Search Useful English Practice Materials for Simple Vowels (AmE) These materials can be used as additional phonetic exercises for practicing simple vowel sounds (monophthongs) in frequently used words. The words in the list are grouped according to the vowel letter or letter combination representing the indicated sound. After sufficient practice of these exercises, you can mix the words and practice their pronunciation again. (You can listen to similar words in Listening for Vowels (AmE) in the section Phonetics.) The words in this material are grouped according to American pronunciation. Words with the sounds [æ], [a:], [o:], [o], [әr] may have different pronunciation in British English and American English. For example, the letter "a" in the words "dance, draft, last" is usually pronounced [æ] in AmE and [a:] in BrE; the letter "o" in "coffee, gone, loss" is pronounced [o:] or [o] in AmE and [o] in BrE. In AmE, [o] is a rather long sound colored as [a:]; in BrE, [o] is a short sound. (Some of the differences are described together with the spelling patterns of these vowel sounds in Spelling Patterns for Vowels in the section Writing.) Эти материалы можно использовать как дополнительные фонетические упражнения на простые гласные звуки (монофтонги) в часто употребляемых словах Слова в списке сгруппированы по гласной букве или сочетанию букв, передающих указанный звук. После достаточной практики на этих упражнениях, можно перемешать слова и снова упражняться в их произношении. (Вы можете прослушать похожие слова в материале для прослушивания Listening for Vowels (AmE) в разделе Phonetics.) Слова в данном материале сгруппированы согласно американскому произношению. Слова со звуками [æ], [a:], [o:], [o], [әr] могут иметь разное произношение в британском английском и американском английском. Например, буква "a" в словах "dance, draft, last" обычно произносится [æ] в AmE и [a:] в BrE; буква "o" в "coffee, gone, loss" произносится [o:] или [o] в AmE и [o] в BrE. В AmE, [o] довольно долгий звук, окрашенный как [a:]; в BrE, [o] краткий звук. (Некоторые различия описаны вместе с моделями написания этих гласных звуков в статье Spelling Patterns for Vowels в разделе Writing.) Vowel sounds in this material [i:], [i], [e], [æ], [a:], [o:], [o], [u:], [yu:], [u], [yu], [әr], [ә] Spelling examples: see – hit – red – cat – car – more – not – rule – use – book – fury – sir – but The sound [i:] as in SEE be – me – he – she – we – eve – these – theme – scene – scheme – Pete – Steve; compete – complete – delete – supreme – extreme – Chinese – Maltese – Japanese – Vietnamese; Egypt – equal – even – evening – evil – legal – detail – female – media – meter – Peter – secret – sequence – veto; recent – region – remake (n.) – regency – premium – previous – preview; recycle – rewrite (v.) – remake (v.) – reorganize – prepay – prewar – prehistoric; hero – zero – period – series – serious – serial – cereal; material – bacteria – criterion – superior – experience; bee – see – fee – free – tree – three – knee – feel – keen – seen – seem – feed – need – speed – cheese – sleeve; meet – feet – sleet – seek – peek – meek – week – deep – keep – sleep – steep – geese; agree – degree – proceed – succeed – trainee – refugee; employee; sea – tea – team – cream – clean – lead – read – deal – meal – leave – please – tease – breathe – easy; heat – meat – seat – peak – speak – weak – leak – leaf – leap – heap – teach – peach – peace – lease – least – feast – beast; release; piece – field – brief – chief – priest – siege – yield; achieve – believe – relieve – belief – relief; seize – ceiling – leisure; receive – deceive – perceive – receipt; ski – liter – pizza; machine – marine – police – casino – regime – naive – unique – technique; magazine; key – people – Aesop [i:] before final [r] here – mere – sphere – atmosphere; sincere – severe – interfere; beer – peer – cheer – sheer – steer – queer; career – engineer – pioneer – volunteer; fear – hear – ear – near – clear – rear – tear – dear – year – beard; appear – disappear; fierce – pierce – pier – tier; cashier Note: The sound [i:] before final [r] in words like "here, sincere, near, appear, cheer, engineer" usually has diphthongal character. Transcription symbols for this sound in American ESL materials may be [i:r], [ihr], [ir], [i:(ә)r], [iәr] Примечание: Звук [i:] перед конечным [r] в словах типа "here, sincere, near, appear, cheer, engineer" обычно имеет характер дифтонга. Символы транскрипции для этого звука в американских материалах ESL могут быть [i:r], [ihr], [ir], [i:(ә)r], [iәr] Note: In AmE, [i:] or [e] (usually [i:]) is pronounced in the word "leisure". (В AmE, [i:] или [e] (обычно [i:]) произносится в слове "leisure".) The sound [i] as in HIT hit – it – fit – bit – sit – quit – tip – dip – lip – lick – pick – sick – kiss – miss – this; did – kid – lid – rid – bid – rib – lib – pig – fig – dig – his – is – Liz – live – bridge; fist – list – mist – risk – disk – gift – drift – lift – stiff – fix – six – dish – fish – rich – witch; fill – kill – bill – swim – him – Tim – win – pin – pink – drink – sing – bring – rinse; finish – limit – visit – critic – liquid – river – dinner – idiot – city – pity – sister – history – distance – dizzy; consist – resist – admit – forbid – begin – ignore – inform – invite – disturb – dislike – mistake – mislead; cabin – habit – unit – justice – public – critical – stupid – foolish – terrible – active – primitive; running – stopping – talking – hitting – eating – living – leaving – growing – trying – doing; English – England – pretty; enough – ecology – emotion – equip – erase – expand – expect – become – because – before – decide – design – depart – deposit – despair – security; refer – regard – relax – remove – renew – repair – repay – repeat – reply – report – return – review; predict – prefer – prepare – present (v.) – pretend – prevent – presume – preliminary; actress – illness – madness – easiness – fruitless – bullet – pocket – rocket; classes – prizes – mixes – watches – bridges – added – loaded – painted – counted; symbol – lyrics – crystal – system – mystery – myth – sympathy – synonym – typical – pyramid; build – building – built – guilt – guilty – biscuit – circuit; busy – business – minute The sound [e] as in RED red – bed – bet – let – met – set – dress – mess – stress – yes – rest – test – chest – desk – deck – neck – peck; debt; bell – tell – sell – well – pen – men – rent – end – spend – leg – peg – help – self; bent – lent – sent – spent – went – kept – crept – slept – swept – wept – left – held – felt; berry – very – every – empty – better – letter – tender – central – mental – lesson – second – sentence – entrance – fellow – yellow; record (n.) – reference – register – residence – present (n.) – preference – prejudice – precious – prevalent; accept – connect – inspect – respect – impress – address – intend – invent – invest; embrace – employ – engage – enjoy – enlarge – enroll – escape – establish – estate; bread – dead – head – lead – read – spread – thread – sweat – threat – breath – death – health – wealth – dealt – meant – deaf; ready – steady – sweater – weather – leather – measure – pleasure – treasure – pleasant – heavy – jealous – breakfast – weapon; any – many; said – says; friend; leopard; bury; [e] before final [r] care – dare – bare – rare – share – spare – stare – scare; declare – compare – prepare; chair – fair – hair – air – affair – pair – stair; repair – despair; wear – swear – bear – pear – tear; there – where Note: The sound [e] before final [r] in words like "care, share, compare, air, repair, wear, bear" usually has diphthongal character [e(ә)r] Note: In AmE, initial "e" in words like "embrace, employ, engage, enjoy, escape, establish" is pronounced [e] or [i] The sound [æ] as in CAT bad – lad – sad – mad – had – glad – add – cab – lab – tab – bag – lag – flag – rag – drag – tag; cat – rat – sat – mat – cap – lap – map – tap – wrap – back – pack – lack – rack – sack – stack; catch – match – latch – batch – patch – cash – cache – clash – slash – dash – mash – rash – crash; ham – Pam – Sam – tram – tramp – camp – lamp – damp – stamp; lamb; fan – pan – Ann – Annie – Dan – tan – man – ban – plan – clan – ran – span; bank – tank – rank – frank – bang – hang – rang – sang – anger – angry – angle; land – hand – band – sand – stand – ant – pant – can't; command – demand; dance – chance – glance – fancy – answer – dancer – cancel – castle; class – glass – grass – grasp – task – ask – last – fast – past – master – pass – mass – bath – path – jazz; disaster; craft – draft – raft – after – staff; half – calf – halves – calves; talent – family – travel – panel – manner – matter – grammar – camel – camera – carry – marry; fashion – fashionable – rational – national – natural – sanity – vanity; happy – happen – apple – battle – cattle – rattle – candle – handle; example; tact – fact – act – action – actor – accident – access – actually; aunt – laugh – draught (draft) Note: In AmE, "a" in words like "ask, after, class, dance, demand, last, path, castle" may be pronounced [a:] in some regions The sound [a:] as in CAR car – are – far – bar – star – card – hard – garden – pardon – yard – guard; regard; harm – charm – farm – farmer – arm – army – argue – large – charge – margin; start – art – artist – cart – part – party – Marty; depart – apart – compartment; dark – bark – lark – park – parking – spark – mark – market – marker – march; father – calm – palm – balm – drama – bravo – spa; mirage – garage – massage – facade; ensemble; heart – hearth; sergeant The sound [o:] as in MORE core – more – bore – shore – sore – store – tore; before – explore – ignore; cord – lord – sword – order – port – sort – sport – short – fork – pork – force – horse – north – porch – torch; form – norm – normal – storm – born – torn – horn – corn – corner; boring – story – sorry – glory – borrow – sorrow – morning – forum – forest – orange; tomorrow; law – saw – draw – crawl – lawn – dawn – awful – awkward – hawk; call – hall – ball – tall – wall – all – always – false – salt – halt; walk – talk – chalk; cause – pause – sauce – Saul – Paul – haul – launch – laundry – sausage; because; August – autumn – audio – audience – auto – author – fraud – fault – vault; quart – quartz – quarter – quartet – quarrel; caught – taught – daughter – slaughter; bought – brought – fought – ought – thought – cough; four – pour – course – source – court; of course; door – floor – roar – board – broad; war – warm – warn – warning – ward – warden – dwarf; award – reward; water – want – wash – swan; long – wrong – song – gone – boss – loss – lost – cost – dog – fog – log; coffee – off – soft – often – office – offer Note: In AmE, [o:] or [o] is pronounced in words like "gone, coffee, office, borrow, orange, sorry, dog, song, loss, lost, quarrel, want, wash, water" Note: In AmE, "o" before "r" in some words, e.g., "port, force, more", may be pronounced [ou] (as in "no") The sound [o] as in NOT hot – lot – not – got – bottle – bottom – body – model – modern; forgot – forgotten; lock – clock– cock – mock – rock – sock – doctor – document; top – stop – pop – popular – job – rob – robber – hobby – lobby; profit – problem – project (n.) – proper – proverb – prompt; college – collar – dollar – doll – follow – hollow – holiday; Tom – mom – comment – common – comedy – compliment; bomb; John – bond – fond – pond – concert – conference – monitor – monster; respond – beyond; possible – positive – probably – bother – honest – hostel – hostage; object (n.) – occupy – odd – option – optimist – optical; squad – squash – squander – quality – quantity – quantum; waffle – wand – wander – wasp – watch – what – swamp – swallow The sound [u:] as in RULE rude – rule – rumor – ruin – brutal – truth – June – junior – Julia – Luke – Lucy – lunatic – luminous – parachute; do – two – who – whom – whose – lose – move – prove – tomb – shoe; improve; too – zoo – food – mood – cool – school – fool – foolish – pool – tool – boom – room – groom – moon – soon – choose – soothe; boot– root – shoot – booth – tooth – boost – rooster – goose – loose – proof – roof; group – soup – wound – coupon – route – routine – souvenir – boulevard – through; flew – blew – crew – drew – Jew – jewel; blue – glue – clue – true – cruel – fluent; fruit – juice – juicy – cruise – bruise; rheumatism; rheumatic – leukemia – lieutenant Note: In AmE, [u:] or [u] is pronounced in "room, broom, groom, roof, root, soot, hoof, coop, boulevard" Note: In AmE, [u:] or [yu:] (usually [u:]) is pronounced after "d, n, s, t" in words like these: duty – due – dew – dual – dude – dune – duplicate; produce (v.) – reduce; new – newspaper – nude – nuclear – numeral – neutral; nutrition; neurosis – neurotic; suit – sue – Susan – super – supermarket; consume – consumer – pursue; tube – tune – tuna – tulip – tumor – student – studio – stupid – stew – stewardess The sound [yu:] as in USE use – useful – usual – union – unit; unite – unique – university – utility; fuse – future – cute – cube – huge – humor – human – fuel; confuse – refuse; music – mute – mutual – menu – pupil; amuse – community – computer – dispute – museum; few – view – mew – ewe – nephew; feud – feudal – feudalism; beauty – beautiful; you – youth – youthful; yule – yuletide Note: In AmE, [u:] or [yu:] (usually [u:]) is pronounced after "d, n, s, t" in words like "duty, due, produce, new, newspaper, neutral, suit, super, consumer, tune, tulip, student, stupid" The sound [u] as in BOOK book – cook – hook – look – shook – took – brook – crook; good – hood – stood – wood – foot – wool – woolen; childhood – brotherhood – motherhood – neighborhood; put – push – pull – full – bull – bush; bullet – bushel – butcher – pudding – sugar – cushion; plural – rural – jury – during – durable; duration – endurance – insurance; could – should – would; tourist – tourism; woman – wolf – wolves; poor – moor – tour – sure – lure; assure – endure – insure Note: The sound [u] before final [r] as in "poor, tour, sure, lure, endure, assure, insure" usually has diphthongal character [u(ә)r] Note: In AmE, [u:] or [u] is pronounced in "room, broom, groom, roof, root, soot, hoof, coop, boulevard" Note: In AmE, [u] or [yu] (usually [u]) is pronounced after "d" in "during, durable, duration, endurance" The sound [yu] as in FURY fury – furious – curious – purity – bureau – bureaucrat; curiosity; Ural – Uranus – urine – urinate; urology – uranium; Europe – euro; eureka – European; cure – pure; secure – obscure Note: The sound [yu] before final [r] as in "cure, pure, secure, obscure" usually has diphthongal character [yu(ә)r] The sound [әr] as in SIR her – err – were – herb – verb – verse – serve – nerve – nervous – certain; perk – clerk – jerk – perch – merge – verge – term; emerge – determine; perfect – person – perfume – merchant – kerchief – kernel; perhaps – perform – permit – perceive – percent; concern – prefer – reserve; better – later – mister – teacher – buyer – never – cover – finger – differ – paper – powder; heard – learn – search – pearl – early – earn – earth; fur – purr – burn – turn – curb – curse – nurse – purse – church – urge – hurt – burst; hurry – current – currency – curtain – burden – furnish – further – murder – murmur – purple – purpose – turkey – urgent – urban; return – disturb – occur; lecture – nature – picture – furniture – pressure – pleasure – measure; fir – sir – stir – bird – shirt – skirt – firm – girl – circle – circus – circuit – dirty – third – thirty – first – thirsty; word – work – worm – worry – worse – worst – worth – world; favor – humor – visitor – doctor – terror – comfort – effort; forget – forgive; courage – courtesy – journey – journal – glamour; amateur – chauffeur; liqueur; grammar – dollar – sugar – beggar – burglar – solar – vulgar – similar – popular; coward – steward – backward – forward Note: The word "amateur" has several variants of pronunciation The neutral sound [ә] as in BUT but – cut – nut – bud – mud – bus – plus – fuss – buzz – must – dust – just – rust – trust; hush – rush – brush – blush – plush – much – such – cuff – stuff – buff – puff; duck – luck – truck – rug – bug – lug – mug – cup – cub – club – rub – tub; fun – bun – gun – nun – pun – run – sun – dull – gull – hull – null – skull – gulf – gulp; hum – rum – drum – plum – slum; dumb – numb – thumb – plumb – plumber; jump – jumper – dump – dumpling – lump – plump – pump; lucky – funny – ugly – under – supper – suddenly – study – punish – publish – bundle – jungle – stumble; unhappy – unreal – undo – understand – submit – suggest – supply – support; helpful – skillful – difficult – minus – bonus; adult – consult – result; about – afraid – again – ago – aloud – around – aside – asleep – away – alarm – alert – accept – advise – arrive – assume – avoid; central – metal – signal – human – urban – constant – distant – instant – likable – portable – cinema – opera – soda; assistant – consultant – official – musician – technician – comedian; republican; come – some – son – ton – done – won – one – tongue – glove – love – dove; honey – money – mother – brother – other – onion – oven – dozen – color – company – wonder; melody – memory – history – lesson – person – button – custom – freedom – wisdom – random – ransom; correct – collect – consult – contain – complain – observe – obtain – opinion; blood, flood; rough – tough – touch – country – cousin – couple – double – trouble – young – famous – jealous; gallery – operate – tolerate – liberal – golden – often – darken – system – agent – different – difference – payment – instrument; terrible – horrible – possible – festival – animal – family; station – nation – mention – fashion – mission – vision – question; attention – production – promotion – reaction – tradition Note: The following transcription symbols are generally used for the neutral sound in American ESL materials: 1. [ʌ] (caret) in stressed syllables (fun, son) and [ә] (schwa) in unstressed syllables (about, lesson); 2. [ә] (schwa) in both stressed and unstressed syllables Примечание: Следующие символы транскрипции обычно используются для нейтрального звука в американских материалах ESL: 1. [ʌ] (caret) в ударных слогах (fun, son) и [ә] (schwa) в неударных слогах (about, lesson); 2. [ә] (schwa) и в ударных, и в неударных слогах © 20072016 UsefulEnglish.ru | RSS | Site Map | About