The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system where each symbol is associated with a particular English sound. By using IPA you can know exactly how to pronounce a certain word in English. This helps in improving English pronunciation and feeling more confident speaking in English, whether you learn English on you own or with a specialist teacher in an individual English Accent Trainingclass.
Here are examples of IPA use in common English words. You can practice various vowel and consonant sounds by pronouncing the words. This is one way how you can improve English pronunciation.
International Phonetic Alphabet Sounds In Everyday Speech
Short Vowels
IPA Symbol Word examples
I Thin, sit, rich, kick, hit.
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.
Long Vowels
IPA Symbol Word examples
i: Need, beat, team.
ɜ: Third, turn, worse, world, word.
a: Glass, half, car, arch, hard.
ɔ: Talk, law, bored, yawn, jaw.
u: Few, boot, lose, gloomy, fruit, chew.
Diphthong Vowels
IPA Symbol Word examples
ɪə Near, ear, clear, weird, disappear.
eə There, air, care, bear, stairs.
ʊə Cure, pure, tourist.
eɪ Face, space, grace, case, eight.
ɔɪ Joy, employ, toy, coil, oyster.
aɪ My, time, life, high, fly, wide.
əʊ No, don’t, stones, alone, hole.
aʊ Mouth, house, brown, couch.
Consonants Sounds: Fricatives
IPA Symbol Word examples
f Full, Friday, fish, knife.
v Vest, village, view, cave.
θ Think, thought, Thursday, earth.
ð Those, brothers, either, others.
s Sight, six, silence, sun, kiss.
z Zoo, crazy, lazy, zigzag, nose.
ʃ Shirt, rush, shop, cash.
ʒ Pleasure, treasure, measure.
h High, help, hold, hello.
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.
Consonants Sounds: Affricates
IPA Symbol Word examples
ʈʃ Choose, cheese, church, watch.
dʒ Joy, juggle, juice, stage.
Consonants Sounds: Nasals
IPA Symbol Word examples
m Room, mother, mad, more.
n Now, nobody, knew, turn.
ŋ King, thing, song, swimming.
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.
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