Organs of speech

Stressed Syllable

Open syllable

[ei]

take, place, name, cake, state

Closed syllable

[æ]

map, sat, stand, happy, apple

In front of r

[a:]

car, art, dark, farm, party

In front of rе

[ɛə]

care, bare, share, prepare

А

Unstressed syllable

[ə]

ago, about, legal, formal

а

Combination of Letters

ai, ay

[ei]

main, chain, day, way, play

aw, au

[ɔ:]

saw, law, autumn, cause

аr after w

[ɔ:]

war, warm, warn

аr after qu

[ɔ:]

quarter, quarrel

an + Consonant

[a:]

answer, dance, chance

а + ss, st, sk

[a:]

class, last, ask, task

а + ft, th

[a:]

after, craft, bath, rather

w (h) + a

[ɒ]

watch, wash, was, what, want

Stressed Syllable

Open syllable

[i:]

be, he, me, see, meter, Peter

Closed syllable

[е]

best, next, left, smell

In front of r

[з:]

her, term, verse

In front of rе

[iə]

here, mere, severe

Unstressed syllable

[i]

begin, return, because, between

[ə]

mother, father, corner, over

Е

Combination of Letters

е

ее, еа

[i:]

green, seem, sea, clean

еа + d

[е]

bread, head, already

BUT:

read [rid], lead [li:d]

ei + gh

[ei]

eight, weigh

ew

[ju:], [u:]

few, new, grew, blew

еу

[ei]

grey, obey

ее, еа + г

[iə]

deer, dear, hear, appear

ear + Consonant

[з:]

learn, earth, early

Stressed Syllable

Open syllable

[ai]

life, five, fine, tie, time

BUT:

live [liv], give [giv]

Closed syllable

[i]

sit, lift, pick, little

I

In front of r

[з:]

bird, girl, first, circle

i

In front of rе

[aiə]

fire, tired, admire

Unstressed syllable

[i]

origin, engine

Combination of Letters

i+ ld, nd

[ai]

child, find, kind, mind

BUT:

children ['ʧildren],

window [‘wındзʋ]

i + gh

[ai]

right, light, night, high

Stressed Syllable

Open syllable

[зʋ]

close, note, rose, home

Closed syllable

[ɒ]

stop, long, song, copper

In front of r

[ɔ:]

form, born, fork, border

In front of rе

[ɔ:]

store, before, restore

Unstressed syllable

[зʋ]

photo, motto, Negro

- ous

[əs]

famous, various, numerous

- or

[ə]

doctor, tractor, conductor

О

Combination of Letters

0

оа

[зʋ]

coat, boat, road, roast

oi, оу

[ɔi]

oil, noise, boy, enjoy

оо + k

[ʋ]

look, book, took

оо + 1, т, п, d, t

[u:]

cool, room, soon, food, root

оо + r

[ɔ:]

door, floor

ou + gh

[ɔ:]

bought, thought, brought

о + 1 + Consonant

[зʋ]

old, cold, told, hold

ow + Consonant

[аʋ]

town, brown, crowd, down

ow (in the final position)

[зʋ]

know, grow, low, slow, show

but: now [аʋ]

or after w

[з:]

work, word, world, worse

Stressed syllable

Open syllable

[ju:]

tube, tune, useful

U

Open syllable

[u:]

blue, true, June

u

Closed syllable

[ʌ]

cut, but, hurry, hunter

In front of r + Consonant

[з:]

turn, burn, curly, hurt

In front of r + Vowel

[jʋə], [ʋə]

pure, during, sure

Unstressed syllable

[ə]

upon, success, difficult

Stressed Syllable

Open syllable

[ai]

my, try, type, cycle

Y

Closed syllable

[I]

symbol, system

у

In front of r

[аiə]

tyre

In front of Vowel

[j]

year, you, young, yet

Unstressed syllable

[I]

any, many, very, only