arm but garden

2. gun farm star art

3.hard blood touch hut

1. car arm but garden

2. gun farm star art

3.hard blood touch hut

/ɒ/
/ɒ/ /ɑː/
 To make the sound /ɒ/
1.lips round
2.Pull your tongue back
/n ɒ t/ stop

/l ɒ t/ top

/t ɒ p/ flop
/s t ɒ p/ not

/f l ɒ p/ lot
/n ɒ t/ not

/l ɒ t/ lot

/t ɒ p/ top
/s t ɒ p/ stop
/f l ɒ p/ flop
 /ɒ /

o
/w ɒ n t/ w_nt

/w ɒ ʃ/ w_sh

/w ɒ t/ wh_t

/w ɒ tʃ/ w_tch
i
/ˈk w ɒ l ə t qu_lity
/
/w ɒ n t/ want

/w ɒ ʃ/ wash

/w ɒ t/ what

/w ɒ tʃ/ watch
i
/ˈk w ɒ l ə t quality
/
 /ɒ /

o a
Tom
/tɒm/ has got
/gɒt/ a /lɒt/
lot of dots
/dɒts/

on
/ɒn/ his pocket.
/ˈpɒkɪt/
/tɒm/ /gɒt/ /lɒt/ /dɒts/
Tom has got a lot of dots

on his pocket.
/ɒn/ /ˈpɒkɪt/
/ɔː/
 To make the sound /ɔː/
1.Lips are rounded
2.Your tongue is at the back of the mouth
/h ɔː l/ hall

/s ɔː l t/ salt

/w ɔː k/ w_ _k

/m ɔː l/ mall
l footb_ _l
/ˈf ʊ t b ɔː
/
/h ɔː l/ hall

/s ɔː l t/ salt

/w ɔː k/ walk

/m ɔː l/ mall
l football
/ˈf ʊ t b ɔː
/
 /ɔː/

al
/dr ɔː/ draw

/s ɔː/ saw

/ˈl ɔː j ə/ lawyer
/ˈɔː f ʊ l/ awful

/f ɔː n/ fawn
 /ɔː/

al aw
 /ɔː/
Paul called from the hall that he had
slipped on the floor and couldn’t get to
the door.
/ɜː/ vs /ɔː/
T-shirt /ʃɜːt/
fork /fɔːk/
bird /bɜːd/
fur /fɜː/
earth /ɜːθ/
/ɜː/ /ɔː/
work walk
bird board
girl fork
her cord
shirt board
hurt chalk
flirt four