INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

IPA KEY WORDS

fat, lap car, father, lot, top ape, date ten, let even, meet is, hit

a e

i o u

horn, fork go, tone

book, moor
tool, troop

up, cut

ago, agent, sanity, comply, focus fur, turn

Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

IPA KEY WORDS
b d g h v z l m n w r j bed, dub did, had get, dog he, ahead vat, have then, father zebra, haze azure, leisure joy, jump let, ball met, trim not, ton ring, drink will, always red, dear yet, yard
Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary

IPA KEY WORDS p t k f s put, tap top, hat kill, bake fall, off thin, truth sell, pass she, dash chin, arch

IPA KEY WORDS

bite, mile
oil, boy

a out, doubt

WHY PHONEMIC SYMBOLS?

English spelling is not a reliable guide to pronunciation because: some letters have more than one sound sometimes letters are not pronounced at all the same sounds may be represented by different letters

ASSIGNMENT
Enumerate words that will prove that English spelling is not a reliable guide to pronunciation.

*Note: give 5 words per bullet