Initially Medially Finally
1. /p/ pin spin keep
2. /b/ bin tubs club
3. /t/ tell stick light
4. /d/ day heads laid
5. /k/ keep skill stick
6. /g/ get jugs bag
Initially Medially Finally
ʧ
7. / / chin reached teach
8. / ʤ / joke hinged large
9. /m/ met smoke team
10. /n/ net snake tin
11. /ŋ/ rings sing
12. /l/ lot fling full
initially medially finally
13 /f/ fan soft if
14. /v/ van leaves thief
ɵ
15. / / thin months bath
16./ð/ then clothes bathe
initially medially finally
17. /s/ sip list less
18. /z/ zip loser buzz
19. /ʃ/ ship rushed hush
20. /ʒ/ measure rouge
initially medially finally
21. /h/ hot behave
22. /r/ rot try
23. /w/ watt sweat
24. /j/ yatch tune
VOWELS OF ENGLISH
(Pure Vowels/Monophthongs)
initially medially finally
1. /i:/ east sheet key
2. /I/ it hit duty
3. /e / end send
4. /æ/ and sand
5. /a:/ art heart car
6. /ɒ/ ox fox
VOWELS OF ENGLISH
initially medially finally
7. /ɔ:/ all ball saw
8. /U/ put
9. /u:/ ooze choose chew
10.// up cup
11./з:/ earn learn stir
12./ə/ ago police maker
VOWELS OF ENGLISH
13. /eɪ/ eight straight stay
14. /əʊ/ oak joke slow
15. /aɪ/ ice mice my
16./aʊ/ out shout how
17. /ɔɪ/ oil boil boy
18. /ɪə/ ears beard peer
19. /eə/ airs paired hare
20. /uə/ cured tour
WORD-STRESS
Stress on first syllable ‘surface
‘bargain ‘furnace
‘govern ‘husband
‘secret ‘butcher
‘mischief ‘proverb
‘message ‘thorough
‘cabbage ‘oven
‘onion
‘compass
WORD-STRESS
Stress on second ag’ree
syllable se’lect
re’quest
ad’mit pre’fer
for’bid re’fer
suc’ced oc’cur
sup’press ar’rest
po’lice com’mence
pay’ee per’haps
dis’miss
WORD-STRESS
Primary Stress on third Primary Stress on
syllable fourth syllable
acci’dental dedica’tee
appli’cation exami’nee
exhi’bition
inde’pendent
indi’vidual
NON – NATIVE SPEAKERS
Different pronunciation of some letters
No equivalent sound in their own language
WAY TO SPEAK ENGLISH MORE
FLUENTLY
Decide which constructions and vocabulary are ideal
for you to learn
Practice them until you are word-perfect.
BETTER ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS
IMPROVING YOUR ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS WILL HELP
YOU COMMUNICATE MORE EASILY AND EFFECTIVELY
Practice where you can, when you can.
Try to experiment with the English you know
Try to respond to what people say to you
Try NOT to translate
If you forget a word, don’t speak too fast! Try to relax when you
speak
