English has a wide variety of sounds, and some sounds may not correspond directly to specific letters. The table shows the common sounds but be informed that accents and pronunciations might or vary from region to region.
| Vowel Sound | Example Words |
|---|---|
| /i:/ | seat, meet, beet |
| /ษช/ | sit, bit, kitten |
| /e/ | say, way, they |
| /รฆ/ | cat, bat, sad |
| /ษ:/ | father, car, start |
| /ษ:/ | more, four, door |
| /ส/ | book, look, cook |
| /u:/ | boot, food, mood |
| /ษ/ | about, pencil, taken |
| /ษ/ | red, bed, said |
| /ส/ | cup, love, sun |
| /ษ/ | hot, not, dog |
| /aษช/ | fly, buy, sky |
| /aส/ | now, cow, how |
| /ษษช/ | boy, toy, enjoy |
| /eษช/ | day, way, they |
| /oส/ | go, no, so |
| /ju:/ | use, cute, music |
| /aส/ | house, mouse, about |
Next we have a table with some common consonant sounds and example words:
| Consonant Sound | Example Words |
|---|---|
| /p/ | pen, apple, stop |
| /b/ | book, table, rabbit |
| /t/ | cat, water, better |
| /d/ | dog, ladder, added |
| /k/ | car, kitchen, black |
| /g/ | go, dog, bigger |
| /f/ | fish, coffee, leaf |
| /v/ | very, seven, favorite |
| /s/ | sun, listen, classic |
| /z/ | zoo, easy, surprise |
| /ส/ | she, fish, nation |
| /ส/ | measure, vision, leisure |
| /h/ | house, help, behind |
| /m/ | meet, summer, remember |
| /n/ | not, funny, kitchen |
| /ล/ | song, king, running |
| /l/ | like, apple, table |
| /r/ | red, car, better |
| /w/ | we, window, away |
| /j/ | yes, yellow, enjoy |
| /ฮธ/ | think, tooth, author |
| /รฐ/ | this, weather, mother |
The tables above show some of the sounds in English that you should know about. I hope you learnt something.
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