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Phonemic Pronunciation

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Given a word in phonemic form, students must pronounce it in British English: For example /'fəʊn/ = "phone"

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/ə'baʊt/

about

10

/ə'bʌv/

above

10

/ə'freɪd/

afraid

10

/'eɪdʒ/

age

20

/ə'gəʊ/

ago

20

/'ɑ:nsə/

answer

15

/'ɔ:təm/

autumn

15

/'beɪbɪ/

baby

15

/'bɑ:skɪt/

basket

15

/'bju:təfʊl/

beautiful

15

/bɪ'heɪv/

behave

15

/bɪ'saɪdz/

besides

15

/'bɜ:θdeɪ/

birthday

15

/'blʌd/

blood

15

/'bɒdɪ/

body

20

/'brɑ:ntʃ/

branch

20

/'bri:ð/

breathe

20

/'brʌðə/

brother

15

/'bɪznəs/

business

20

/'keɪk/

cake

20

/'kɑ:/

car

10

/'keɪs/

case

10

/'tʃeə/

chair

20

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/'tʃi:z/

cheese

20

/'tʃu:z/

choose

20

/'kɒfɪ/

coffee

20

/'kʌmfətəbəl/

comfortable

25

/kəm'pju:tə/

computer

25

/kən'trəʊl/

control

20

/kən'teɪn/

contain

15

/'kraɪ/

cry

10

/'dɑ:ns/

dance

10

/'deɪndʒərəs/

dangerous

20

/'dɔ:tə/

daughter

25

/'di:p/

deep

10

/'drɔ:/

draw

10

/dɪ'veləp/

develop

10

/'dɪfrənt/

different

10

/'i:tʃ/

each

10

/'i:st/

east

10

/'eɪt/

eight

15

/'elɪfənt/

elephant

20

/'entrəns/

entrance

20

/ɪ'vent/

event

20

/ɪk'stri:mlɪ/

extremely

25

/'aɪ/

eye

10

/'feɪs/

face

15

/'fæməlɪ/

family

20

/'fləʊt/

float

20

/'fɪə/

fear

20

/'fu:d/

food

10

/'fɒrən/

foreign

20

/'fɜ:nɪtʃə/

furniture

20

/'dʒenərəl/

general

20

/'grændˌfɑ:ðə/

grandfather

25

/'grəʊ/

grow

10

/'hɒlədeɪ/

holiday

20

/'hɔ:s/

horse

10

/'hʌrɪ/

hurry

20

/ɪn'vaɪt/

invite

10

/'aɪlənd/

island

20

/'dʒelɪ/

jelly

20

/'dʒu:s/

juice

20

/'kɪŋ/

king

15

/'ni:/

knee

20

/'naɪf/

knife

20

/'nəʊ/

know

15

/'lædə/

ladder

15

/'lɑ:f/

laugh

20

/'leɪzɪ/

lazy

20

/'laɪ/

lie

10

/'laɪf/

life

20

/'lʊk/

look

20

/'lu:z/

lose

20

/'lʌv/

love

15

/'lʌk/

luck

20

/mə'ʃi:n/

machine

20

/'mæn/

man

15

/'menɪ/

many

15

/'mi:n/

mean

15

/'maɪnd/

mind

20

/'mɒdən/

modern

15

/'mʌnɪ/

money

20

/'məʊst/

most

20

/'mu:v/

move

15

/'maɪ/

my

15

/'neɪʃən/

nation

20

/'neɪbə/

neighbour

20

/'nju:z/

news

10

/'nekst/

next

10

/'nəʊ/

no

10

/'nəʊz/

nose

20

/'naʊ/

now

15

/'əʊʃən/

ocean

20

/'ɒv/

of

15

/'ɒf/

off

15

/'ɔɪl/

oil

10

/'ɔ:/

or

15

/'ɒrɪndʒ/

orange

20

/'ʌðə/

other

20

/'əʊvə/

over

15

/'pi:pəl/

people

20

/'pɜ:sən/

person

15

/'fəʊtəgrɑ:f/

photograph

20

/'pɪktʃə/

picture

20

/'pli:z/

please

20

/pə'li:s/

police

15

/pə'laɪt/

polite

20

/pə'teɪtəʊ/

potato

20

/'paʊə/

power

20

/'prɪtɪ/

pretty

15

/'prɪns/

prince

15

/'pju:pəl/

pupil

20

/'kwestʃən/

question

20

/'kwaɪət/

quiet

20

/'kwaɪt/

quite

20

/rɪ'si:v/

receive

20

/rɪ'peə/

repair

20

/'restərɒŋ/

restaurant

20

/'raɪs/

rice

15

/'raɪd/

ride

15

/'raɪt/

right

10

/'seɪf/

safe

10

/'ʃi:/

she

10

/'skɜ:t/

skirt

10

/'sʌmwʌn/

someone

10

/'sɒrɪ/

sorry

15

/'speʃəl/

special

10

/'steɪʃən/

station

10

/'strʌktʃə/

structure

25

/'ʃʊgə/

sugar

20

/sə'pɔ:t/

support

20

/'sɔ:d/

sword

20

/'tæksɪ/

taxi

15

/'terəbəl/

terrible

10

/'ðæt/

that

15

/'ðen/

then

10

/'θɪk/

thick

15

/'θɪŋ/

thing

20

/'ðɪs/

this

15

/'θri:/

three

10

/'tʌtʃ/

touch

20

/'ʌndə/

under

15

/'ju:z/

use

15

/'ju:ʒəl/

usual

10

/'vɔɪs/

voice

10

/'wɒtʃ/

watch

20

/'weə/

where

10

/'wɪtʃ/

which

10

/'waɪl/

while

15

/'wɪʃ/

wish

20

/'wɪð/

with

20

/'wɜ:ld/

world

20

/'jɪə/

year

20

/'jet/

yet

20

/'jɔ:/

your

20

/'zu:/

zoo

10

/'zɪərəʊ/

zero

20

/'rɒŋ/

wrong

20

/'hu:/

who

15