I.E.S. ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS

Dpt. of English Language

PHONETICS

a view on English phonemes

u e International PhoneticAlphabet

ship /p/ sheep /p/ put /pt/ you /ju/ hear /h/ name /nem/

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ten /ten/ letter /let/ girl /gl/ saw /s/ poor /p/ toy /t/ no /n/ symbol

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cat /kt/ sun /sn/ car /k/ hot /ht/ where /we/ my /ma/ how /ha/

p b t d tS d k gpot /pt/ bed /bed/ tap /tp/ door /d/ chair /te/ jam /dm/ come /km/ gum /gm/

f v s z S four /f/ very /ver/ think /k/ the // son /sn/ zoo /zu/ she /S/ vision /vin/

m n h l r w jman /mn/ nose /nz/ angry /gr/ happy /hp/ late /let/ red /red/ want /wnt/ yes /jes/

single vowel sound

uship /p/ sheep /p/ put /pt/ you /ju/

e ten /ten/ letter /let/ girl /gl/ saw /s/

cat /kt/ sun /sn/ car /k/ hot /ht/

diphthongs ehear /h/ name /nem/

poor /p/ toy /t/ no /n/

e a awhere /we/ my /ma/ how /ha/

consonants

p b t d tS d k gpot /pt/ bed /bed/ tap /tp/ door

/d/church

/tt/jam

/dm/come /km/

gum /gm/

f v s z S four

/f/very

/ver/thanks

/ks/the // son /sn/ zoo /zu/ she /S/ vision

/vn/

m n h l r w jman

/mn/nose

/nz/angry

/gr/happy

/hp/late

/let/red /red/ want

/n/ yes /jes/

Ladies and GentlemenWelcome to…

Easy

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You To

Say

/nʌt/

nut

/baskl/

bicycle

/kmjunkeSn/comMunication

/aʊt/

out

/’næʃə’nælɪti:/

nationality

/heɪt/

hate

/rkv/

recover

/θmb/

thumb

/pɪn/

pin

/’ndekSn/

injection

/stɒp/

stop

/’dels/

jealous

/pæn/

pan

/’ɒnə’mætə’piə/

Onomatopoeia

/’nd/

knowledge

Homophones1. 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.

Knight walk column

Psychology read island

Sword consonants climb

Whole landscape thumb

Received reign doubt

Honour ghost grandson

Mother tsunami aisle

Whale ballet corps