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20472108 Pronunciation Rules قواعد نطق اللغة الانكليزية 2009
20472108 Pronunciation Rules قواعد نطق اللغة الانكليزية 2009
Yousef AlMulla
mullaya_98@yahoo.com
July 2007
t, d, ch
h, l
vowel + r
gh
8 6 7 5 4 3 2 1
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
5
:
sh ..
th
ch " "
ph ..
..
h w .. wh
k n
) (
) (
.
y ) ( Semi-vowel
) ( Homophones
bin been
bierbeer
buryberry
birthberth
buildbilled
bitebight
byte
blueblew
bore boar
boredboard
border boarder
borneborn
bowbough
bowl boll
buoy boy
) ( Homophones
cereal
serial
cheepcheap
chequecheck
Czech
choosechews
coralchoral
, site sightcite
clueclew
clime climb
clothesclose
coursecoarse
coin coign
kernelcolonel
complimentcomplement
corpscore
braze braise
breakbrake
bredbread
bridle bridal
buttbut
buy
by
bye
cashcache
call
caul
capitolcapital
castecast
seed cede
sellcell
, sensor censer, censor
scent sentcent
10
) ( Homophones
farefair
faze
phase
feat
feet
fined find
flair
flare
fur fir
fleeflea
flue flu flew
flower flour
four fore for
fourth forth
fowlfoul
gate gait
guilt gilt
guerilla gorilla
counsel council
cozen cousin
creek creak
coup
coo
kerb curb
current currant
damndam
deer dear
dissent descent
due dodew
discrete discreet
doughdoe
dundone
urn earn
feint faint
11
) ( Homophones
it's it is its
joulejewel
quaykey
needknead
new knew
nightknight
not knot
no know
laidlade
lamb lam
led vlead n
leekleak
lienlean
lesson lessen
lyre liar
12
greatgrate
grizzlygrisly
grown groan
halehail
hare hair
haulhall
heart hart
herd heard
here hear
he'd = he would heed
hymn him
hire higher
wholehole
horse hoarse
our hour
) ( Homophones
mourning morning
knead need
gnu knew new
nun none
knot not
ore or oar
won one
pale pail
pane pain
pare pair pear
piece peace
pique peek peak
purr per
pier peer
lone loan
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
13
) ( Homophones
rows rose
rote
wrote write
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
sun son
plane plain
pole
pore poor
principle principal
prophet profit
reign rain
wrap rap
reed read
red read
reel real
wreak reek
wrest rest
rite right
wright
write
road
rode ride
roll role
14
) ( Homophones
thrown throne
time thyme
tied tide
two too to
tun ton
vein vane vain
veil vale
vile vial
whale wale wail
wane wain
waste waist
weight wait
wave waive
where wear ware
worn warn
stayed staid
stare stair
steak stake
stationerystationary
steel steal
style stile
story storey
strait straight
suite sweet
tail tale
taut taught
tee tea
teem team
tier tear
turn tern
their there
through threw
15
) ( Homophones
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 will wood
= you're your yore
you are
yolk yoke
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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
17
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
18
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
ghetto ghost
heir honor
what when where why
while whether white
rhythm rhyme
Thomas Theresa
Oprah Hannah
Silent l
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
21
Silent s
aisle island debris
Arkansas Illinois
Silent th
asthma
Silent w
answer sword toward
two
= 3
th
:h
wh
whole
who whom whose
:r
wr
th :clothing cloth write wrote written
writing
wrap wrestle wrist
22
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
bough plough
drought
plow
23
= 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
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Syllables
( ) Word Spelling
:
must
2
3
4
5
stu . dy
di . li . gent
a . na . ly . sis
du . ra . bi . li . ty
. y
25
Syllables
Syllables
26
Syllables
27
Syllables
total
stressed
syllables syllable
shape
PHO TO GRAPH
#1
#2
TO GRAPH ER
#3
GRAPH IC
28
word
PHO
PHO TO
Pronunciation Keys
:
) knife (nf
) general (jn' r- l
29
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
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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
31
ou
p
r
s
sh
t
th
th
Sentence Stress
.
We want to go :
.
want / go :
We WANT to GO :
32
) (
hat , fat
()
heat , meat
) e(
rate
)(
wait
33
) (
y, i,
e
h
s
ch
)(
34
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
)(
35
) (
go , bag
rough
zh
orange
36
) (
e ) i(
e
a
)(
bite
wait
Kuwaiti
37
sit
) (
38
key , check
silent k
know ,
knife
) (
39
queen
) (
ion
)(
40
sea , biscuit
sh
she , wash
noise
zhn
television
) (
tea
beat
th
th
the
three
ion
)(
shn
action
ur
)(
chr
future
41
) (
)(
o
42
shut
fun
ou
shout
mouth
) (
wet
beware
o )(
ou
how now
write
r
r
43
ph, xy,
ph
) (
phase
xylem
44
bat/ establish
date/ hard
fast/ wolf
hate/ behave
)(
juice/ project
land/ reflect
man/ human
near/ and
) (
45
one/ lemon
)
)
pen/ paper
run/ remember
)
)
van/ five
mix/ sixteen
yes/ family
zero/ quiz
) (
46
) (
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