Consonants and Vowels

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Zahraa Albayaty

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Vowel Sounds
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A vowel is a sound produced with a comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract. In
everyday language, a vowel is a letter (sound) of the English alphabet that is not a consonant.
five English vowels is ( i, a, e, o, u ) . and this table is the most important vowel sounds.
Sound Example Sound Example
a: arm, park , star əʊ note, phone, coat
æ cat , act, lap ᴐ: form, more, sort
aɪ five, eye, dive ᴐɪ boy, coin
aʊ now, out, down ʊ good, could, put
e met, lend, pen u: tool, rule, flew
eɪ say , main, weight ʊə pure, sure, cure
eə where, air, care ɜ: sir, search, word
ɪ hit ,fit , win ʌ luck, cup, blood
i: see, feed, beat ə away, cinema, about
ɪə near, clear, beard
ɒ lot, lost, spot
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Consonant Sounds
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The consonant sounds is a letter (sound) of the English alphabet that is not a vowel. (24) sound.
Consonant sounds is divided into 2 section : (9) voice and (15) voiceless.
• If they vibrate as the sound is produced, its said to be voiced.
Such as in { b, d, g, v, ð, z, Ʒ, ʤ, m, n, ɳ, l, r, w, j }.
• If they don’t vibrate as a sound is produced, its said to be voiceless.
Such as in {p, t, k, f, s, ʃ, ʧ, Ɵ, h}.

sound e.g. sound e.g. sound e.g. sound e.g.

/b/ ball /Ʒ/ usual /r/ run /f/ fit

/d/ door /ʤ/ gem /w/ win /Ɵ/ thin

/g/ get /m/ mat /j/ yes /s/ soon

/v/ love /n/ nine /p/ pay /ʃ/ ship

/ð/ then /ɳ/ sing /t/ talk /ʧ/ cheap

/z/ zero /l/ lip /k/ king /h/ hat

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