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Basic English, Lesson 7- Pronouncing English
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DIPTHONGS |
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sh |
sl |
sm |
st |
th |
wh |
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| shade share shark she sheep sheet shell shine ship shirt shop shot should show shut |
slam sled sleep slid slip slow |
small smart smell smile smog smoke |
stand staple step steep sting stop store story street string |
that the their then there these they thin think this those thumb |
whale what when where white why |
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Short Vowel Words |
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| Short A a | Short Ee | Short Ii | Short Oo | Short U u |
| add bad dad sad band hand grand sand bag rag sag tag cab tab cap map nap tap can fan |
bed fed red beg leg egg desk fence get jet met pet set vet wet yet help yelp nest test |
big pig bill hill crib fib dish fish wish grin in tin win king sing wing did hid lid milk |
fox box cot dog fog knob job on mom mop top drop hop not pot hot jot lock rock sock |
bus mud cub tub drum gum hut nut jug rug mug bug luck tuck up pup cup run sun fun |
| man plan bat cat fat |
pest rest vest bent sent |
silk rip sip ship fix |
shock stock song toss |
fudge
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| mat pat sat am ham
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den ten men when web
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six this sip tip dip whip clip zip |
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Long Vowel Words |
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| Long A a | Long Ee | Long Ii | Long Oo | Long Uu | |||||
| ape bake cape cave date face flame gate grape hate |
lake make name page plane rake same skate take tape |
bee cheese deep feet free he heat key knee lead |
meet pea please read see she three tree we week |
bite bride fire five hive ice kite life line mice |
mine nice nine pine ripe size smile time vine wide |
bone close cone dose froze globe hole home joke lobe |
mole nose note pole robe rope stove tote vote woke |
cube cute dude duke dune flute fume fuse huge mule |
music mute prune pure rule spruce tube tulip tune |
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English Pronunciation |
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| Symbol or combination | English Example | Spanish Example |
Vowels and Diphthongs/Vocales y Dipthongs |
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| ː | (length mark) This should appear like a colon (:). Some versions of Internet Explorer have a bug which makes it not appear correctly. | |
| æ | bat, apple | |
| ɑː | farm, calm | |
| e | set, less | perro |
| ə | above, porter | |
| ɜː | fern, work | |
| ɪ | tip, pity | |
| iː | see, been | vino |
| ɒ | rot, wash | corra, torre |
| ɔː | bail, board | por |
| ʊ | soot, full | |
| uː | root, fool | |
| ʌ | come, rum, blood | |
| aɪ | lie, fry | fraile, vais |
| aʊ | now, plough | pausa, sauce |
| eɪ | fate, say, waiter | |
| əʊ | ago, also, note | |
| ɛə | there, rare, fair | |
| ɪə | here, interior, fear | |
| ɔɪ | toy, voice | voy |
| ʊə | allure, pure | |
Consonants/Consonantes |
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| b | bet, able | tumbar, umbrio |
| d | dime, mended | conde, andar |
| g | go, agog | grande, rango |
| h | hit, reheat | |
| j | you, pure | cuyo, reyes |
| ŋ | bank, singer | banco, rango |
| r | rate, sorrow | |
| ʳ | bear, after | |
| s | sit, scent | casa, sesión |
| v | vine, river | |
| w | wine, bewail | huevo, puede |
| z | zero, roses | desde, mismo |
| ʒ | rouge, leisure, | french: jour, jalousie |
| dʒ | page, jail | |
| ʃ | shame, ocean | french: chambre, fiche |
| tʃ | much, chuck | |
| θ | thin, maths | zumbar, ciento |
| ð | this, other | todo, hablando |
| x | loch | joven, rojo |
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