Phonetic symbol

IPA PHONETIC SYMBOL

The table below summarizes 20 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds in the English language.

VOWEL SOUNDS

NO.
Symbol
example

1
I/ i /
see / / , feet / t /

2
I/ i /
if / if / , fit / fit /, happy / / ,

3
l/ O /
again / / , apart / :t /

4
/ a /
hand / / , man / /

5
/ e /
egg / eg /, bad / bed /

6
 / c /
up / / , cut / /

7
/ o /
hot / / , top / /

8
/o: /
saw / : / , fall / :l /

9
/u: /
food / :d / , boot / :t /

10
/ u /
put / / , book / /

11
/ b: /
bird / :d /, girl / :l /

12
/ a: /
car / ka: (r ) / , fast / fa:st /

13
/ ei /
page / / , may / mei /

14
/ ai /
five / faiv / , buy / bai /

15
/ /
boy / / , boil / /

16
/ /
there / / , hair / /

17
/ /
near / n / , beer / /

18
/ uO /
sure / SuO /

19
/ /
now //, how / /

20
/ Ou /
home / / , low / /















CONSONANT SOUNDS

No.
Symbol

Examples

1.
/ p /
Voiceless
pen / pen /, pit / pit /

2.
/ b /
Voiced
bad / /, big / big /

3.
/ t /
Voiceless
tea / /, ten / ten /

4.
/ d /
Voiced
did /did /, den /den /

5.
/ k /
Voiceless
cat / / , key / /

6.
/ g /
Voiced
get / get /, leg / leg /

7.
/ f /
Voiceless
chin / /, check / /

8.
/ z /
Voiced
June / / , judge / zcz /

9.
/ f /
Voiceless
fall / :l / , fan / /

10.
/ v /
Voiced
voice / / , van / /

11.
/ t /
Voiceless
thin / / , thought / to:t /

12.
/ w /
Voiced
then / /, that / /

13.
/ s /
Voiceless
so / / , guess / ges /

14.
/ z /
Voiced
zoo / : / , is / /

15.
/ S /
Voiceless
she / Si / , ship / /

16.
/ j /
Voiced
vision / / , measure / /

17.
/ h /
Voiceless
how / / , hat / /

18.
/ m /
Voiced
man / / , name / neim /

19.
/ n /
Voiced
no / / , phone / /

20.
/ n /
Voiced
sing // , ring / /

21
/ l /
Voiced
leg / leg / , tell / tel /

22.
/ r /
Voiced
red / red / , read / /

23.
/ j /
Voiced
yes / jes /, you / ju: /

24.
/ w /
Voiced
wet / wet /, wait / weit /




























Voiced consonants: No aspiration from the lungs.
Voiceless consonants: With aspiration from the lungs.

Cách đọc các từ tận cùng là –ed.
Đọc là /id/ sau các từ tận cùng là ( -t & -d )
Đọc là /t/ sau các voiceless sounds ( -