Definition of sound

3. ENGLISH PHONEMES

3.1. MONOTHONGS AND THEIR PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

SYMBOLS            APPROX. SCHEME            KEY WORDS

1.                                      ee                           been, people, machine

2.                                        e                           pin, babies, pretty, build 

3.                                       eh                         hen, bread, many, bury,

4.                                     eh                         cat, cattle, man, panic,

5.                                       ah                         cut, touch, blood, son,

6.                                      aah                        car, heart, last, park,

7.                                      or                          lock, squash, gone,

8.                                      oor                        torn, raw, court, walk,

9.                                       uh                         put, wolf, good, would,

10.                                    uuh                       food, who, group, true,

11.                                   ehr                        girl, bird, word, nurse,

12.                                     eh                         adjust, colour, mother,