1.

Dearest creature in Creation,

[ˈdɪərɪst] [ˈkriːtʃə(r)] [ɪn] [kriˈeɪʃən],
2. Studying English pronunciation,
[ˈstʌdɪɪŋ] [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ] [prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn],
3. I will teach you in my verse
[aɪ] [wɪl] [tiːtʃ] [ju] [ɪn] [maɪ] [vɜːs]
4. Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.
[saʊnd] [laɪk] [kɔːps], [kɔː], [hɔːs] [ənd] [wɜːs].
5. It will keep you, Susy, busy,
[ɪt] [wɪl] [kiːp] [ju] [ˈsʊzɪ], [ˈbɪzi],
6. Make your head with heat grow dizzy;
[meɪk] [jɔː(r)] [hed] [wɪð] [hiːt] [ɡrəʊ] [ˈdɪzɪ] ;
7. Tear in eye your dress you'll tear.
[tɪe] [ɪn] [aɪ] [jɔː(r)] [dres] [juː'l ] [teə] .
8. So shall I! Oh, hear my prayer,
[səʊ] [ʃəl] [aɪ] ! [əʊ] [hɪər] [maɪ] [preə(r)] ,
9. Pray, console your loving poet,
[preɪ] , [kɒnˈsəʊl] [jɔː(r)] [ˈlʌvɪŋ] [ˈpəʊɪt] ,
10.Make my coat look new, dear, sew it?
[meɪk] [maɪ] [kəʊt] [lʊk] [njuː] , [dɪə(r)] , [səʊ] [ɪt] ?
11.Just compare heart, beard and heard,
[ʤʌst] [kəmˈpeə] [hɑːt], [bɪəd] [ænd] [hɜːd],
12.Dies and diet, lord and word,
[daɪz] [ænd] [ˈdaɪət], [lɔːd] [ænd] [wɜːd],
13.Sword and sward, retain and Britain,
[sɔːd] [ænd] [swɔːd], [rɪˈteɪn] [ænd] [ˈbrɪtn],
14.(Mind the latter, how it's written!)
([maɪnd] [ðə] [ˈlætə], [haʊ] [ɪts] [ˈrɪtn]!)
15.Made has not the sound of bade,
[meɪd] [hæz] [nɒt] [ðə] [saʊnd] [ɒv] [bæd],
16.Say—said, pay—paid, laid, but plaid.
[seɪ]-[sɛd], [peɪ]-[peɪd], [leɪd], [bʌt] [plæd].
17.Now I surely will not plague you
[naʊ] [aɪ] [ˈʃʊəli] [wɪl] [nɒt] [pleɪg] [juː]
18.With such words as vague and ague,
[wɪð] [sʌʧ] [wɜːdz] [æz] [veɪg] [ænd] [ˈeɪgjuː],
19.But be careful how you speak,
[bʌt] [biː] [ˈkeəfʊl] [haʊ] [juː] [spiːk],
20.Say break, steak, but bleak and streak,
[seɪ] [breɪk], [steɪk], [bʌt] [bliːk] [ænd] [striːk],
21.Previous, precious; fuchsia, via;
[ˈpriːviəs], [ˈprɛʃəs]; [ˈfjuːʃə], [ˈvaɪə];
22.Pipe, snipe, recipe and choir,
[paɪp], [snaɪp], [ˈresɪpi] [ænd] [kwaɪər],
23.Cloven, oven; how and low;
[ˈkləʊ.vən], [ˈʌv.ən]; [haʊ] [ænd] [ləʊ];
24.Script, receipt; shoe, poem, toe,
[Skrɪpt], [rɪˈsiːt]; [ʃuː], [ˈpəʊ.ɪm], [təʊ],
25.Hear me say, devoid of trickery:
[Hɪər] [miː] [seɪ], [dɪˈvɔɪd] [əv] [ˈtrɪk.ər.i]:
26.Daughter, laughter and Terpsichore,
[ˈdɔː.tər], [ˈlɑːf.tər] [ænd] [tɜːpˈsɪk.ər.i],
27.Typhoid; measles, topsails, aisles;
[ˌtaɪ.fɔɪd]; [ˈmiːz(ə)lz], [ˈtɒp.seɪls], [aɪlz];
 28.Exiles, similes, reviles;
[ˈeksaɪlz], [ˈsɪmɪlɪz], [rɪˈvaɪlz];
29.Wholly, holly; signal, signing;
[ˈhəʊl.li], [ˈhɒl.i]; [ˈsɪɡ.nəl], [ˈsaɪ.nɪŋ];
30.Thames; examining, combining;
[Temz]; [ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ], [kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ];
31.Scholar, vicar and cigar,
[ˈskɒl.ər], [ˈvɪk.ər] [ænd] [sɪˈɡɑːr],
32.Solar, mica, war and far.
[ˈsəʊ.lər], [ˈmaɪ.kə], [wɔːr] [ænd] [fɑːr].
33.From "desire": desirable—admirable from "admire";
[frɒm] ["dɪˈzaɪə"]: [ dɪˈzaɪərəbl] – [ˈædmərəbl] [frɒm] ["ədˈmaɪə"];
34.Lumber, plumber; bier but brier;
[ˈlʌmbə], [ˈplʌmə]; [bɪə] [bʌt] [ˈbraɪə];
35.Chatham, brougham; renown but known,
[ˈʧætəm], [ˈbru(ː)əm]; [rɪˈnaʊn] [bʌt] [nəʊn],
36.Knowledge; done, but gone and tone,
[ˈnɒlɪʤ]; [dʌn], [bʌt] [gɒn] [ænd] [təʊn],
37.One, anemone; Balmoral;
[wʌn], [əˈnɛməni]; [bælˈmɒrəl];
38.Kitchen, lichen; laundry, laurel;
[ˈkɪʧɪn], [ˈlaɪkən]; [ˈlɔːndri], [ˈlɒrəl];
39.Gertrude, German; wind and mind;
ˈgɜːtruːd, ˈʤɜːmən; wɪnd ænd maɪnd;
40.Scene, Melpomene, mankind;
siːn, mɛlˈpɒmɪni(ː), mænˈkaɪnd;
41.Tortoise, turquoise, chamois-leather,
ˈtɔːtəs, ˈtɜːkwɑːz, ˈʃæmwɑː-ˈlɛðə,
42.Reading, reading, heathen, heather.
ˈredɪŋ, ˈriːdɪŋ, ˈhiːðən, ˈhɛðə.
43.This phonetic labyrinth
ðɪs fəʊˈnɛtɪk ˈlæbərɪnθ
44.Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.
[ɡɪv] [mɒs] [ɡrəʊs] [brʋk] [brəʋtʃ] [naınθ] [plınθ]
45.Billet does not end like ballet;
[ʹbılıt] [dʌz] [nɒt] [end] [laık] [ʹbæleı]
46.Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet;
[buˈkeɪ / bəʋʹkeı] [ʹwɒlıt] [ʹmælıt] [ʹʃæleı]
47.Blood and flood are not like food,
[blʌd] [ænd] [flʌd] [ɑ:] [nɒt] [laık] [fu:d]
48.Nor is mould like should and would.
[nɔ:] [ız] [məʋld] [laık] [ʃʋd] [ænd] [wʋd]
49.Banquet is not nearly parquet,
[ʹbæŋkwıt] [ız] [nɒt] [ʹnıəlı] [ʹpɑ:k(e)ı]
50.Which is said to rhyme with "darky".
[wıtʃ] [ız] [sed] [tu:] [raım] [wıð] [ʹdɑ:kı]
51.Viscous, viscount; load and broad;
[ʹvıskəs] [ʹvaıkaʋnt] [ləʋd] [ænd] [brɔ:d]
52.Toward, to forward, to reward,
[təʹwɔ:d] [tu:] [ʹfɔ:wəd] [tu:] [rıʹwɔ:d]
53.And your pronunciations ok
[ænd] [jɔ:] [prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən] [əʊˈkeɪ]
54.When you say correctly croquet;
[wen] [ju:] [seı] [kəʹrektlı] [ʹkrəʋk(e)ı]
 55.Rounded, wounded; grieve and sieve;
(raʊndɪd, ˈwuːndɪd; griːv ænd sɪv)
56.Friend and fiend; alive and live;
(Frend ænd fiːnd; əˈlaɪv ænd liv)
57.Liberty, library; heave and heaven;
(lɪbətɪ, ˈlaɪbrərɪ; hiːv ænd hevn;)
58.Rachel, ache, moustache; eleven.
(reɪʧl, eɪk, məsˈtɑːʃ, ɪˈlevn).
59.We say hallowed, but allowed;
(wiː seɪ ˈhaləʊd, bʌt əˈlaʊd;)
60.People, leopard; towed, but vowed
(piːpl, ˈlepəd; təʊd bʌt vaʊd)
61.Mark the difference, moreover,
(mɑːk ðiː ˈdɪfrəns, mɔːˈrəʊvə,)
62.Between mover, plover, Dover,
(bɪˈtwiːn ˈmuːvə, ˈplʌvə, ˈdəʊvə,)
63.Leeches, breeches; wise, precise;
(liːʧiz, ˈbriːʧɪz; waɪz, prɪˈsaɪs;)
64.Chalice but police and lice.
(ˈʧælɪs, bʌt pəˈliːs ænd laɪs)
65.Camel; constable, unstable;
(kæməl; ˈkʌnstəbl, ʌnˈsteɪb(ə)l;)
66.Principle, disciple; label;
ˈprɪnsəpl, dɪˈsaɪpl; ˈleɪbl;
67.Petal, penal and canal;
pɛtl, ˈpiːnl ænd kəˈnæl;
68.Wait, surmise, plait, promise; pal.
weɪt, sɜːˈmaɪz, plæt, ˈprɒmɪs; pæl.
69.Suit, suite, run, circuit, conduit
sjuːt, swiːt, rʌn, ˈsɜːkɪt, ˈkɒn.dʒuː.ɪt [UKˈkɒn.dʒuː.ɪt/US ˈkɑːn.duː.ɪt]
70.Rhyme with "shirk it" and "beyond it",
raɪm wɪð "ʃɜːk ɪt" ænd "bɪˈjɒnd ɪt",
71.But it is not hard to tell,
bʌt ɪt ɪz nɒt hɑːd tuː tɛl,
72.Why it's pall, mall, but Pall Mall.
[waɪ ɪts pɔːl, mɔːl, bʌt [ˈpæl ˈmæll]
73.Muscle, muscular; gaol; iron;
ˈmʌsl, ˈmʌskjʊlə; ʤeɪl; ˈaɪən;
74.Timber, climber; bullion, lion,
ˈtɪmbə, ˈklaɪmə; ˈbʊljən, ˈlaɪən,
75.Worm and storm; chaise, chaos, chair;
wɜːm ænd stɔːm; ʧeɪz, ˈkeɪɒs, ʧeə;
76.Senator, spectator, mayor.
ˈsɛnətə, spɛkˈteɪtə, meə.
77.Ivy, privy; famous, clamour
[ˈaɪ.vi] [ˈprɪv.i] [ˈfeɪ.məs] [ˈklæm.ər]
78.And enamour rhyme with "hammer."
[ænd / ənd] [ɪˈnæm.ər] [raɪm] [wɪð] [ˈhæm.ər]
79.Pussy, hussy and possess.
[ˈpʊs.i], [ˈhʌs.i], [ænd / ənd / ən] [pəˈzes]
80.Desert, but dessert, address.
[ˈdez.ət], [bʌt / bət] [dɪˈzɜːt], [əˈdres / ˈæd.res]
81.Golf, wolf; countenance; lieutenants
[ɡɒlf / ɡɑːlf], [wʊlf]; [ˈkaʊn.tən.əns], [lefˈten.ənt /luːˈten.ənt]
 82.Hoist, in lieu of flags, left pennants.
[hɔɪst], [ɪn ljuː əv flæɡz], [left] [ˈpen.ənts]
83.River, rival; tomb, bomb, comb;
[ˈrɪvə, ˈraɪvəl; tuːm, bɒm, kəʊm]
84.Doll and roll and some and home.
[dɒl ænd rəʊl ænd sʌm ænd həʊm]
85.Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
[ˈstreɪnʤə dʌz nɒt raɪm wɪð ˈæŋgə,]
86.Neither does devour with clangour.
[ˈnaɪðə dʌz dɪˈvaʊə wɪð ˈklæŋgə.]
87.Soul, but foul and gaunt, but aunt;
[səʊl, bʌt faʊl ænd gɔːnt, bʌt ɑːnt;]
88.Font, front, wont; want, grand, and, grant,
[fɒnt, frʌnt, wəʊnt; wɒnt, grænd, ɡrɑːnt]
89.Shoes, goes, does.
[ʃuːz, gəʊz, dʌz]
90.Now first say: finger,
[naʊ fɜːst seɪ: ˈfɪŋgə,]
91.And then: singer, ginger, linger.
[ænd ðɛn: ˈsɪŋə, ˈʤɪnʤə, ˈlɪŋgə].
92.Real, zeal; mauve, gauze and gauge;
[rɪəl, ziːl; məʊv, gɔːz ænd geɪʤ]
93.Marriage, foliage, mirage, age.
[ˈmærɪʤ ˈfəʊlɪɪʤ mɪˈrɑːʒ eɪʤ]
94.Query does not rhyme with very,
[ˈkwɪə.ri] [dʌz] [nɒt] [raɪm] [wɪð] [ˈveri],
95.Nor does fury sound like bury.
[nɔː(r)] [dʌz] [ˈfjʊə.ri] [saʊnd] [laɪk] [ˈberi].
96.Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth;
[dʌst], [lɒst], [pəʊst] [ənd] [dʌθ], [klɒθ], [lɒt];
97.Job, blossom, bosom, oath.
[dʒɒb], [ˈblɒs.əm], [ˈbʊz.əm], [əʊθ].
98.Though the difference seems little,
[ðəʊ] [ðə] [ˈdɪfrəns] [siːms] [ˈlɪtl],
99.We say actual, but victual,
[wi] [seɪ] [ˈæktʃuəl], [bət] [ˈvɪt.əl],
100. Seat, sweat, chaste, caste;
[siːt], [swɛt], [ʧeɪst], [kɑːst];
101. Leigh, eight, height;
[liː], [eɪt], [haɪt];
102. Put, nut; granite, but unite.
[pʊt], [nʌt]; [ˈgrænɪt], [bʌt] [juːˈnaɪt].
103. Reefer does not rhyme with "deafer,"
[ˈriːfə] [dʌz] [nɒt] [raɪm] [wɪð] ["ˈdɛfə,"]
104. Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
[fɛfə] [dʌz], [ænd] [ˈzɛfə], [ˈhɛfə]
105. Dull, bull; Geoffrey, George; ate, late;
[dʌl], [bʊl]; [ˈʤɛfri], [ʤɔːʤ]; [ɛt], [leɪt];
106. Hint, pint; senate, but sedate;
[hɪnt], [paɪnt]; [ˈsɛnɪt], [bʌt] [sɪˈdeɪt];
107. Scenic, Arabic, pacific;
[ˈsiːnɪk], [ˈærəbɪk], [pəˈsɪfɪk];
108. Science, conscience, scientific;
[ˈsaɪəns], [ˈkɒnʃəns], ˌ[saɪənˈtɪfɪk];
 109. Tour, but our, and succour, four;
[tʊə], [bʌt] [ˈaʊə], [ænd] [ˈsʌkə], [fɔː];
110. Gas, alas and Arkansas!
[gæs], [əˈlæs] [ænd] [ˈɑːkənsɔː]!
111. Sea, idea, guinea, area,
[siː], [aɪˈdɪə], [ˈgɪni], [ˈeərɪə],
112. Psalm; Maria, but malaria;
sɑːm; məˈriːə, bʌt məˈleərɪə;
113. Youth, south, southern; cleanse and clean
juːθ, saʊθ, ˈsʌðən; klɛnz ænd kliːn
114. Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
ˈdɒktrɪn, ˈtɜːpəntaɪn, məˈriːn.
115. Compare alien with Italian,
kəmˈpeər ˈeɪliən wɪð ɪˈtæliən,
116. Dandelion with battalion,
ˈdændɪlaɪən wɪð bəˈtæljən,
117. Sally with ally; yea, ye,
ˈsæli wɪð ˈælaɪ; jeɪ, jiː
118. Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay!
aɪ, aɪ, aɪ, eɪ, weɪ, kiː, kiː!
119. Say aver, but ever, fever,
seɪ əˈvɜː, bʌt ˈɛvə, ˈfiːvə,
120. Neither, leisure, skein, receiver.
ˈnaɪðə, ˈlɛʒə, skeɪn, rɪˈsiːvə.
121. Never guess—it is not safe;
ˈnɛvə gɛs-ɪt ɪz nɒt seɪf;
122. We say calves, valves, half, but Ralf!
wiː seɪ kɑːvz, vælvz, hɑːf, bʌt Ralf!
123. Heron; granary, canary;
[ʹherən]; [ʹgræn(ə)rı], [kæʹne(ə)rı];
124. Crevice, and device, and eyrie;
[ʹkrevıs], [ænd] [dıʹvaıs], [ænd] [ʹı(ə)rı];
125. Face but preface, but efface,
[feıs] [bʌt] [ʹprefıs], [bʌt] [ıʹfeıs],
126. Phlegm, phlegmatic; ass, glass, bass;
[flem], [flegʹmætık]; [æs], [glɑ:s], [beıs];
127. Large, but target, gin, give, verging;
[lɑ:dʒ], [bʌt] [ʹtɑ:gıt], [dʒın], [gıv], vɜːdʒɪŋ];
128. Ought, out, joust and scour, but scourging;
[ɔ:t], [aʋt], [dʒaʋst] [ænd] [ʹskaʋə], [bʌt] [skɜːdʒɪŋ];
129. Ear, but earn; and wear and tear
[ıə], [bʌt] [ɜ:n]; [ænd] [weə] [ænd] [teə]
130. Do not rhyme with "here", but "ere".
[du:] [nɒt] [raım] [wıð] "[hıə]", [bʌt] "[eə]".
131. Seven is right, but so is even;
[ʹsev(ə)n] [ız] [raıt], [bʌt] [səʋ] [ız] [ʹi:v(ə)n];
132. Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen;
[ʹhaıf(ə)n], [ʹrʌf(ə)n], [ˈnef.juː/ˈnev.juː], [ʹsti:vn];
133. Monkey, donkey; clerk and jerk;
[ʹmʌŋkı], [ʹdɒŋkı]; [klɑ:k] [ænd] [dʒɜ:k];
134. Asp, grasp, wasp; and cork and work.
[æsp], [grɑːsp], [wɒsp]; [ænd] [kɔːk] [ænd] [wɜːk].
135. Pronunciation—think of psyche!—
[Prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən] - [ θɪŋk] [ɒv] [ˈsaɪki(ː)]!—
 136. Is a paling, stout and spikey;
[ɪz] [ə] [ˈpeɪlɪŋ], [staʊt] [ænd] [ˈspaɪki];
137. Won't it make you lose your wits,
[wəʊnt] [ɪt] [meɪk] [juː] [luːz] [jɔː] [wɪts],
138. Writing "groats" and saying groats?
[ˈraɪtɪŋ] ["grəʊts"] [ænd] [ˈseɪɪŋ] [grəʊts]?
139. It's a dark abyss or tunnel,
[ɪts] [ə] [dɑːk] [əˈbɪs] [ɔː] [ˈtʌnl],
140. Strewn with stones, like rowlock, gunwale,
[struːn] [wɪð] [stəʊnz], [laɪk] [ˈrɒlək], [ˈgʌnl],
141. Islington and Isle of Wight,
[ˈɪzlɪŋtən] [ænd] [aɪl] [ɒv] [waɪt],
142. Housewife, verdict and indict!*
[ˈhaʊswaɪf], [ˈvɜːdɪkt] [ænd] [ɪnˈdaɪt]!
143. Don't you think so, reader, rather,
[dəʊnt] [juː θɪŋk] [səʊ], [ˈriːdə], [ˈrɑːðə],
144. Saying lather, bather, father?
[ˈseɪɪŋ] [ˈlɑːðə], [ˈbeɪðə], [ˈfɑːðə]?
145. Finally: which rhymes with "enough,"
[ˈfaɪnəli]: [wɪʧ ] [raɪmz] [wɪð] " [ɪˈnʌf],"
146. Though, through, plough, cough, hough, or tough?
[ðəʊ], [θruː], [plaʊ], [kɒf], [ hɒk], [ɔː] [tʌf]?
147. Hiccough has the sound of "cup"......
[ˈhɪkʌp] [hæz] [ðə] [saʊnd] [ɒv] " [kʌp] "......
148. My advice is—give it up!
[maɪ] [ədˈvaɪs] [ɪz] - [gɪv] [ɪt] [ʌp]!