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Version 2
Yousef AlMulla
mullaya_98@yahoo.com
July 2007
h, l
t, d, ch
vowel + r
gh
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
k, g
p, b
s, th, w
m, n
K
ph
z
I
W
G
U
E
T
C
S
A
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:
)(Syllables
)(Word Stress
)(Sentence Stress
.
..
Consonant
Vowels
i
u
: y )(Semi-vowel
:
sh ..
th
ch ""
ph ..
..
h wwh..
k n
)(
) (
.
y ) (Semi-vowel
) meat (mt ) meet (mt
.
read ) read (rd
)read (rd
)(Homophones
bin been
bier beer
bury berry
birth berth
build billed
byte bite bight
blue blew
bore boar
bored board
border boarder
borne born
bow bough
bowl boll
buoy boy
)(Homophones
cereal
serial
cheep cheap
cheque check
Czech
choose chews
coral choral
, site sight cite
clue clew
clime climb
clothes close
course coarse
coin coign
kernel colonel
compliment complement
corps core
braise
braze
break brake
bred bread
bridle bridal
butt but
bye by buy
cash cache
caul call
capitol capital
caste cast
seed cede
sell cell
censer, censor
sensor
scent sent cent
)(Homophones
fare fair
phase faze
feet feat
fined find
flare flair
fur fir
flee flea
flue flu flew
flower flour
four fore for
fourth forth
fowl foul
gate gait
guilt gilt
gorilla
guerilla
counsel council
cozen cousin
creek creak
coo coup
kerb curb
current currant
damn dam
deer dear
dissent descent
due do dew
discrete discreet
dough doe
dun done
urn earn
feint faint
)(Homophones
joule jewel
quay key
need knead
new knew
night knight
not knot
no know
laid lade
lamb lam
led v lead n
leek leak
lien lean
lesson lessen
lyre liar
lone loan
great grate
grizzly grisly
grown groan
hale hail
hare hair
haul hall
heart hart
herd heard
here hear
he'd =he would heed
hymn him
hirehigher
whole hole
horse hoarse
our hour
it's it is its
)(Homophones
morning
mourning
knead need
gnu knew new
nun none
knot not
ore or oar
won one
pale pail
pane pain
pare pair pear
piece peace
peek peak
pique
purr per
maid made
male mail
mane main
maul mall
mayor mare
mete meet meat
mien mean
mite might
minor miner
mined mind
mown moan
mowed mode
more moor
mousse moose
)(Homophones
roll role
rows rose
wrote write rote
sail sale
seen scene
skull scull
see sea
seem seam
seize sees seas
cell sell
sheer shear
shoo shoe
sleigh slay
slow sloe
soul sole
sum some
)(Homophones
throne through threw
thrown
time thyme
tied tide
two too to
tun ton
vane vain
vein
veil vale
vile vial
whale wale wail
wane wain
waste waist
weight wait
wave waive
where wear ware
sun son
stayed staid
stare stair
steak stake
stationery stationary
steel steal
style stile
story storey
strait straight
suite sweet
tail tale
taut taught
tee tea
teem team
tier tear
turn tern
their there
)(Homophones
worn warn
wort wart
weigh way
whey
wee we
week weak
wheel weal
whether weather
whet wet
witch which
wile while
wit whit
whose who's
would wood
your yore
you're =you are
yolk yoke
Silent p
pneumonia
pseudonym
psychiatrist
psalm
...
corps
coup
cupboard
raspberry
receipt
mb
Silent b
debt
doubt
...
dumb
thumb
...
plumber
tomb
lamb
climb
bomb
-s, -ed, -
ing, -er
When is
mb pronounced?
mb
m-b
bombs
bombed
bombing
bomber
bom-bard
com-bine
crum-ble
dum-bo
Silent k
knee kneel
knelt
know knew
known
knowledge
knife knight
knot
Silent g
gnome
campaign reign
foreigner
sign design
resign
diaphragm
gn at end
-s, -ed, -
ing, -er
signs
signed
signing
signer
When is gn
pronounced?
gn
g-n
sig-nal
sig-nature
re-sig-na-tion
Silent t
castle whistle
catch watch kitchen
chestnut Christmas
fasten listen
often soften
mortgage mustn't
Silent d
handkerchief
handsome
Wednesday
ma'am = madam
Silent ch
yacht
Silent h
Silent l
ghetto ghost
heir honor
what when where why
while whether white
rhythm rhyme
Thomas Theresa
Oprah Hannah
Silent m
mnemonic
Silent n
autumn
hymn
damn
solemn
column
When is mn pronounced?
mn
m-n
dam-na-tion
au-tum-nal
hym-nal
so-lem-ni-ty
Silent s
aisle island debris
Arkansas Illinois
Silent th
asthma
Silent w
answer sword
toward two
3
th =
: h wh
whole
: r wr
Silent gh
daughter slaughter
fraught ought to
haughty naughty
neighbor sleigh
weigh weight
straight
catch caught ... teach taught
buy bought ... bring brought
fight fought ... seek sought
think thought
(al)though
dough doughnut donut
borough boro thorough
through
= r +
pr, br
fr, vr
tr
...
aspirin
temperature
opera
laboratory
deliberate
comfortable
different
every
beverage
favorable
favorite
documentary
elementary
interested
interesting
honorable
miserable
adjective only
separate
adjective only
Syllables
((Word Spelling
:
must
stu.dy
di.li.gent
a.na.ly.sis
du.ra.bi.li.ty
.y
Syllables
) pronunciation ( pr-nn's-'shn
Pronunciation Key
Syllables
Syllables
:
Syllables
total
stressed
syllables syllable
shape
PHO TO GRAPH
#1
#2
TO GRAPH ER
#3
GRAPH IC
word
PHO
PHO TO
Pronunciation Keys
:
)knife (nf
)'exceed (k-sd
)general (jn'r-l
Pronunciation Keys
()
b
ch
d
f
g
h
hw
pat
pay
care
father
bib
child , rich
deed, milled
pet
bee
fife, phase, rough
gag
hat
which
r
j
k
l
m
n
ng
oi
pit
pie, by
pier
judge
kick, cat, pique
lid, needle
mum
no, sudden
thing
pot
toe
caught , paw, for, horrid,
hoarse
noise
Pronunciation Keys
) (
valve
with
yes
zebra, xylem, noise
vision, pleasure, garage
about, item, edible, gallop,
circus
butter
v
w
y
z
zh
)
(
.
) (
.
took
boot
out
pop
roar
sauce
ship, dish
tight, stopped
thin
this
cut
urge, term, firm, word,
heard
ou
p
r
s
sh
t
th
th
Sentence Stress
.
We want to go :
.
: want / go
We WANT to GO :
)
(
)(
hat , fat
heat , meat
)(
rate
)(
wait
y, i, e
)(
)
(
ch
k
k
cycle
city
center
channel
watch
chemistry
car , cut
back
Arabic
)
(
bed , web
bite , site
silent e
are
)(
free
)(
meet
)(
eat , seat
e
i )(
)
(
go , bag
rough
zh
orange
)
(
s it
) i(
e
bite
)(
wait
Kuwaiti
)
(
silent k
key ,
check
know ,
knife
)
(
queen
ion
)(
)
(
sea , biscuit
sh
she , wash
noise
zhn
television
)
(
tea
beat
th
the
three
ion
)(
shn
action
ur
)(
chr
future
th
)
(
)(
o
shut
fun
ou
shout
mouth
)
(
wet
beware
)(
ou
how
now
write
ph, xy,
)
(
ph
phase
X
y
xylem
bat/ establish
D
F
H
J
L
M
N
)(
date/ hard
fast/ wolf
hate/ behave
juice/ project
land/ reflect
man/ human
near/ and
) (
O
P
)
(
)
(
) (
R
V
X
Y
Z
one/ lemon
pen/ paper
run/ remember
van/ five
mix/ sixteen
yes/ family
zero/ quiz
) (
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