Pronunciation Key
Consonants
p pen /pen/
b bad /bad/
t tea /ti:/
d did /drd/
k cat /kat/
g get /get/
t/ chain /t/em/
d3 jam /d3am/
f fall /fo:l/
v van /van/
0 thin /0m/
0 this /0is/
The symbol (r) indicates that British pronunciation will have /r/ only if a vowel sound follows directly at the beginning of the next word, as in far away; otherwise the /r/ is omitted. For American English, all the /r/ sounds should be pronounced.
/x/ represents a fricative sound as in /lax/ for Scottish loch, Irish lough.
Vowels and diphthongs
i: see /si:/
i happy /haepi/
1 sit /sit/
e ten /ten/
ae cat /kat/
a: father /fa:o@(r/
D got /gpt/
2 saw /s3:/
u put /put/
u actual /'eakt/ual/
u: too /tu:/
A cup /kAp/
3: fur /fa:(r/
a about /a'baut/
e say /se/
a0 go /gau/
ou go /gou/
a1 my /ma/
a1 boy /bai/
au now /nau/
ia near /nau(r/
ea hair /hea(r/
ua pure /pjuo(r/
F. Which words in the pronunciation key have the same pronunciation as that of the words given below? Also find the symbol of each underlined sound in your dictionary.
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For the Teacher: Help students illustrate the use of punctuation marks learnt earlier. Give students good practice to understand the pronunciation key given in their dictionaries.