The Vowel Sounds
The English language has about 15 main vowel sounds. If you native language has fewer vowel sounds, you are likely to speak English using only the sounds that are present in your native language. Therefore, you might pronounce certain words the same way because you can’t hear the differences between them. So let’s master the vowel sounds of English!
/i/ (heat) and /I/ (hit)
- E & I (Ronnie@EngVid)
- “heel” or “hill”? (Lisa Mojsin@AccurateEnglish)
- Sit /i/ vs Seat /i:/ (Molly@ShawEnglish)
/eɪ/ (late) and /ɛ/ (let)
/ɛ/ (bed) and /æ/ (bad)
- EH [ɛ] vs. AA [æ] Vowels (Rachel’s English)
- Bad /æ/ vs Bed /e/ (Molly@ShawEnglish)
- A & E – Man vs. Men (Alex@EngVid)
/æ/ (hat) and /ɑ/ (hot)
/ɑ/ (calm) and /ɘ/ (come)
/æ/ (bat) and /ɘ (but)
/ɔ/ (want) and /oʊ/ (won’t)
- “WON’T” and “WANT” pronunciation/difference (Coach Shane)
- Want vs Won’t (American English n’ culture with Philochko)
- Poke /əʊ/ vs Pork /or/ (Molly@ShawEnglish)
- Law vs Low (American English n’ culture with Philochko)
/ʊ/ (full) and /u/ (fool)
- u (uh/oo) (Ronnie@EngVid)
- How to say POOL and PULL (Tarle Speech and Language Services)
- FULL vs FOOL: Pronunciation difference (Coach Shane)
/ɑ/ (lock) VS. /ɘ/ (luck) VS. /ʊ/ (look)
/ɘr/ (heard) and /ɑ/ (hard)
- Far /ar/ vs Fur /ur/ (Molly@ShawEnglish)
- How to pronounce “Hard” and “Heard” (Tarle Speech and Language Services)
- How to say STAR and STIR (Tarle Speech and Language Services)
/ɘr/ (work) and /ɔ/ (walk)
/aɪ/ (time, nine, dry, etc.)
/aʊ/ (south, house, cow, etc.)
/ɔɪ/ (oil, choice, voice, etc.)
The Consonant Sounds
Let’s master the consonants sounds of English. When do you an exercise, it’s helpful to pay attention the mouth movements of the presenter. If you can’t do every single exercise, focus on the ones that address your pronunciation problems.
/t/ (cotton, better, etc.)
- American T sound (Lisa Mojsin@AccurateEnglish)
- Mastering the American “T” sound! (American English n’ culture with Philochko)
- Silent T: often, listen, castle… (Emma@EngVid)
Understanding voiced and unvoiced consonants
- voiced and unvoiced consonants (LearnAmericanEnglishOnline)
- HAVE vs HALF pronunciation (Coach Shane)
- Final voiced consonants (Lynn Bo@Accent Master)
/s/ (Sue) and /z/ (zoo)
- English: How to Pronounce S and Z consonant (Rachel’s English)
- How to pronounce words ending in S (Emma@EngVid)
- S or Z (Britlish – Linguaspectrum)
- S or Z – Ice or Eyes (iswearenglish)
- Confused Words – ADVICE & ADVISE (Rebecca@EngVid)
Stop Consonants
/h/ (horse, hot, etc)
/dʒ/ (drawer, education, schedule, etc)
- Why is there a “J” sound in the DR of “DRAWER”? (Coach Shane)
- Pronunciation – DU – education, schedule, individual, procedure… (Emma@EngVid)
/dʒ/ (job) and /tʃ/ (chop)
- How do you pronounce “j” and “ch” as in “job” and “chop”? (Coach Shane)
- How to Pronounce CH [ʧ] and JJ [ʤ] Sounds (Rachel’s English)
Words Ending in –ed
/θ/ (this, think, thank, etc)
/θ/ (thick) and /s/,/z/ (sick)
/θ/ (they) and /d/ (day)
/l/ (light) and /r/ (right)
- Cool Tongue twisters for the R and L sound! (American English n’ culture with Philochko)
- L and R – Part 1 (Teacher Melanie)
- L and R – Part 2 – Exercises (Teacher Melanie)
- Light /l/ vs Right /r/ (Molly@ShawEnglish)
/l/ and /n/
/v/ (van) and /b/ (ban)
/b/ (bee) and /p/ (pee)
/p/ (pan) and /f/ (fan)
/v/ (verse) and /w/ (worse)
/j/ (jet) and /y/ (yet)
/j/ (budge) and /z/ (buzz)
/ʃ/ (ship) and /tʃ/ (chip)
/n/ (thin) and /ŋ/ (thing)
Consonant Clusters
- How to Pronounce the TR Consonant Cluster (Rachel’s English)
- How to Pronounce the SHR Consonant Cluster (Rachel’s English)
- S Consonant Clusters (Rachel’s English)
- “rl” (pearl) pronunciation (Coach Shane)
- “thr” (three/through) pronunciation (Coach Shane)
http://engfluent.com/english-pronunciation-exercises-main-sounds/
