IPA Pronunciation Drills English Fluency Training for BEST

IPA Pronunciation Drills English Fluency Training for BEST Staff and Students

i (ee) �neat �leak �beat �bean �feel �heat �peel I (ih) �knit �lick �bit �bin �fill �hit �pill

i (ee) �seat �least �heal �dean �seal �bead �feet I (ih) �sit �list �hill �din �sill �bid �fit

i (ee) I (ih) �speak �spick �steal �still �peat �pit �deed �did �read �rid

ε (eh) æ (a+ε) �net �gnat �bet �bat �Ben �ban �set �sat �lest �last �hell �hal �pen �pal

ε (eh) æ (a+ε) �den �dan �men �man �bed �bad �peck �pack �hem �ham �Ken �can �lend �land

ε (eh) �send �bend �pent �head �said æ (a+ε) �sand �band �pant �had �sad

a (aw) ∂ (uh) �not �nut �lock �luck �cop �cup �dock �duck �cot �cut �hot �hut

a (aw) ∂ (uh) �dawn �done �hog �hug �cod �cud �odder �udder �(tick) �tuck �doll tock �dull

a (aw) ∂ (uh) �shock �shuck �pot �put �shot �shut �bog �bug �launch �lunch

æ (a+ε) a (aw) �hag �hog �hat �hot �rat �rot �rack �rock �black �block �pat �pot �mass �moss �bag �bog

æ (a+ε) a (aw) �cad �cod �racket �rocket �cat �cot �lack �lock �flack �flock �ax �ox �chap �chop

ä (ah) o (ou) �naught �note �bought �boat �caught �coat �fall �foal �Paul �poll �gall �goal �haul �hole

ä (ah) o (ou) �Saul �soul �mall �mole �call �coal �ball �bowl �tall �toll �stall �stole �saw �sow

ä (ah) �chalk �fawn �gnaw �caused �pause o (ou) �choke �phone �know �coast �pose

U (ih+uh) �look �pull �full �should �would �could �stood �hood �soot u (ooh) �Luke �pool �fool �shooed �wooed �cooed �stewed �who’d �suit

ts tch �cats �catch �bats �batch �watts �watch �hats �hatch �hits �hitch �bits �bitch �mats �match �pats �patch

s sh �sack �shack �sealed �shield �Sew �show �subtle �shuttle �pussy �pushy �last �lashed �plush

s sh �class �clash �mess �mesh �brass �brash �lass �lash �crass �crash �bass �bash �sue �shoe

s �sewn �gas �Saul �sake �same sh �shown �gash �shawl �shake �shame

b v �ban �van �bat �vat �bail �veil �boat �vote �buys �vise �bowel �vowel �bigger �vigor

b v �buying �vying �base �vase �bent �vent �ballet �valet �banish �vanish �banns �vans �beer �veer

b �bender �berry �boys �bolt �best v �vender �very �voice �volt �vest

p �pad �pail �past �paint �pile �pickle �platter f �fad �fail �fast �faint �file �fickle �flatter

p f �packed �fact �pork �fork �patter �fatter �pare �fare �paced �faced �part �fart �pansy �fancy

p f �parse �farce �panning �fanning �passion �fashion �pawn �fawn �peas �fees

t θ �tank �thank �tie �thigh �true �through �tinnier �thinner �team �theme �oats �oaths �fort �fourth �tenth �fate �faith

t θ �eighth �brought �broth �debt �death �ticket �thicket �torn �thorn �tread �thread �tree �three �trust �thrust �taught �thought

d ð �day �they �dare �their �den �then �breeder �breather �riding �writhing �wordy �worthy �load �loathe

d ð �sued �soothe �Dan �than �dense �thence �fader �feather �Diether �thither �udder �other �sudden �southern

d �broader �seed �wader �leader �breed ð �brother �seethe �weather �leather �breathe

scr spr �scream �spring �screech �sprig �scrimp �sprung �scrape �sprang �scram �spree �scroll �sprinkle �scratch �sprawl

sl sm �slip �small �slap �smell �slept �smack �slam �smear �slump �smile �sleep �smooth �slouch �smoke

sn �sneeze �snake �snack �snow �snip �sniff �snob

nd nch �land �inch �sand �hunch �brand �lunch �grand �ranch �blend �branch �kind �staunch �mind �pinch

pt ft �apt �lift �wept �laughed �peeped �swift �helped �rift �sipped �left �coped �draft �beeped �puffed

kt xt �fact �boxed �impact �axed �looked �next �soaked �fixed �packed �text �ached �vexed �act �mixed

st sts �lists �just �fists �lost �wrists �least �hosts �host �posts �ghost �boasts �must �coasts

sp sps �clasps �lisps �asps �gasps �wasps �wisps �grasps

That’s all for now. . . A lot more next meeting. . .