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10 IPA SYMBOLS Practice in Reading Writing

This document provides an introduction to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols for vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. It includes charts listing each symbol and an example English word. There are also two short exercises for readers to practice reading and transcribing words using the IPA symbols.

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10 IPA SYMBOLS Practice in Reading Writing

This document provides an introduction to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols for vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. It includes charts listing each symbol and an example English word. There are also two short exercises for readers to practice reading and transcribing words using the IPA symbols.

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IPA SYMBOLS

PRACTICE IN READING AND WRITING

Read (aloud!) each symbol in the chart,


and also the connected word.

Note:
When a colon (ː) follows the symbol of a
vowel, it means that the vowel is pronounced
longer – it is a a long vowel.
 /ʌ/ in cup, and /ɑ:/ in father
 /ɒ/ or /ɔ/ in not, and /ɔ:/ as in door.
Long vowels can be treated as pairs of
short vowels, as if it were
- /ii/ for /i:/
- /aa/ for /ɑ:/
- /uu/ for /u:/

Vowels

/i:/ as in sheep
/ɪ/ as in ship
/ʊ/ as in pull
/u:/ as in pool
/e/ as in red
/ə/ as in teacher
/ə:/ or / ɜː/ as in bird
/ɔ:/ as in door
/æ/ as in cat
/ʌ/ as in cup
/ɑ:/ as in car
/ɒ/ or /ɔ/ as in got

Diphthongs

/ ɪə / as in here
/ eɪ / as in play
/ ʊə / as in tour
/ ɔɪ / as in boy
/ əʊ / as in go
/ eə / as in care
/ aɪ / as in buy
/ aʊ / as in cow
Consonants

/p/ as in pea
/b/ as in boat
/t/ as in tea
/d/ as in dog
/tʃ/ as in cheese
/dʒ/ as in June
/k/ as in car
/g/ as in go
/f/ as in fly
/v/ as in video
/θ/ as in think
/ð/ as in this
/s/ as in see
/z/ as in zoo
/ʃ/ as in shall
/ʒ/ as in television
/m/ as in man
/n/ as in now
/ŋ/ as in sing
/h/ as in hat
/l/ as in love
/r/ as in red
/w/ as in wet
/j/ as in yes

Exercise 1
Read the following transcriptions aloud, then check with the English words in the Key to Exercice 1.

1. / ðeə /
2. / ˈdʒaɪənt /
3. / haɪ /
4. / pjʊə(r) /
5. / tʃi:k /
6. / θɪŋ /
7. / hu: /
8. / ˈaɪən /
9. / tʃə:tʃ/
10. / ləʊ /

Exercise 2
Now look at the chart of the symbols and try to transcribe the pronunciation of the following words.
Then check with the Key to Exercice 2.

1. house ___________
2. father ___________
3. they ___________
4. girl ___________
5. good ___________
6. room ___________
7. head ___________
8. hair ___________
9. her ___________
10. mountain ____________

Key to Ex. 1:

1. there
2. giant
3. high
4. pure
5. cheek
6. thing
7. who
8. iron
9. church
10. low

Key to Ex. 2:

1. / haʊs/
2. / ˈfɑ:ðə(r) /
3. / ðeɪ /
4. / gə:l /
5. / gʊd/
6. / ru:m /
7. / hed /
8. / heə(r) /
9. / hə:(r)/
10. / ˈmaʊntɪn/

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