Phonetic alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system where each symbol is

associated with a particular English sound. By using IPA you can know exactly how to
pronounce a certain word in English.
English has 24 consonant sounds. Some consonants have voice from the voicebox and
some don’t. These consonants are voiced and voiceless pairs /p/ /b/, /t/ /d/, /k/ /g/, /f/ /v/,
/s/ /z/, /θ/ /ð/, /ʃ/ /ʒ/, /ʈʃ/ /dʒ/. These consonants are voiced /h/, /w/, /n/, /m/, /r/, /j/, /ŋ/, /l/.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a very helpful because English is not a
phonetic language. The spelling of an English word doesn’t tell us how to pronounce it.
In English, several different letter combinations can be used to spell the same sound and
there are silent letters. The IPA tells us exactly the correct sounds and word stress for
pronouncing English words.

EXERCISE
Write 5 words example in each column

IPA Beginning Middle Ending

Symbol

[p] Pay, pink, painter, potato, pain. Happy, copy, Cup, cam, chip, jeep,
sloppy, flapped, clip.
bopping
[b] Big, baby, baggage, bombing, Abandon, pebble, Sob, bomb, absorb,
bank dopamine, amble, lamb, tomb.
habit
[m] My, man, make, magic, Mumble, homy, Some, film,
magazine. summer, dumb, platform, system,
empty. program.
[t] Washed, take, talk, time, table. Stop, pitch, kitchen, Untie, doonut,
bitter, late. abstract,
acquit,nugget.
[d] Dime, date, depend, dark, day. Redo, budget, Smiled, cupid,
redness, blade,badly. cloud, child, dead.
[n] No, nice, night, nail, Undo, finding, Nine, bron,
nameshake, funny, ninth, inglish destruction, napkin,
nothing.
[k] Quiet, cab Skip Back, lack
[g] Gap, good, God Exhibit, Georgios, Fog, tag
[ŋ] Anger, ring Thanks, train Ring, singer
[f] Phone, fine Coffee, Staff, wife
[v] Value, very, Of, every Love, abrove
[s] Some, saw usually Ax, house
[z] Zap, Possess, zigzag Flowers, goes
[θ] Thanks, three, troth, oath, things Filthy With
[ð] This, Bother, brothers Bethe, father
[ʃ] Shape, Ocean, shop Polish, push
[ʒ] Pleasure, Vision, casual Beige
[tʃ] Chapter, cherry Ancient, cheese March, match
[dʒ] Joy, judge Grudge, juggle Change, raj
[l] Lie, let Follow, melt Feel. Tall
[j] Yummy, you Music, yellow Soya,
[w] Will, wet Quiet, awake One, soya.
[h] Happy, hi, her Rehash, nowhere Nowhere, ahead

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