For anyone learning English, phonemes are really useful to know. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken word that makes a difference to the word's meaning. Using phonemes, a student can pick up a dictionary and quickly know how to say a word.
Vowels |
Dipthongs |
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| meet | bit | good | food | dear | pay | ||
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| bed | father | bird | door | fewer | boy | go | |
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| cat | up | park | hot | fair | my | cow | |
Consonants |
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| pea | bear | tea | dog | church | june | car | god |
| fly | vain | think | them | sail | zoo | should | pleasure |
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| men | nine | sing | hut | like | red | water | yellow |