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THE LETTER "R"

 

GENERAL RULE

In British English, the letter R is only pronounced when followed by a vowel.      

sorry  /sɒrɪ

In American English, people pronounce this letter always.   

 teacher 

 BrE  ti:tʃə/ Am E /ti:tʃər/

  LINKING R

In BrE a final -R is silent because it is not followed by a vowel, so TEACHER is pronounced /ti:tʃə/.

But if that word is followed by another word that begins with a vowel, then the R is pronounced:

He's the new teacher of maths  R is pronounced "teacherofmaths"

This final R that joins one word with the next is called a "linking R".

My car isn't blue.    [maɪ kɑː Rɪzənt bluː] Far away [fɑː Rə weɪ] In your arms [ɪn jɔː Rɑːmz] Never again [nevə Rə ɡen] More ideas [mɔː Raɪ dɪəz]  Better example [betə Rɪɡzɑːmpl]

 

  INTRUSIVE R

In BrE, words ending in R sometimes pronounce it (linking R) and sometimes don't pronounce it.

Natives when there are words that end in a vowel but when the next word begins with a vowel, they use an / r / to join both words.

 They use a "linking R" in the wrong place. We call that an "intrusive R", and it happens a lot in BrE.

A book about Africa and America  many British people will pronounce this "africarandamerica"

Africa Rand America           A banana Rand an apple        Tuna Romelette

law Rand order        draw Rand paint        I saw Ra film last night.      I saw Rit too. My dog's paw Ris dirty.

Is your grandma R okay?

 

/ɜː/ - /ə/ - /e/ /ɛ/

 

/ɜː/

/ə/

/e/ /ɛ/

/ɒ/ - /ɔː/

 

/ɒ/

/ɔː/

/ʊ/ - /uː/

 

short u  /ʊ/

 long u  /uː/

/æ/ - /ɑ:/ - /ʌ/

 

/æ/

/ʌ/

/ɑː/

 /i:/  -    /ɪ/  -   /e/

      SHORT i  /ɪ/    

  hill

LONG /i:/

  heel   heal  

/e/ /ɛ/

hell

Practise  /i:/  -  /ɪ/     1           2          3

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/

/ɒ/ /əʊ/ /ɔ:/

 PRACTISE (A2 U3 L4)

/ɒ/   letters:  o - au - aw - a 
/ɔ:/    letters:  ou - al - awn - aul 
 /əʊ/  letters: o - oa - ow - ough

MINIMAL PAIRS   

 Long /ɔː/ - short /ɒ/

 Minimal pairs /ɒ/ /əʊ/ 

 Minimal pairs /əʊ/ /ɔː/ 

/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/ 

English Pronunciation Illustrated by John Trim

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