| pack /pæk/ |
| simple /ˈsɪmpl̩/ |
| cap /kæp/ |
| play /pleɪ/ |
| pepper /ˈpepə/ |
| tap /tæp/ |
| taper /ˈteɪpə/ |
| hopping /ˈhɒpɪŋ/ |
|
Perhaps you can pay for the shopping?
/pəˈhæps ju kən peɪ fə ðə ˈʃɒpɪŋ / |
|
She plays the piano perfectly.
/ʃi pleɪz ðə pɪˈænəʊ ˈpɜ:fɪktli/ |
|
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
/ˈpi:tə ˈpaɪpə pɪkt ə pek əv ˈpɪkl̩d ˈpepəz/ |
| back /bæk/ |
| symbol /ˈsɪmbl̩/ |
| cab /kæb/ |
| bin /bɪn/ |
| abroad /əˈbrɔ:d/ |
| rubber /ˈrʌbə/ |
| club /klʌb/ |
| rabbit /ˈræbɪt/ |
|
Betty brought bags of beautiful pebbles.
/ˈbeti ˈbrɔ:t bæɡz əv ˈbju:təfl̩ ˈpebl̩z/ |
|
My brown rabbit eats cabbage and bananas.
/maɪ braʊn ˈræbɪt i:ts ˈkæbɪdʒ ənd bəˈnɑ:nəz/ |
|
We’d better book a cab.
/wid ˈbetə bʊk ə kæb/ |
|
Betty and Bob brought back blue
balloons from the big bazaar.
/ˈbeti ənd bɒb ˈbrɔ:t bæk blu: bəˈlu:nz frəm ðə bɪɡ bəˈzɑ:/ |
| tin /ˈtɪn/ |
| metal /ˈmetl̩/ |
| bet /bet/ |
| try /traɪ/ |
| twenty /ˈtwenti/ |
| debt /det/ |
| train /treɪn/ |
| knot /nɒt/ |
|
It’s twenty to two.
/ ɪts ˈtwenti tə tu:/ |
|
What have you got in your pocket?
/ˈwɒt həv ju ˈɡɒt ɪn jə ˈpɒkɪt/ |
|
Try internet.
/traɪ ˈɪntənet/ |
|
The two-twenty-two
train tore through the tunnel.
/ðə tu: ˈtwenti tu: treɪn ˈtɔ: θru: ðə ˈtʌnl/̩ |
| din /dɪn/ |
| medal /ˈmedl̩/ |
| bed /bed/ |
| drive /draɪv/ |
| added /ˈædɪd/ |
| dinner /ˈdɪnə/ |
| opened /ˈəʊpənd/ |
| middle /ˈmɪdl̩/ |
|
Don’t drink and drive, it’s bad.
/dəʊnt drɪŋk ənd draɪv ɪts bæd/ |
|
Dinner will be served downstairs before midnight.
/ˈdɪnə wɪl bi sɜ:vd ˌdaʊnˈsteəz bɪˈfɔ: ˈmɪdnaɪt/ |
|
A dozen double damask dinner napkins.
/ə ˈdʌzn̩ ˈdʌbl̩ ˈdæməsk ˈdɪnə ˈnæpkɪnz/ |
|
Donald Duck was a Disney character dressed in dark blue and red.
/ˈdɒnl̩d dʌk wəz ə ˈdɪzni ˈkærəktə drest ɪn dɑːk bluː ənd red / |
| came /keɪm/ |
| active /ˈæktɪv/ |
| back /bæk/ |
| kicked /kɪkt/ |
| acquire /əˈkwaɪə/ |
| make /ˈmeɪk/ |
| crisp /krɪsp/ |
| occupy /ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/ |
|
I’ve got cake and biscuits.
/aɪv ˈɡɒt keɪk ənd ˈbɪskɪts/ |
|
I’ll cook the pork at six o’clock.
/aɪl kʊk ðə pɔ:k ət sɪks əˈklɒk/ |
|
That cruel criminal kicked the cat
/ðət krʊəl ˈkrɪmɪnl̩ kɪkt ðə kæt/ |
|
Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.
/krɪsp krʌsts ˈkrækl̩ ˈkrʌntʃɪli/̩ |
| game /ɡeɪm/ |
| agnostic /æɡˈnɒstɪk/ |
| bag /bæɡ/ |
| goat /ɡəʊt/ |
| hugging /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ |
| fatigue /fəˈti:ɡ/ |
| guitar /ɡɪˈtɑ:/ |
| bigger /ˈbɪɡə/ |
|
Give me a bigger book.
/ ɡɪv mi: ə ˈbɪɡə bʊk/ |
|
He’s gone to get a green bag.
/hiz ɡɒn tə ˈɡet ə ɡri:n bæɡ/ |
|
The ground will look greener when the grass has grown.
/ðə ɡraʊnd wɪl lʊk ˈɡri:nə wen ðə ɡrɑ:s həz ɡrəʊn/ |
|
Cows graze in groves on grass which grows
in grooves in groves.
/ kaʊz ɡreɪz ɪn ɡrəʊvz ɒn ɡrɑ:s wɪtʃ ɡrəʊz ɪn ɡru:vz ɪn ɡrəʊvz/̩ |
| fat /fæt/ |
| rifle /ˈraɪfəl/ |
| leaf /li:f/ |
| family /ˈfæməli/ |
| offer /ˈɒfə/ |
| off /ɒf/ |
| photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ |
| giraffe /dʒɪˈrɑ:f/ |
|
We finally voted on Friday at five fifteen.
/wi ˈfaɪnəli ˈvəʊtɪd ɒn ˈfraɪdi ət faɪv ˌfɪfˈti:n/ |
|
My nephew laughs at funny jokes about fishing.
/maɪ ˈnevju: lɑ:fs ət ˈfʌni dʒəʊks əˈbaʊt ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ |
|
I live with five friends in a fifth-floor
furnished flat.
/ˈaɪ ˈlɪv wɪð faɪv frendz ɪn ə fɪfθ flɔ: ˈfɜ:nɪʃt flæt/ |
|
Four furious friends fought
for the phone.
/ fɔ: ˈfjʊərɪəs frendz ˈfɔ:t fə ðə fəʊn/̩ |
|
Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
/fred fed ted bred ənd ted fed fred bred/̩ |
| vat /væt/ |
| rival /ˈraɪvl̩/ |
| leave /li:v/ |
| very /ˈveri/ |
| travel /ˈtrævl̩/ |
| give /ɡɪv/ |
| view /vju:/ |
| seven /ˈsevn̩/ |
|
Various student groups travelled to Venice in the vacation. /ˈveərɪəs ˈstju:dnt ɡru:ps ˈtrævl̩d tə ˈvenɪs ɪn ðə veɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ |
|
A very wide variety of people came.
/ə ˈveri waɪd vəˈraɪəti əv ˈpi:pl̩ keɪm/ |
|
I love the nice view over the village.
/ ˈaɪ lʌv ðə ˈveri naɪs vju: ˈəʊvə ðə ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ |
|
That vet looks after virtually all the livestock in the valley.
/ðət vet lʊks ˈɑːftə ˈvɜːtʃʊəli ɔːl ðə ˈlaɪvstɒk ɪn ðə ˈvæli/.̩ |
|
Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.
/ˈvɪnsnt vaʊd ˈvendʒəns ˈveri ˈvi:əməntli/̩ |
|
Seventy seven benevolent elephants.
/ˈsevnti ˈsevn̩ bəˈnevələnt ˈelɪfənts/ |
| thin /θɪn/ |
| healthy /ˈhelθi/ |
| tooth /tu:θ/ |
| through /θru:/ |
| twenty-third /ˈtwenti θɜ:d/ |
| bath /bɑ:θ / |
| think /θɪŋk/ |
| cloth /klɒθ/ |
|
King Arthur sat on his throne.
/kɪŋ ˈɑ:θə sæt ɒn ɪz θrəʊn/ |
|
I think this thing is too thin.
/ˈaɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ˈθɪŋ z tu: θɪn/ |
|
The bath is only thirty-three inches wide.
/ðə bɑ:θ s ˈəʊnli ˈθɜ:ti θri: ˈɪntʃɪz waɪd/ |
|
The thirty-three thieves
thought that they thrilled the throne
throughout Thursday.
/ðə ˈθɜ:ti θri: θi:vz ˈθɔ:t ðət ˈðeɪ θrɪld ðə θrəʊn θru:ˈaʊt ˈθɜ:zdi/ |
| this /ðɪs/ |
| other /ˈʌðə/ |
| smooth /smu:ð/ |
| then /ðen/ |
| teething /ˈti:ðɪŋ/ |
| clothe /kləʊð/ |
| rather /ˈrɑ:ðə/ |
| there /ðeə/ |
|
I breathe rather fast when I’m bathing.
/ˈaɪ bri:ð ˈrɑ:ðə fɑ:st wen aɪm ˈbeɪðɪŋ/ |
|
I’ll do this work here then, and that work there.
/aɪl də ðɪs ˈwɜ:k hɪə ðen ənd ðət ˈwɜ:k ðeə/ |
|
It was the coldest day of the year.
/ɪt wəz ðə ˈkəʊldɪst deɪ əv ðə jɜ:/ |
|
Don't bother to gather all the leaves and heather.
/dəʊnt ˈbɒðə tə ˈɡæðər ɔ:l ðə li:vz ənd ˈheðə/̩ |
|
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves
go through.
/ðeə ðəʊz ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈθɪŋkəz wə ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈhaʊ dɪd ði ˈʌðə θri: θi:vz ɡəʊ θru:/̩ |
| peace /pi:s/ |
| mercy /ˈmɜ:si/ |
| course /kɔ:s/ |
| centre /ˈsentə/ |
| castle /ˈkɑ:sl̩/ |
| romance /rəʊˈmæns/ |
| silly /ˈsɪli/ |
| fleece /fli:s/ |
|
Some say Suzan is silly, but Alice is sillier.
/səm ˈseɪ ˈsu:zn̩ z ˈsɪli bət ˈælɪs ɪz ˈsɪlɪə/ |
|
Ice in juice is nice.
/aɪs ɪn dʒu:s ɪz naɪs/ |
|
Six terrorists assassinated the prince's son.
/sɪks ˈterərɪsts əˈsæsɪneɪtɪd ðə ˈprɪnsəz sʌn/ |
|
Six sick hicks
nick six slick bricks
with picks and sticks.
/sɪks sɪk hɪks nɪk sɪks slɪk brɪks wɪð pɪks ənd stɪks/ |
| peas /pi:z/ |
| dizzy /ˈdɪzi/ |
| freeze /fri:z/ |
| zebra /ˈzebrə/ |
| crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ |
| eyes /aɪz/ |
| fleas /fli:z/ |
|
Zebras are like horses but striped.
/ˈzebrəz ə ˈlaɪk ˈhɔ:sɪz bət straɪpt/ |
|
Zoos are crazy places!
/zu:z ə ˈkreɪzi ˈpleɪsɪz / |
|
Rosa plays the xylophone outside.
/ˈrozə pleɪz ðə ˈzaɪləfəʊn ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ |
|
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
/ə ˈnɔɪzi nɔɪz əˈnɔɪz ən ˈɔɪstə/̩ |
|
Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees
the fleas.
/dəˈni:z ˈsi:z ðə fli:s dəˈni:z ˈsi:z ðə fli:z/̩ |
|
At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.
/ət li:st dəˈni:z kəd sni:z ənd fi:d ənd fri:z ðə fli:z/̩ |
| shin /ʃɪn/ |
| nation /ˈneɪʃn̩/ |
| wash /wɒʃ/ |
| shoot /ʃu:t/ |
| machine /məˈʃi:n/ |
| delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ |
| cash /kæʃ/ |
| station /ˈsteɪʃn̩/ |
| push /pʊʃ/ |
|
I wish the sun would shine like in Asia.
/ˈaɪ wɪʃ ðə sʌn wʊd ʃaɪn ˈlaɪk ɪn ˈeɪʃə/ |
|
The magician showed me the way to the station.
/ðə məˈdʒɪʃn̩ ʃəʊd mi: ðə ˈweɪ tə ðə ˈsteɪʃn/̩ |
|
She sells seashells on the seashore.
/ʃi selz ˈsi:ʃelz ɒn ðə ˈsi:ʃɔ:/ |
|
Shy Shelly says she shall
sew sheets.
/ʃaɪ ˈʃeli ˈsez ʃi ʃəl səʊ ʃi:ts/̩ |
| genre /ˈʒɑ:nrə/ |
| leisure /ˈleʒə/ |
| vision /ˈvɪʒn̩/ |
| massage /ˈmæsɑ:ʒ/ |
| usual /ˈju:ʒʊəl/ |
|
That television is unusual.
/ðət ˈtelɪˌvɪʒn̩ z ʌnˈju:ʒʊəl |
|
My pullover is beige and orange.
/maɪ ˈpʊləʊvə z beɪʒ ənd ˈɒrɪndʒ/ |
|
You must take some decisions.
/ju məst teɪk səm dɪˈsɪʒn̩z/̩ |
| help /help/ |
| behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ |
| how /ˈhaʊ/ |
| who /hu:/ |
| happy /ˈhæpi/ |
| heaven /ˈhevn̩/ |
| hip /hɪp/ |
| hunt /hʌnt/ |
|
Hallo, how are you? Hungry?
/həˈləʊ ˈhaʊ ə ju ˈhʌŋɡri / |
|
Are you hoping to stay at a hotel?
/ə ju ˈhəʊpɪŋ tə steɪ ət ə ˌhəʊˈtel / |
|
How high is that hill?
/ˈhaʊ haɪ z ðət hɪl / |
| chin /tʃɪn/ |
| lecture /ˈlektʃə/ |
| watch /wɒtʃ/ |
| choose /tʃu:z/ |
| kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ |
| teach /ti:tʃ/ |
| cheese /tʃi:z/ |
| future /ˈfju:tʃə/ |
|
He teaches Dutch.
/hi ˈti:tʃɪz dʌtʃ/ |
|
I like cheese, cherries and chips very much.
/ ˈaɪ ˈlaɪk tʃi:z ˈtʃerɪz ənd tʃɪps ˈveri ˈmʌtʃ/ |
|
There's a chicken in the kitchen.
/ ðeəz ə ˈtʃɪkɪn ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃɪn/ |
|
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
/ɪf ˈstu: tʃu:z ʃu:z ʃəd ˈstu: tʃu:z ðə ʃu:z hi tʃu:z/ |
| gin /dʒɪn/ |
| ledger /ˈledʒə/ |
| badge /bæʤ/ |
| generous /ˈdʒenərəs/ |
| adjacent /əˈdʒeɪsənt/ |
| college /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/ |
| conjunction /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn̩/ |
| bridge /brɪdʒ/ |
|
Germans are generally generous.
/ˈdʒɜ:mənz ə ˈdʒenrəli ˈdʒenərəs/ |
|
Just sit on the edge of the bridge.
/dʒʌst sɪt ɒn ði edʒ əv ðə brɪʤ/ |
|
A large majority voted for the judge.
/ə lɑ:dʒ məˈdʒɒrɪti ˈvəʊtɪd fə ðə dʒʌdʒ/ |
| met /met/ |
| simmer /ˈsɪmə/ |
| pam /pæm/ |
| month /mʌnθ/ |
| amber /ˈæmbə/ |
| album /ˈælbəm/ |
| bomb /bɒm/ |
| someone /ˈsʌmwʌn/ |
|
Mummy’s photo was in the album all the time.
/ˈməmiz ˈfəʊtəʊ wəz ɪn ði ˈælbəm ɔ:l ðə ˈtaɪm/ |
|
We’ll discuss it in the forum.
/wil dɪˈskʌs ɪt ɪn ðə ˈfɔ:rəm/ |
|
Now it's the month of May, it’s getting warm.
/naʊ ɪts ðə mʌnθ əv meɪ ɪts ˈɡetɪŋ wɔ:m/ |
| net /net/ |
| sinner /ˈsɪnə/ |
| pen /pen/ |
| never /ˈnevə/ |
| find /faɪnd/ |
| none /nʌn/ |
| know /nəʊ/ |
| ant /ænt/ |
| plan /plæn/ |
|
No, it’s never nice there.
/nəʊ ɪts ˈnevə naɪs ðeə/ |
|
No news is good news.
/ nəʊ nju:z ɪz ɡʊd nju:z / |
|
They found a nice new nanny for the baby.
/ˈðeɪ faʊnd ə naɪs nju: ˈnæni fə ðə ˈbeɪbi/ |
|
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
/naɪn naɪs naɪt ˈnɜ:sɪz ˈnɜ:sɪŋ ˈnaɪsli/ |
| singer /ˈsɪŋə/ |
| pink /pɪŋk/ |
| sink /sɪŋk/ |
| tongue /tʌŋ/ |
| uncle /ˈʌŋkl/ |
| hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ |
| angry /ˈæŋɡri/ |
| thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ |
|
I heard a loud bang, and someone singing a song.
/ˈaɪ hɜ:d ə laʊd bæŋ ənd ˈsʌmwʌn ˈsɪŋɪŋ ə sɒŋ/ |
|
I’m going to the bank.
/aɪm ˈɡəʊɪŋ tə ðə bæŋk/ |
|
The singer, when he was younger, broke his finger.
/ðə ˈsɪŋə wen hi wəz ˈjʌŋɡə brəʊk ɪz ˈfɪŋɡə/ |
| right /raɪt/ |
| bright /braɪt/ |
| staring /ˈsteərɪŋ/ |
| starring /ˈstɑ:rɪŋ/ |
| write /ˈraɪt/ |
| rhyme /raɪm/ |
| train /treɪn/ |
| tremble /ˈtrembl̩/ |
|
These recent songs are really surprising.
/ðiːz ˈriːsnt sɒŋz ə ˈrɪəli səˈpraɪzɪŋ/ |
|
Who wrote the lyrics?
/hu: rəʊt ðə ˈlɪrɪks / |
|
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
/rəˈbɜ:tə ræn rɪŋz əˈraʊnd ðə ˈrəʊmən ˈru:ɪnz/ |
| lamp /læmp/ |
| eleven /ɪˈlevn̩/ |
| tall /tɔ:l/ |
| lake /leɪk/ |
| already /ɔ:lˈredi/ |
| feel /fi:l/ |
| Lent /lent/ |
| fill /fɪl/ |
|
Lots of lakes are splendid for sailing.
/lɒts əv leɪks ə ˈsplendɪd fə ˈseɪlɪŋ/ |
|
Almost all animals are still
beautiful when they are old.
/ˈɔ:lməʊst ɔ:l ˈænɪml̩z ə stɪl ˈbju:təfl̩ wen ˈðeɪ ər əʊld/ |
|
One of the loveliest flowers
is called lily of
the valley.
/wʌn əv ðə ˈlʌvlɪɪst ˈflaʊəz ɪz kɔ:ld ˈlɪli əv ðə ˈvæli/ |
|
Lily ladles little
Letty's lentil soup.
/ˈlɪli ˈleɪdl̩z ˈlɪtl̩ ˈletiɪz ˈlentl̩ su:p/ |
| yellow /ˈjeləʊ/ |
| few /fju:/ |
| yes /jes/ |
| use /ˈju:s/ |
| new /nju:/ |
| yesterday /ˈjestədi/ |
| unusual /ʌnˈju:ʒʊəl/ |
| valuable /ˈvæljʊəbl̩/ |
|
Are you used to using
online newspapers?
/ə ju ˈju:st tə ˈju:zɪŋ ˈɒnˌlaɪn ˈnju:speɪpəz/ |
|
Is your friend a lawyer yet?
Yes, yesterday he was given a job for a
year in New York.
/ɪz jə frend ə ˈlɔ:jə jet jes ˈjestədi hi wəz ɡɪvn̩ ə dʒɒb ˈfɔ:ə jɜ:r ɪn nju: jɔ:k/ |
| what /ˈwɒt/ |
| quick /kwɪk/ |
| when /wen/ |
| window /ˈwɪndəʊ/ |
| while /waɪl/ |
| quite /kwaɪt/ |
| question /ˈkwestʃən/ |
| woman /ˈwʊmən/ |
|
This wet weather worries
me, I wonder when it will stop.
/ ðɪs wet ˈweðə ˈwʌrɪz mi: ˈaɪ ˈwʌndə wen ɪt wɪl stɒp/ |
|
The first sound in ‘wood’, ‘woman’, and ‘wool’
is the same as in ‘wed’, ‘women’ and ‘well’.
/ðə fɜ:st ˈsaʊnd ɪn wʊd ˈwʊmən ənd wʊl z ðə seɪm əz ɪn wed ˈwɪmɪn ənd wel/ |
|
Wise whales keep away from the windy
west coast.
/waɪz weɪlz ki:p əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈwɪ ndi westkəʊst/ |
|
While we were walking,
we were watching
window washers wash Washington's
windows with warm washing water.
/waɪl wi wə ˈwɔ:kɪŋ wi wə ˈwɒtʃɪŋ ˈwɪndəʊ ˈwɒʃəz wɒʃ ˈwɑ:ʃɪŋtənz ˈwɪndəʊz wɪð wɔ:m wɒʃ ˈwɔ:tə/ |