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Phonetic alphabet 12

stress When we speak, we pronounce some words and parts of words
higher and louder: we stress them. Example: There’s a'man in the
“garden.
subject a noun or pronoun that comes before the verb in an affirmative
sentence. It often says who or what does an action. Example: Helen
broke another glass today. See also direct object.
subordinate clause see main clause.
superlative a form like o/dest, fastest, most intelligent.
tense am going, went, will go, have gone are tenses of the verb go.
third person he, him, his, they, goes are third person forms.
verb a word like ask, play, wake, be, can. Many verbs refer to actions
or states.

Phonetic alphabet

Vowels and diphthongs (double vowels)
i: seat /si:t/, feel /fi:l/ 3: turn /ta:n/, word /ws:d/
1 sit/sit/, in An/ a another/a‘nada(r)/
e set/set/, any /eni/ et take /teik/, wait Aweit/
z sat/szet/, match /meet{/ ai mine/main/, light /lart/
a: march /ma:t)/, after/a:fta(ry a1 oil /oil/, boy /bor/
v pot/pot/, gone/gon/ au no/nau/, open /‘aupan/
9: port /pa:t/, Jaw /lo:/ au house /haus/, now/nau/
vu good/gud/, could /kud/ 1a hear/hia(r)/, deer /dia(r)/
u: food /fu:d/, group /gru:p/ ea where/wea(r)/, air/ea(r)/
A much/matf/, front /frant/ va tour/tua(r)/
Consonants
Pp pull/pul/, cup /kap/ tf cheap /tfi:p/, catch /keet{/
b- bull /bul/, rob /rob/ dz jail /dzerl/, bridge /pnda/
f ferry /fen/, cough /kof/ k_ king /kin/, case /kets/
vvery/'vert/, tive /iv/ g g0/gau/, rug/rag/
8 think /@1nk/, bath /ba:6/ m_ my/mat/, come /kam/
6 though /dau/, with /wid/ n no/nau/, on/on/
t take /teik/, set/set/ Nn sing/sin/, finger /‘finga(r)/
d= day /det/, red /red/ | fove /lav/, hole /haul/
S sing/sin/, rice /rais/ r round /raund/, carry /‘keen/
Z z00/zu:/, days /deiz/ ws well /wel/
J show /fau/, wish Ani f/ } young /jan/
3 pleasure /‘pleza(r)/ h_ house /haus/

‘ shows which part of a word is stressed. Example: /‘limit/.