Phonetic
Phonetic
Minimal pairs
Minimal pairs Words - Phoneme Minimal Pairs Words - Phoneme Minimal Pairs Words - Phoneme
/əʊ/ - /aʊ/ know now /f/ - /v/ fan van /v/ - /w/ vow wow
/ɒ/ - /ɔ:/ cot caught /f/ - /h/ fat hat /t/ - /d/ to do
/æ/ - /ɑ:/ had hard /f/ - /θ/ free three /k/ - /g/ came game
/ɑ:/ - /ɜ:/ fast first /s/ - /θ/ sink think /f/ - /p/ fast past
/æ/ - /e/ bad bed /ð/ - /z/ clothe - close /k/ - /g/ back bag
/ɒ/ - /əʊ/ not note /ʤ/ - /z/ page pays /m/ - /n/ am an
/əʊ/ - /ɔ:/ so saw /d/ - /ʤ/ bad badge /t/ - /d/ hat had
/æ/ - /ʌ/ bat but /f/ - /p/ beef - beep /s/ - /z/ bus buzz
/e/ - /eɪ/ wet wait /kw/ - /k/ quick kick /ŋk/ and /ŋ/ think thing
/e/ - /ɪ/ desk disk /tʃ/ - /dʒ/ cheap jeep /ʧ/ - /t/ catch cat
/ɪ/ - /i:/ sit seat /tʃ/ - /ʃ/ chair share /s/ - /ʃ/ sock - shock
/b/ - /v/ ban – van /d/ - /ð/ dough though /h/ - /r/ hat rat
/b/ - /p/ big - pig /t/ - /θ/ tree three /g/ - /w/ get - wet
/n/ - /ŋ/ thin thing /ʤ/ - /j/ jaw your /r/ - /w/ rich which
/l/ - /r/ alive arrive
6. /ʃ/ sh, ti, ss, ci, ch 14. /ʒ/ si, s, g 22. /e/ e, ea, (ay, a, ai, ie)
she, ambitious
7. /tʃ/ ch, t, tch 15. /i:/ ee, ea, ie, ei 23. /əʊ/ o, ow, oa, ou(gh), (oe)
church, lecture, catch
naked (id) /ˈneɪkɪd/ wretched (id) /ˈretʃɪd/ blessed (t) /ˈblest/ crooked (id) /ˈkrʊkɪd/
wicked (id) /ˈwɪkɪd/ rugged (id) /ˈrʌɡɪd/ cursed (t) /kɜːst/ crooked (t) /ˈkrʊkt/
beloved (d) /bɪˈlʌvd/ ragged (id) /ˈræɡɪd/ cursed (id) /ˈkɜːsɪd/ used (t) /juːst/
sacred (id) /ˈseɪkrɪd/ dogged (id) /ˈdɒɡɪd/ crabbed (id) /ˈkræbɪd/ used (d) /juːsd/
hatred (id) /ˈheɪtrɪd/ blessed (id) /ˈblesɪd/ crabbed (d) /kræbd/ aged (id) /ˈeɪdʒɪd/
4. Assimilation
Alveolar /t, d, n/ + Bilabial /m, b, p/ -> bilabial
/t/ + /m, b, p/ => /p/
/d/ + /m, b, p/ => /b/
/n/ + /m, b, p/ => /m/