Vowels Flashcards
Phonetic Symbols (13 cards)
1
Q
- Short.
- Tongue nearer to the centre.
- Raised just above the half-close position.
- Lips are spread.
- No similar in Spanish.
A
- i - big - /bɪg/
- e - pretty - /ˈprɪti/; needed - /ˈniːdɪd/
- a - private - /ˈpraɪvɪt/
- y - Betty - /ˈbetɪ/
- ie - prairie - /ˈpreərɪ/; ladies - /ˈleɪdɪz/
- sit - /sɪt/
- grin - /grɪn/
- fish - /fɪʃ/
2
Q
- Long.
- Centre of the tongue.
- Raising to a height below and behind the close front.
- Lips spread or neutral.
- Tongue is tense.
- It does NOT normally occur before /ŋ/.
- Similar to /i/ in vinos.
A
- ee - meek - /miːk/; bee - /biː/
- e - these - /ðiːz/
- ea - flea - /fliː/; beach - /biːʧ/
- ie - field - /fiːld/
- ei - receive - /rɪˈsiːv/
- ey - key - /kiː/
- seat - /siːt/
- green - /griːn/
- tree - /triː/
3
Q
- Short.
- Tongue raised close above the open position.
- Lips are spread and neutrally open.
- It does NOT occur in final, open syllables.
- Similar to /A/ in caza.
A
- u - cut - /kʌt/; putt - /pʌt/
- oo - blood - /blʌd/; flood - /flʌd/
- ou - country - /ˈkʌntrɪ/; enough - /ɪˈnʌf/
- o - mother - /ˈmʌðə/; nothing - /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
- oe - does - /dʌz/
- cup - /kʌp/
- love - /lʌv/
- money - /ˈmʌnɪ/
4
Q
- Long.
- Back of the central part of the tongue.
- Between lowest position (fully open) and open.
- Considerable separation of the jaws.
- Lips are neutrally open.
- It does NOT occur before /ŋ/.
- Similar to /ɑ/ in saco.
A
- ar - part - /pɑːt/; bard - /bɑːd/: park - /pɑːk/
- ear - hearth - /hɑːθ/
- al - calm - /kɑːm/
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- f - after - /ˈɑːftə/
- s - pass - /pɑːs/
- th - father - /ˈfɑːðə/
- n - dance - /dɑːns/
- er - clerk - /klɑːk/
- heart - /hɑːt/
- dark - /dɑːk/
- fast - /fɑːst/
5
Q
- Short.
- Front of the tongue.
- Raised to the open or just below the half-open position.
- Lips are neutrally open.
- It does NOT occur in final, open syllables.
- No similar in Spanish.
A
- a - sad - /sæd/
- ai - plait - /plæt/
- had - /hæd/
- lamb - /læm/
- apple - /ˈæpl/
6
Q
- Short.
- Central part of the tongue.
- Raising between half-open and half-close.
- Lips are in neutral position.
- Short and indistinct.
A
- With most vowel letters when the syllable is not stressed.
- It occurs with unaccented weak forms such:
- auxiliary verbs
- pronouns
- conjunctions
- etc.
- teacher - /ˈtiːʧə/
- observer - /əbˈzɜːvə/
- about - /əˈbaʊt/
7
Q
- Short.
- Front of the tongue.
- Raised between half-open and half-close positions.
- Lips are loosely spread or neutral.
- Similar to Spanish /e/ in venir but closer.
A
- e - egg - /eg/; let - /let/
- ea - dead - /ded/; head - /hed/
- a - Thames - /temz/; many - /menɪ/
- head - /hed/
- bet - /bet/
- said - /sed/
8
Q
- Long.
- Centre of the tongue.
- Half way between open and close.
- Lips are neutrally spread or spread.
- It does NOT normally occur before /ŋ/.
A
- ir - fir - /fɜː/; bird - /bɜːd/
- er, err - her - /hɜː/; err - /ɜː/
- ur, urr - church - /ʧɜːʧ/; purr - /pɜː/
- yr - myrtle - /ˈmɜːtl/
- ear - heard - /hɜːd/
- wor - world - /wɜːld/
- our - journey - /ˈʤɜːnɪ/
- girl - /gɜːl/
- nurse - /nɜːs/
- earth - /ɜːθ/
9
Q
- Short.
- Back of the tongue.
- Open position.
- Lips are rounded.
- It does NOT occur in final, open syllables.
- Similar to /o/ in colon.
A
- o - dock - /dɒk/; cod - /kɒd/
- ou - cough - /kɒf/; trough - /trɒf/
- a - was - /wɒz/; swan - /swɒn/
- au - because - /bɪˈkɒz/; laurel - /ˈlɒrəl/
- ow - knowledge - /ˈnɒlɪʤ/
- hot - /hɒt/
- stop - /stɒp/
- want - /wɒnt/
10
Q
- Long.
- Back of the tongue.
- Raising between the half-open or half-close positions.
- Medium lip rounding.
- It does NOT occur before /ŋ/.
- Similar to borrego.
A
- or -horse - /hɔːs/
- aw - lawn - /lɔːn/
- ou - bought - /bɔː/
- au - vault - /vɔːlt/
- oor - floor - /flɔː/
- a - all - /ɔːl/
- oar - boar - /bɔː/
- ore - more - /mɔː/
- our - court - /kɔːt/
- walk - /wɔːk/
- door - /dɔː/
- four - /fɔː/
11
Q
- Short.
- Tongue nearer to the centre than to the back.
- Just above half-close position.
- Lips are fairly closed but loosely rounded.
- It does NOT occur in word initial position
nor before /ŋ/. - Similar to cuna.
A
- u - pull - /pʊl/; full - /fʊl/
- ou - should - /ʃʊd/; could - /kʊd/
- o - bosom - /ˈbʊzəm/
- oo - wood - /wʊd/; wool - /wʊl/
- good - /gʊd/
- foot - /fʊt/
- pull - /pʊl/
12
Q
- Long.
- Back part of the tongue.
- Raised almost to the fully close position.
- Close lip rounding.
- It does NOT normally occur before /ŋ/.
A
- oo - spook - /spuːk/
- o - move - /muːv/
- u - rude - /ruːd/
- ou - group - /gruːp/
- ui - fruit - /fruːt/
- eu - chew - /ʧuː/
- oe - shoe - /ʃuː/
- ue - blue - /bluː/
- food - /fuːd/
- rule - /ruːl/
- shoe - /ʃuː/
13
Q
- have: had:
has: - do: did:
does: - am: was:
is: are: were: - will: would
- may:
- shall: should:
- must:
- can: could:
A
- have: /hæv, əv, v/ had:/hæd, həd, əd, d/
has: /hæz, həz, əz, s/ - do: /du:, dʊ, də/ did: /dɪd/
does: /dʌz, dəz, dz/ - am: /æm, əm, m/ was: /wɒz, wəz, wz/
is: /ɪz, z, s/ are: /ɑː, ə, r/ were: /wɜː, wə/ - will: /wɪl, wəl, əl, l/ would: /wʊd, wed, ed, d/
- may: /meɪ, me/
- shall: /ʃæl, ʃl, ʃ/ should: /ʃʊd, ʃʊə, ʃd/
- must: /mʌst, məst, məs, ms/
- can: /kæn, kən, kn, kŋ/ could: /kʊd, kəd/
