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English Syllabus Summaries

Here’s the updated table with the relevant letters highlighted in the examples:

Category Phonemes Examples Notes

Monophthongs Pure vowel sounds

Short Vowels /ɪ/ bit, sit

/e/ bet, met

/æ/ bat, cat

/ʌ/ cut, luck

/ɒ/ pot, lot (British English only)

/ʊ/ put, foot

/ə/ (Schwa) about, sofa Weak/unstressed syllables

Long Vowels /iː/ see, meat Tense vowel

/ɑː/ car, father

/ɔː/ law, saw

/uː/ blue, too

/ɜː/ her, bird

Diphthongs Gliding from one vowel to


another

Closing /eɪ/ say, play Ends with a high vowel (/ɪ/


or /ʊ/)

/aɪ/ my, sight

/ɔɪ/ boy, toy

/əʊ/ (BrE) /oʊ/ go, show


(AmE)

/aʊ/ now, cow

Centering /ɪə/ here, dear Common in British English

/eə/ care, air

/ʊə/ tour, pure Rare in Modern English

Consonant Speech sounds made with


Sounds obstruction

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Category Phonemes Examples Notes

Plosives /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, pen, bat, top, dog, cat, Complete closure of airflow
/g/ go

Fricatives /f/, /v/, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, fish, van, think, this, see, Narrowing airflow
/z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ zoo, ship, measure

Affricates /tʃ/, /dʒ/ church, judge Plosive + Fricative


combination

Nasals /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ man, no, sing Airflow through the nose

Approximants /r/, /j/, /w/ red, yes, we Close approximation of


articulators

Lateral /l/ leg, ball Air flows along the sides of


Approximant the tongue

Glottal /h/ hat, happy Produced at the glottis

This highlights the specific letters in each example where the sound is applied. Let me know
if you need further refinements!

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