In this blog, you will learn some pronunciation rules about the English alphabet
remember in English all rules are not fixed there were some exceptions also
there are many English dialects also there are differences between them for example between RP (/ɑː/) and American (/æ/) pronunciations of words like bath and ask, although most native British English speakers do, in fact, pronounce them /æ/.
we have mentioned here as per standard academic English which is very close to British pronunciation
Pronunciation of the letter "A"
A = eɪ
As /æ/
- use A as /æ/ before final consonants: am - and - at - back - bad - bag - bat - cat - fan - ham - hand - land - man - map - sand - stand
- use A as /æ/ before double consonant or "ck": attack - battle - carry - cattle - channel - gallery - grammar - happen - happy - jacket - passenger - traffic
- use A as /æ/ before single consonant: a’verage - b'alance - damage - family - have - January - manage - national - natural - value
- other: absolutely - actually - angry - aspect - capture - contract - factor - handle - transport
As /ɑː/
- before f, '’s and th
- before final consonants: ask - bath - half - last - past - path - staff - task before double consonant: giraffe - staffer other: basket - pastor - rather
- before n: answer - can’t - France - implant
A as /ɑː/ in General american
- calm - facade - father - koala - lama - llama - nuance - palm - spa
- before r: are - art - car - card - carpet - dark - far - garden - large - market - park - part - scar - scarf - start
As /eɪ/
one very important concept to learn in English pronunciation is Magic "E"
- with magic e: ache - age - bake - blame - brake - cake - date - escape - fake - game - gate - hake - lake - late - male - make - name - pale - plate - sale - same - sane - shake - snake - stale - state - take - trade - wake - whale
- before single consonant: behaviorAmE - behaviourBrE - education - information - label - nature - paper - patient
- Other: able - ancient - arrange - change - fragrance/ˈfreɪɡrəns/ - range - strange - table
As /ɔ:/
- before final "ll": all - ball - call - fall - hall - mall - small - stall - tall - wall
- before /l/: already - also - almost - although - always - bald
- after /w/: quarter - quartz - swarm - thwart - war - warble - ward - warm - warn - water
- “alk” ending: balk - caulk - chalk - stalk - talk - walk
- as /ɔː/: draw - law - raw - saw
- "awy" as /ɔːj/ or /ɔɪ/: lawyer /ˈlɔːjər, ˈlɔɪər/
As /ə/ "Schwa"
- weak forms: a - am - can - shall - than
- at beginning
- verbs: acquire - admire - afford - agree - allow - appeal - appear - approach - arise - arrive
- nouns: accord - account - amount - appeal - approach
- other: about - above - across - again - against - ago - alone - among - another - around - available - away
- at end: Africa - African - America - American - camera - China - data - extra - human - idea - India - Indonesia - legal - local- organ - several - woman
- as part of suffix -able: capable - comfortable - likableAmE BrE - likeableBrE probable - suitable - variable
- as part of suffix -ate /ə/ or /ɪ/: chocolate - climate - fortunate - immediate - private
- as part of ative: tentative - alternative - imperative - conservative
- other: Canada - company - organise - relative
Pronunciation of the letter "B"
B= /bi:/
The letter B,
lower case b (pronounced /biː/)
Sometime exceptionally
"b" can be silent.
bomb - climb /klaɪm/
- comb /kəʊm/ - crumb - debt - debtor - doubt - dumb - lamb - limb - numb -
plumber - subpoena /səˈpiːnə/ - subtle - thumb - tomb /tuːm/ - womb /wuːm/
Pronunciation of the letter "C"
letter c can be pronounced in two way
The first-way c as /k/
i.e c + (a,o,u) for example call , cat, can, come,cut
when c is at the end of a word it is also pronounced as /k/ like basic, music
C + (consonant) is pronounce as quick /k/ that create c + consonant cluster
The first-way c as /s/ or /ʃ /
if the letter C is before the letter i,e, or y then it is pronounced as /s/
i.e. C + ( i,e,y) for example cyclone ,cycle ,centre,ice ,nice ,rice ,city
/ʃ / special, same,
C+ two or more vowel letters create /ʃ / like an ocean, special, precious
* English is a language there are many exceptions your should always double-check with a dictionary
/s/ sit /ʃ / shit
practice with these words electricity , electrical , electrician
Pronunciation of the letter "D"
D = /di:/
D can be pronounced differently depending on where is it appearing in the sentences
Beginning
normally D has a strong /d/ sound at the beginning of a word
Middle
at the middle of a word also /d/ sound
End
at the end of the world it is little/slightly softer like study
D is pronounced as /t/ in the past tense, in all regular verbs end in a voiceless consonant sound
Ch, F, K, P, S, Sh, T, and Th (as in "thing")
kicked, wished, helped
when ends with t or d it is pronounced as /id/ or /ud / /id/ is a widely accepted use where e as /i/ ex. wanted
some of the words d pronounced as /dʒ/ like.. soldier
for words containing dg: edge, ledge, bridge , badge,
for words containing dj: adjust
for words containing du: education, individual
in some words when d is middle in two consonants it is usually silent like handsome, sandwich
Pronunciation of the letter "E"
e as /i:/ long sound of e
when generally E + consonant + E create a long e sound
when two ee letters together in words also create a long e sound
when ea comes in some word it creates a long e sound like jeans, teacher, meat
when ei comes in some words it creates long a long e sound like protein, ceiling
when ei comes in some words it creates long a long e sound like piece, briefcase,belive
e as /e/
word end with e + consonant we pronounce e as /e/ like get,set,met,bet
word end with e + consonant + vowel we pronounce e as /e/ like exit,never, level
words with e+the we pronounce e as /e/ like wether, together
words with ea we pronounce e as /e/ for example read (past), weather,head, dead
e as /ɜː/ long sound
word end with er we pronounce e as /ɜː/ like her were, person, verb, refer
word end with ear we pronounce e as /ɜː/ like earth, learn, early, search
some time with eur like sboteur
e as /ɪə/ double vowel
word with ea+r we pronounce e as /ɪə/ like hear, near, fear, fear
in some words, with ea we pronounce e as /ɪə/ like the idea, really
in some words, with ee we pronounce e as /ɪə/ beer, career, engineer,
in some words, with er,eo and ei we pronounce e as /ɪə/ hero, serious, era, weird, theory
the magic of E
her /hɜː/ here /hɪə/
v+e their e will silent
car /kɑː/ care /keə/
hop /hɒp/ hope /həʊp/
quit /kwɪt/ quite /kwaɪt /
e as /ɪ/ short vowel
English, England, Pretty
e + n/m + other
emotion, enough, eleven
e as /ə/
some times e can be pronounced as /ə/ words ending with en, ent
e as /eɪ/ with ei ,ey ,eigh
weight, freight, vein, they, grey, hey, prey, obey,
(pate and cafe )
some times ei , ey and eight are pronounced as /aI/ like nice, eye
e as /eə/ with ere, ear like there, where, bear, pear, wear,
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