Phonetics Exercise

A Easy ones: Transcribe the phonetics into words.

Phonetics Word Phonetics Word

/ bed / ............................
bed / deI / ............................
day

/ dQg / ............................
dog / m{n / ............................
man

/ bIg / ............................
big / wUm@n / ............................
women

/ sOIl / soil
............................ / g3:l / ............................
girl

B Rosetta Stone: Use the examples to decipher the words.

Phonetics Word Phonetics Word

/ O:lD@U / although / dZeImz / James

/ "b3:TdeI / birthday / kwIz / quiz

/ b@UT / both / "tel@vIZ@n / television

/ "tSA:mIN / charming / jes / yes

Phonetics Word Phonetics Word

/ "O:lweIz / ............................
always / AIs / ............................
ice

/ @"meIzIN / ............................
amazing / "Int@vjU / ............................
interview

/ "O:f@l / ............................
awful / "Intr@stIN / ............................
interesting

/ bO:t / bought
............................ / lA:f / laugh
............................
/ kVm / ............................
come / lVv / ............................
love

/ "kVz@n / ............................
cousin / "mVnI / ............................
money

/ "drAIvIN / driving
............................ / mjU"zi:@m / ............................
museum

/ Ig"zO:stId / ............................
exhausted / "pe@r@nts / ............................
parents

/ AIz / ............................
eyes / sAI@ns / ............................
science

/ "feIvr@t / ............................
favourite / sIns / ............................
since

/ faInd / ............................
find / sm@Uk / ............................
smoke

/ "fQl@Ud / ............................
followed / tO:k / ............................
talk

/ frenz / ............................
friends / tO:l / ............................
tall

/ gest / ............................
guest / "vedZt@b@l / ............................
vegetable

/ "hedeIk / headache
............................ / "wA:dr@Ub / ............................
wardrobe

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