English is not a phonetic language, it means that the sound of each letter can have more than one pronunciation. You have to be wondering, “How can I know how to pronounce the words correctly if there are no patterns? Well, here is the solution: learn the IPA—International Phonetic Alphabet. If you want to improve your pronunciation, it is really important to understand the IPA. Many dictionaries show the pronunciation in accordance with these symbols, if you know they, it will be easier to know how to pronounce the word.
Vowels
[ ɔ
]
|
horse, law, daughter
|
[ a ]
|
farm, hot
|
[ ɛ ]
|
said, head, bed
|
[ æ
]
|
hat, bad
|
[
i ]
|
sheep, heat, happy
|
[ I ]
|
ship, him
|
[ ɜ ]
|
burn, bird, worth
|
[ ə
]
|
sofa, above
|
[ u
]
|
blue, do
|
[ ʌ ]
|
Cup, love, blood
|
[ ʊ
]
|
foot, pull
|
Diphthongs
[ aI
]
|
buy, eye
|
[ aʊ ]
|
now, mouth
|
[ oʊ ]
|
no, nose
|
[ ju
]
|
Few, cute
|
[ eI
]
|
say, day
|
[ ɔI
]
|
toy, boy
|
Consonants
Voiced
|
Voiceless
|
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[ b ]
|
book, sob
|
[ p ]
|
pen, ship
|
[ d ]
|
day,
|
[ t ]
|
town, danced
|
[ ɡ ]
|
give, exhibit
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[ k ]
|
cat, quiet, book
|
[ v ]
|
very, of
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[ f ]
|
fish, enough
|
[ ð ]
|
the, bother
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[ θ ]
|
think, with
|
[ z ]
|
zoo, flowers
|
[ s ]
|
say, ice, ax
|
[ ʒ ]
|
vision,
beige
|
[ ʃ ]
|
she, ocean
|
[ dʒ ]
|
jump, change
|
[ tʃ ]
|
cheese, March
|
[ h ]
|
happy, rehash
|
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[ l ]
|
look, feel
|
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[ ɹ ]
|
Run, wrong
|
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[ j ]
|
yes, few
|
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[ w ]
|
We, will, one
|
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[ m ]
|
moon, some
|
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[ n ]
|
name, nine, no
|
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[ ŋ ]
|
sing, anger, thanks
|
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This video, this video, this video will help you to pronounce these sounds.
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