5. /9 / god, dog, regard 6. /p/ pigeon, appear, cop 7. /m/ /pi:dзin/ /mi:9әr/ meager, murmur, drum, 8. /n/ near, drink, turn /niәr/ 9. /ŋ / king, ring, finger /kiŋ/ 10. /dз/ germ, danger, lounge /dзз:m/ 11. /t∫/ chamber, touch, pitch /t∫eimbә(r)/ 12. /s/ sober, tense, cycle / sәubәr/ 13. /z/ zoo, zero, tinsel /zu:/ 14. / З/ pleasure, measure, leisure /pleЗә(r)/ 15. /∫ / show, fish, fashion /∫әu/ /l/ 17. /r/ 18. /v/ 19. /w/ 20. /h/ 21. /f/ 22. /θ / 23. /ð / 24. /j/ linger, tall, tremble 16. /lingәr/ raw, arrow, rare /rב: / vanish, river, live /væni∫/ /w^ndә(r)/ wonder, window, twinkle harmony, haul, ahead /ha:mәni/ laugh, feather, calf /la:f/ thunder, truth, telepathy /θ^ndә(r)/ father, their, /fa:ð ә(r)/ yellow, yonder, yak /jelәu/ Vowels: They are of two kinds – Monophthongs and diphthongs. Of the 12 pure vowels, seven are short and five are long which are categorized on the basis of the duration of their articulation.
Monophthongs: S.No Symbol Key words Phonetic transcription 1 /ә / above, ago, allow /әbәu/ 2 /^/ cut, bulb, fun /k^t/ 3 / a: / dance, farm, calm /da:ns/ 4 / I/ sit, city, milk /sit/ 5 / i:/ sheep, mean, week /∫ i:p/ 6 /e/ ten, wet, bet /ten/ 7 /u/ pull, book, foot /pul/ 8 / u:/ pool, food, room /pu:l/ 9 / ב/ cot, dog, god /k בt/ 10 / ב: / Bought, court, caught /b ב:t/ 11 /æ/ apple, cat, plank /æpl/ 12 / з: / curl, curtain, bird, /k з: l /
Diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds usually involving a quick but smooth movement(glide) from one vowel sound to another often interpreted by listeners as a single vocal sound. There are 8 diphthongs in English. Dipthongs S.No Symbol Key words Phonetic transcription 1. /ei/ mail, pail,tail /meil/ 2. /ai/ mile, file, smile /mai/ 3. /au/ now, town , cow /nau/ 4. /eә/ air, hair, their /eә(r)/ 5. /iә/ fear, tear, near /f iә(r)/ 6. /uә/ poor, tour, pure /puә/ 7. /בi/ coil, oil, toil /kבil/ 8. /әu/ old , go, blow /әuld/ Activity 1. Underline the letter or letters that represent the same sound in each set . i) reason ii) zone iii) lose iv) busy i) should ii) look iii) bush iv) fury i) fair ii) wear iii) bear iv) there