The AEIOU Vowel song

My dearest friends...

Perhaps It seems a kind of...hypnoses, but...how to pronounce.......friend!!!

PHONETIC SYMBOLS

PHONETIC EXAMPLES OXFORD

 

PRONUNCIATION. VOWELS

 

NOW     Practice yourself 

SIMPLE PAST REGULAR VERBS CHARTS

 

PRONUNCIATION 12 VOWELS

THERE ARE 12 VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH 

             SHORT i  /ɪ/    

LONG /i:/

short u  /ʊ/

 long u  /uː/

/ʌ/

/ɑː/

/ɒ/

/ɔː/

/ɜː/

/ə/

/e/ /ɛ/

/æ/

Harry Nilsson - Without You (Lyrics)

/ʃ/ /ʧ/ /ʒ/ /ʤ/

PRACTISE (A1 U3 L4)

/ʃ/    letters:  sh - s - ss- c - tion
/ʧ/   letters:  ch - tch - ture

 /ʃ/ /ʧ/     +    +1

/ʒ/    letters: sion -  s - ge

/ʤ/   letters:  ge - gi - j- 

/ʒ/ /ʤ/   +

/ʃ/ /ʒ/ 

LETTERS AND SOUNDS

 LETTER A       /æ/ / ɑ:/  /ɔ:/  /ə/  /eə/   /eɪ/

EXERCISES

LETTER E    /ə/  /ɜ:/ /ɪə/  /ɪ/ /e/  /i:/

EXERCISES

LETTER I     /ə/  /ɜ:/  /ɪ/   /aɪ/

EXERCISES 

LETTER O     /ə/  /ɒ/ /ɔ:/ /əʊ/  /ʌ/ / u:/

EXERCISES 

LETTER U    /ə/  /ʌ/ /u:/ /ɜ:/ /ju:/

EXERCISES 

SOUNDS

PRONUNCIATION

VOWELS,DIPHTHONGS & CONSONANTS

                 VOWELS &DIPHTHONGS       CONSONANTS

Pronounciation Stage 1

VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS 

CONSONANTS

PRONUNCIATION 12 VOWELS 

PRONUNCIATION

 

PHONETIC PRACTICE 

VOWELS    1            2

CONSONANTS 

English Vowels

SIMPLE PAST PRONUNCIATION

REGULAR VERBS

PRACTICE   1  2

IRREGULAR VERBS

 Irregular verbs transcription  

PHONETICS

 CONSONANTS

VOWELS

SOUNDS

Why is it useful learning phonetics?

Mispronounced food words

 

Some practice: sh-ch-wh-th

/b/ vs /v/

LIVE (verb) LIFE (noun) LIVE (adjective)

I want to live /liv/  a happy life /laif/ 

They play in front of the live /laiv/ audience.

Some more examples.

You live /liv/ in Bormujos

My life /laif/  is very simple.

I went to a live /laiv/ concert of Rod Stewart in Lisbon.