c + e, i, y [s] cell, face
+ a, o, u, . [k] can, act
ch [t∫] chief, chance, each
[k]school, chaos, echo
[∫] machine, chef
g + e, i, y [X] age, giant
+ a, o, u, . [g] game, gun
gh [-] high, though
[f] laugh, enough
[g] ghetto
ght [t] eight, night
[ft] draught
kn- [n] know, knife
-mb [m] bomb, climb
nc [ ŋk] bank
nk uncle
nx anxious
-ng [ ŋ] king, long, thing
-ng- [ŋg] single, angle
ng + e, i, y [nX] change
+ e, i, y [ŋg] finger, anger
ph [f] phone, phrase
qu [kw] queen, quick
[k] unique
tch [t∫] match, watch
th [q] both, thing
[ð] they, soothe
wh + o [h] who, whole
+ [w] what, white
wr [r] write, wrong, wrap
x [gz] exact, example
[ks] expect
| a e i y o u | [æ] cat [e] end [i] big [i] myth [כ] dog [Λ] cup | [ei] take [i:] be [ai] line [ai] my [ou] no [u:] rule |
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a [a:] park
e [Ə:] her
i [Ə:] girl
y [Ə:] myrtle
u [Ə:] burn
o [כ: ] form
a = [a:]
af ter c alm ch ance
m ask gr asp h alf
pl ant p ast cl ass
comm and br anch
al = [כ: l]
t alk c all s alt alm ost
wa [wכ:] want, watch
qua [kwכ] quarter
-are [εƏ] share, care
ar + [εƏr] parent
+ [ær] charity
-ere [i Ə] here, severe
[εƏ] there, where
er + [i Ə] serious
[e] cleric
-ild [ai] child, mild
-ind [ai] find, kind
ir + . [Ə:] firm, first
-ire [ai Ə] fire
ir + [ai Ə] spiral
[air] irony
old, ost [ou] cold, most
w + or [Ə:] work, word
-ore [כ:] before, more
or + [כ:] story
[כ] coral
-ure [ju Ə] pure
ur + [u Ə] during
y + [j] yes, yell
ai / ay [ei] aid, away, day
air [εƏ] hair, pair
au [כ:] cause, daughter
[a:] laugh, aunt
aw [כ:] law, draw
ea [i:] beat, deal, leave
[e] head, dead, heavy
[ei] break, great, steak
[i Ə] real, idea
ear [i Ə] fear, hear
[Ə:] early, learn
[εƏ] bear, wear
ee [i:] agree, between
eer [i Ə] beer, career
ei / ey [ei] eight, grey
[i:] receive, seize
[ai] either, height
eu [u:] neutral
ew [ju:] few
ie [ai] lie, rye, pie
[i:] field, piece
[ai Ə] diet
ier [ai Ə] hierarchy
[i Ə] pier
oa [ou] road, boat
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oar [כ:] board, roar
oe [ou] toe, foe
[u:] shoe
oi / oy [ כi] boy, join
oo [u] book, good
[Λ] blood, flood
oor [uƏ] poor, moor
[כ:] door, floor
ou [au] ground, house
[Λ] country
[כ:] thought
[u:] group
[ou] though
our [au Ə] hour
[כ:] four, your
[Ə:] journal
[uƏ] tour
ow [au] down, how
[ou] grow, own
ue [u:] true, cue
[ - ] antiq ue
[e] guest
ui [u:] fruit, juice
[ai] guide
[i] build
[ui] ruin, fluid
[∫] -ci social
-sion pension
-ti patient
-sure/zure [∫] /[ʒ] sure
Pleasure
-ture [t∫] future
-ace [is] palace
-age [iX] image
[a:ʒ] garage
-ate [eit] operate
[ Ət] climate
[it] private
[ Ə] -er, -re paper, metre
-ent student
-ment experiment
-ency tendency
-est latest
[ai] -ile exile
-ise exercise
-ite satellite
-fy electrify
-o [ou] studio
-ed [d] lived
[t] asked
[id] waited
-s [s] map maps
[z] bed beds
fly flies
-es [iz] size sizes
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2. .., ..
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3. .. Through the prism of two languages. - 1998.
4. ..
. Pronunciation Training for Advanced Learners. - ., 1979.
5. ..
Poems to Enjoy. , . - ., 1966.
6. Dictionary of Proverbs. - Brockhampton Press. 1995.
7. O'Connor J.D.
Better English Pronunciation. - Cambridge University Press, 1992.
8. Jones D.
Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary. - London, 1969.
9. Longman Active Study Dictionary. - Pearson Education Limited, 2004.
10. Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners. - London, 2004.
11. Mother Goose Rhymes. - ., 1998.
CONTENTS
Part I
Twenty Six Letters .. 1
You are welcome to the
world of letters, sounds,
words 2
A ... 4
E ... 19
I,Y . 28
O .. 39
U... 47
C 53
G 59
H 67
J 70
kn . 72
qu . 75
W . 79
th . 85
ph 88
tion .. 89
ssion 91
sion . 92
ture 93
sure 94
sh .. 95
cia(l)/ti(al) .. 97
Silent Letters 98
The ABC of Happiness.. 102
Part II
The Chaos .. 103
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y ... 105
[i:] .. 106
[i] 109
[e] ... 112
[æ] . 114
[a:] .. 116
[כ] . 119
[כ:] 121
[u] . 123
[u:] [ju:] 126
[Λ] 129
[Ə:] . 132
[ei] .. 134
[ai] . 136
[au] 139
[ou] . 141
[iƏ]. 143
[εƏ]. 145
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[uƏ] [ju:Ə] .. 147
[aiƏ] 148
Part III
Stress .. 150
Part IV Fun with English.
Poems ... 165
Activities .. 173
Puzzles and Crosswords.. 185
Songs 192
Part V
Test Your Pronunciation 197
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