English Language: Vowels (II)

 

                                                    

English Language: Vowels- II

    Dear readers, in the previous post we discussed vowels and their phonetic transcription. We learnt that there are 20 vowel sounds with 12 monophthongs and 8 diphthongs. In this post, let us learn about vowel sounds with examples. You can listen to vowel sounds and practise by clicking the link given against the examples. 

Vowels

i. Monophthongs / Pure Vowels

/ɪ/          - Kit       https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/kit?q=Kit

               - Pit        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pit?q=Pit

              

/ʊ/        - Book     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/book?q=Book

               - Cook   https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cook

 

/e/         - Pen     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pen?q=Pen

               - Hen     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hen

              

/æ/        - Can     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/can?q=Can

               - Fan      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fan?q=Fan

 

/ə/         - About https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/about?q=About

               - Ago     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ago?q=Ago

 

/˄/         - Cut      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cut?q=Cut

               - Nut      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nut?q=Nut

 

/ɒ/         - Dog     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dog?q=Dog

               - God     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/god?q=God

 

/uː/       - Food   https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/food?q=Food

               - Mood https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mood

 

/iː/         - Tea      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tea?q=Tea

               - Team  https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/team?q=Team

 

/ɜː/        - Bird     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bird?q=Bird

               - Girl      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/girl

 

/ɑː/       - Last     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/last?q=Last

               - Past     https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/past

              

/ɔː/        - Call      https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/call?q=Call

               - Caught https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/caught?q=Caught

        Dear readers, in the next post, let us learn about Diphthongs with examples. 

Regards, 

Author:

K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore-641 020