Phonetic symbols :

Vowels Long Vowels Short Vowels

sheep Ship head
farm Hat above
cool Foot mother (US)
horse sock (UK) worm (US)
bird Cup

Consonants
Voiced Voiceless
book pen
day town
give cat
very fish
the think
zoo say
vision she
jump cheese
look
run
yes
we
moon
name
sing

Diphthongs

day

eye

boy

mouth

nose (UK)

nose (US)

ear (UK)

hair (UK)

pure (UK)
 REVIEW : PRONUNCIATION
1- VOWELS :Which of the following words does not have the given sound ?
/ i: / : bead – pick – peak – bean
/ i / : bead – bit – bin – bid
/ e / : bed – feed – bell – fed
/æ / : bat – park – hat - pack
/ Ʌ / : bat – bus – bun – bud
/a: / : ban – pack – park – car
2- DIPHTONGS : Which word is represented by the phonetic transcription :
/geit / :____________________ /’peipə / :____________________ /kͻin / :____________________
/leit / :____________________ / kait / :____________________ /ͻi:l / :____________________

/pein / :____________________ /’dainiᵑ/ :____________________ /tͻi / :____________________

/∫eid / :____________________ / haid / :____________________ / tai / :____________________

/laif / :____________________ /bͻi/ :____________________ /’bͻiliᵑ/ :____________________

3- Classify the following words :
A/
bar - boy – buy – house – cold - tour – hair

/iə/ / ei / /ai / / ͻi / / Uə / / eə / / əu / /au /

B/
horse – bird – book - two – fox – litter
/ / ͻ :/ /υ / /υ:/ /ə/
/ : /

4- Circle the odd sound :

a- go – so – no – do

b- cleared – heard – beard – feared

c- shoes – goes – nose – toes

d- great –seat – wait – gate

e- among – wrong – sung – begun

f- load – road – showed – board

5- Choose teh corrct answer :

1. Cut : a. /kʌt/ b. /kɜ:t/ c. /ku:t/ 7. Pleasure: a. /pleʒə / b. /plɜ:ʃə / c. /pleʃə /

2. Jar : a. /ʧɑ:/ b. /ʤæ/c./ʤ ɑ:/ 8. No : a. /nʊə / b. /nəʊ/ c. /nɔɪ/

3. Food: a. /fʌd/ b. /fʊd/ c. /fu:d/ 9. Oil: a. /ɔ:l/ b./ɔil/ c. / ʊəl/

4. Very: a. /vəri:/ b. /vʌri:/ c. /veri:/ 10.Turn: a. /tʌn/ b. /tɜ:n/ c. /tʊn/

5. Show: a. /ʤʊə / b. /ʃeə / c. /ʃə ʊ/ 11.Fort : a. /fɜ:t/ b. /fʌt/ c. /fɔ:t/

6. Young: a. /jʌŋ/ b. /ɪʌŋ/ c. /yʌŋ/