Pronunciation Flashcards
young
[yan(g)] because of the g, pronounce the a in the nose, close to an
Cup of tea
[cap]
Shut up
[shat ap]
/eə/
è eu
avec beaucoup de débit d’air
è long
eu un peu moins fort
Diphthong
2 vowel sounds in 1 syllable
air
/eə/
area
/eəriə/
[‘è eu ré eu]
What
/wɒt/
you are
[ar]
chair
/eə/
hair
/eə/
fair
/eə/
millionaire
[,milion ‘neə]
Words with /eə/
-air: air
-ear: bear
-are: care
Same within words
care
/keə/
aware
/ə ‘weə/
share
/eə/
square
/eə/
difficult
[‘di.fi.colt]
easy
[´i-sy]
Pas trop accentuer mais faire long
bear
/eə/
to tear
/eə/
pear
/eə/
to swear
/eə/
parent
[´pè eu reunt]
Mary
/eə/
Sarah
/eə/
[sè eu reu]
various
/eə/
[´vè eu rieus]
hairy
/eə/
dairy
/eə/
unbearable
[an bè eu reubeul]
closed
/əʊ/
/əʊ/
[eu ou]
bone
/əʊ/
Words with /əʊ/
o + consonant + e
-o
-o-
-oa-
both
/əʊ/
almost
/əʊ/
[‘aul m /əʊ/ st]
proposal
[preu ‘p/əʊ/ seul]
to propose
[preu ‘p/əʊ/z]
local
[´leu ou keul]
open
[‘eu ou peun]
over
[‘eu ou veur]
ago
[eu’geuou]
go
[geuou]
no
[neuou]
so
[seuou]
boat
[‘beuout]
goat
/əʊ/
coat
/əʊ/
throat
/əʊ/
toast
/əʊ/
toe
/əʊ/
Joe
/əʊ/
chaos
[kèyaus]
chaotic
[kèy’o.tic]
recipe
[‘rèsipi]
comfortable
/ˈkʌm.ftə.bəl/
Tuesday
[‘tch]
mould
/əʊ/
jewellery
/ˈdʒuː.əl.ri/
A (the letter) or a (=emphatic 1)
[è i]
bit
[bé.t] /bɪt/
unfortunately
[an’fo:tcheuneutly]
/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət.li/
beat
/bi:t/ (long)
been
/bi:n/
/ɪ/
[é] short
bin
/bɪn/
where
[ouèeu]
did
/dɪd/
chick
/tchɪk/
seat
/si:t/
sit
/sɪt/
bet
/bet/
/e/
[è] short
it
/ɪt/
is
/ɪz/
in
/ɪn/
look
/lʊk/
cool
/cu:l/
/u:/
[ou] long
school
[sku:l]
book
/bʊk/
/ʊ/
[ou] short
Put it in the bin
[ɪ ɪ ɪ]
teacher
[‘ti:tcheu]
girl
/ɡɜːl/
/ɜː/
[eu] long
her
/hɜː/
earn
/ɜːn/
work
/wɜːk/ [oueuk]
home
/əʊ/
of
[əv]
most
/əʊ/
accepted
[eu’ksèptéd]
mother
[‘matheu]
become
[bécame]
British
/ˈbrɪt.ɪʃ/
usually
/ˈjuː.ʒu.ə.li/
responsibility
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/
[ré,sponsé’béleuti]
ASEAN
/´a:ziː.ən/
[‘azieun]
morning
/ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/
Oxford
/ˈɒks.fəd/
[O: shape of the mouth like a O]
issue
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
floor
/flɔːr/
to hold
/həʊld/
