Phonetics

PHONEMES

Listen to English sounds in the interactive phonemic chart

Try practising phonetics with PRONUNTIATION PRO, a Flash course on pronuntiation.

In Spanish: Sitio web de fonética inglesa para hispanohablantes.

Most common spellings of the English phonemes

Some exercises:

Vowel sounds: 1, 2 , 3

Consonant sounds

More consonant sounds

Try exercises with words: 1, 2

VERBS PRONUNTIATION

Irregular Verbs

Listen to the pronunciation of the irregular verb forms and repeat.

• Irregular Verbs – Group 1 (cling, dig, fling, etc.) (410 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 2 (bet, burst, cast, etc.) (240 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 3 (creep, deal, feel, etc.) (388 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 4 (bleed, breed, feed, etc.) (296 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 5 (begin, drink, ring, etc.) (338 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 6 (catch, teach, bring, etc.) (234 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 7 (arise, drive, ride, etc.) (228 KB)
• Irregular Verbs – Group 8 (bend, build, lend, etc.) (194 KB)

Regular Verbs

Rules for the Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense

Listen to the pronunciation of the regular verb forms and repeat.

• Regular Verbs – Group 1 (accept to back) (566 KB)
• Regular Verbs – Group 2 (believe to connect) (662 KB)
• Regular Verbs – Group 3 (consider to die) (676 KB)
• Regular Verbs – Group 4 (discover to express) (568 KB)
• Regular Verbs – Group 5 (face to indicate) (578 KB)

STRESS

Word Stress in English – general information
The secret key to English pronunciation! Many languages don’t use word stress but English does, and so must you!

• Some word stress rules and quiz
• More Exercises on word stress 1, 2

Sentence Stress in English

Linking in English
Linking is important in English. When we say a sentence, we join or “link” many of the words.