Mastering sounds in English

International Phonetic Alphabet is

 an alphabetic system of phonetic notation
based primarily on the Latin script. It was
devised by the International Phonetic
Association in the late 19th century as a
standardized representation of speech
sounds in written form.
Letters vs. Sounds
26 Letters
(5 vowel letters & 21 consonant letters)

44 Sounds
(20 Vowel sounds & 24 Consonant sounds)
Drills [i:] vs [1]
a. [i:] pronounced as [iy]
Initial Medial Final
even mean see
easy seed knee
evil leave free
equal bead key
eastern season tea
b. [1]
Initial Medial Final
bid six quick
did fill Jill
in him sit
it will chip
big wind lid
Contrasting [i:] vs [1]

[i:] VS [1]
seat sit
beat bit
eat it
least list
leave live
Drills [ei] vs [e]
a. [e1]

Initial Medial Final

aim face today
airy shame ray
amiable wave may
eight chain hay
age mate day
b. [e]
Initial Medial Final
end met let
bet yes den
egg wed shed
red get head
well debt tell
Contrasting [ei] vs [e]

[ei] VS [e]
mate met
raid red
wade wed
bail bell
wave wed
Drills [æ] vs [a]
a. [æ]

Initial Medial
add band
accent thank
anger matter
apple family
after bamboo
b. [a]
Initial Medial
on college
other rock
orange knowledge
often follow
olive dollar
Contrasting [æ] with [e], and [a]

[æ] VS [e]
pat pet Drills [ə] vs [ɔ:]
mass mess a. [ǝu]
land lend
lag leg Initial Medial Final
am em
owe roses blow
[æ] VS [a] oak pony hello
cab cob open holy tomato
pat pot opal bowl potato
lack lock ocean choke hoe
add odd
band bond
b. [ɔ:]

Initial Medial Final

altar ball flaw
author warm because
straw awful draw
altar applause raw
almost dawning saw
Comparisons
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SCHWA or Weak Vowel
The schwa sound [ə] is a mid-central lax vowel.

a. Drills

Us under
Gut puppy
Love flourish
Tough must
Cousin nut
Courage double
b. Contrasting [a] and [ə]

[a] VS [ə]
shot shut
sock suck
fond fund
wander wonder
psalm some
won one
c. Phrases and sentence drills
SCHWA on unaccented syllable

Some cots call the roll

Shut up take it away
Must come small but terrible

Hundred nut cup of tea

None but one yes or no
Young blood at home
b. Phrases and sentence drills
Those days deep breath
Gather some twigs even though
Theme writing three times
Think twice through thick and thin

Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday My brother

wrote three themes for his English class That health is
wealth is something worth thinking about Tell them the
truth and nothing will be lost
Tammy thinks of throwing a party for his father
iii. [ch] and [j]

[ch] [j]
cheap gin
chain jeep
chum jeer
chunk badge
ches age
catch joke
batch junk
b. Phrases and sentence drills
Same bus
Shift action
Buzzing bees
Insurance officials
Zooming airplanes
Hissing snakes
Save the city
Close shave

The sheep on the ship are in a bad shape

Please pass me the rice
We saw the judge in church last Sunday.
George told the judge his challenging story.
Shrimp salad and mashed potatoes were other same table.Seeing you back
so soon is a pleasure.
Thank you