IPA

Question 1

Short vowels

Answer 1

Short Vowels
IPA Symbol	Word examples
e	Went, intend, send, letter.
æ	Cat, hand, nap, flat, have.
ʌ	Fun, love, money, one, London, come.
ʊ	Put, look, should, cook, book, look.
ɒ	Rob, top, watch, squat, sausage.
ə	Alive, again, mother.

Question 2

Long vowels

Answer 2

Long Vowels
IPA Symbol	Word examples
i:	Need, beat, team.
ɜ:	Nurse, heard, third, turn.
ɔ:	Talk, law, bored, yawn, jaw.
u:	Few, boot, lose, gloomy, fruit, chew.
ɑ: 	Fast, car, hard, bath.

Question 3

Diphthong vowels

Answer 3

Diphthong Vowels
IPA Symbol	Word examples
ɪə	Near, ear, clear, tear, beer, fear
eə	Hair, there, care, stairs, pear
eɪ	Face, space, rain , case, eight
ɔɪ	Joy, employ, toy, coil, oyster.
aɪ	My, sight, pride, kind, flight
əʊ	No, don’t, stones, alone, hole
aʊ	Mouth, house, brown, cow, out

Question 4

Consonant sounds - Approximants

Answer 4

Consonants Sounds: Approximants
IPA Symbol	Word examples
r	Road, roses, river, ring, ride.
j	Yellow, usual, tune, yesterday, yard.
w	Wall, walk, wine, world.
l and ɫ	Law, lots, leap, long, pill, cold, chill, melt.

Question 5

Consonants Nasals

Answer 5

Consonants Sounds: Nasals
IPA Symbol	Word examples
m	Room, mother, mad, more.
n	Now, nobody, knew, turn.
ŋ	King, thing, song, swimming.

Question 6

Affricates

Answer 6

Consonants Sounds: Affricates
IPA Symbol Word examples
ʈʃ Choose, cheese, church, watch.
dʒ Joy, juggle, juice, stage.

Question 7

Plosives

Answer 7

Consonants Sounds: Plosives
IPA Symbol	Word examples
p	Pin, cap, purpose, pause.
b	Bag, bubble, build, robe.
t	Time, train, tow, late.
d	Door, day, drive, down, feed.
k	Cash, quick, cricket, sock.
g	Girl, green, grass, flag.

Question 8

Consonants fricatives

Answer 8

Consonants Sounds: Fricatives
IPA Symbol	Word examples
f	Full, Friday, fish, knife.
v	Vest, village, view, cave.
θ	Thought, think, Bath. 
ð 	There, those, brothers, others.
z	Zoo, crazy, lazy, zigzag, nose.
ʃ	Shirt, rush, shop, cash.
ʒ	Television, delusion, casual
h	High, help, hello.