Pronunciation

Rules Version 2

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p, b k, g t, d, ch h, l

m, n s, th, w gh vowel + r

A C E G I K

ph
Q S T U W z

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()Syllables
))Word Stress

()Sentence Stress

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..

Consonant Vowels

a e
i o
u
: y ()Semi-vowel

:
sh ..
th
ch ""
ph ..

..
h w ..wh
k n

()

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)

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y ( )Semi-vowel



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( mt( meat ( mt( meet
.

read (rd( read
(rd( read

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()Homophones

ere heir air bin been

( I'll )I will isle aisle bierbeer
awl all buryberry
aloud allowed birthberth

buildbilled
alter altar
bitebight
auntant byte
eightate blueblew
balebail bore boar
bawlball boredboard
bombbalm border boarder
bearbare borneborn
bassbase bowbough
beech beach bowl boll
beetbeat buoy boy
bee be

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()Homophones

braise cereal
braze serial
breakbrake cheepcheap
bredbread chequecheck
bridle bridal Czech
buttbut choosechews
bye bybuy coralchoral
cashcache , site sightcite
caulcall
capitolcapital clueclew
clime climb
castecast clothesclose
seed cede coursecoarse
sellcell coin coign
censer, censor kernelcolonel
sensor
complement
scent sentcent compliment


corpscore

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()Homophones

counsel council farefair

cozen cousin phasefaze
creek creak feetfeat
coocoup fined find
kerb curb flareflair
current currant fur fir
damndam fleeflea
deer dear flue flu flew
dissent descent flower flour
due dodew four fore for

discrete discreet fourth forth
doughdoe fowlfoul
dundone gate gait
urn earn guilt gilt
feint faint gorilla
guerilla

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()Homophones

greatgrate joulejewel
grizzlygrisly quaykey
grown groan needknead
halehail new knew
hare hair nightknight
haulhall not knot
heart hart no know
herd heard laidlade
here hear lamb lam
he'd =he would heed led vlead n
hymn him leekleak

lienlean
hire higher
lesson lessen
wholehole
lyre liar
horse hoarse
lone loan
our hour
it's it is its

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()Homophones

maid made morning
male mail mourning
mane main knead need
gnu knew new
maul mall

mayor mare nun none
mete meet meat knot not
mien mean ore or oar
mite might won one
minor miner pale pail
pane pain
mined mind pare pair pear
mown moan
piece peace
mowed mode
peek peak
more moor pique
mousse moose purr per

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()Homophones

pier peer roll role

plane plain rows rose
poll pole rote wrote write
pore poor sail sale
principle principal seen scene
prophet profit skull scull
reign rain see sea
wrap rap seem seam
reed read seize sees seas
red read cell sell
reel real sheer shear
wreak reek shoo shoe
wrest rest sleigh slay
rite right slow sloe
write wright soul sole
rode ride road sum some

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()Homophones

sun son through threw
stayed staid thrown throne
stare stair time thyme
steak stake tied tide
two too to
stationerystationary tun ton

vane vain
steel steal vein
style stile veil vale
story storey vile vial
strait straight whale wale wail
suite sweet wane wain
tail tale waste waist
taut taught weight wait
tee tea wave waive

where wear ware
teem team
tier tear
turn tern

their there
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()Homophones

worn warn
wort wart
weigh way
whey
wee we
week weak
wheel weal
whether weather
whet wet
witch which
wile while
wit whit
whose who's
would wood
your yore
you're =you are
yolk yoke

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Silent p Silent b mb When is

mb pronounced?
pneumonia debt s, -ed,- mb
pseudonym doubt -ing, -er

psychiatrist ... m-b

psalm dumb bombs
... thumb
corps bombed
... bombing
coup plumber
cupboard bomber bom-bard
tomb
raspberry com-bine
lamb
receipt crum-ble
climb
dum-bo
bomb

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Silent k Silent g gn at end When isgn

?pronounced
s, -ed,- gn
knee kneel gnome -ing, -er
knelt campaign reign g-n

know knew foreigner signs
known sign design signed sig-nal
knowledge resign signing sig-nature
knife knight signer re-sig-na-tion
knot diaphragm

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Silent t Silent d Silent ch

castle whistle handkerchief yacht

catch watch kitchen handsome
chestnut Christmas Wednesday
fasten listen ma'am = madam
often soften
mortgage mustn't

:
ballet buffet chalet
crochet gourmet valet
depot debut

= 3
t
acts ducts students

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Silent h Silent l

ghetto ghost calf half salve

heir honor balm calm palm psalm
what when where why chalk talk walk
while whether white could should would
rhythm rhyme colonel
Thomas Theresa folks
Oprah Hannah Lincoln
almond salmon

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Silent m Silent n When is mn

pronounced?
mn
mnemonic autumn
hymn m-n
damn

solemn
column dam-na-tion
au-tum-nal
hym-nal
so-lem-ni-ty

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Silent s Silent th Silent w

aisle island asthma answer sword
debris toward two
Arkansas Illinois 3
th = : h wh

whole
clothes months who whom
depths lengths whose

: r wr
th:clothing cloth write wrote
written writing
wrap wrestle
wrist

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Silent gh
daughter slaughter neighbor sleigh
fraught ought to weigh weight
haughty naughty straight
(al)though
catch caught ... teach taught dough doughnut donut
buy bought ... bring brought borough boro thorough
fight fought ... seek sought
think thought

bright light night through

sigh sight
high height
bough plough plow
drought

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= r +

pr, br fr, vr tr ...

aspirin comfortable documentary honorable

temperature diffe rent elementary miserable
ope ra every interested
laboratory beverage interesting
deliberate favorable
adjective only favorite
separate
adjective only

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Syllables

)(Word Spelling
:

must 1
2
stu.dy
3
di.li.gent
4
a.na.ly.sis
5
du.ra.bi.li.ty

.y

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Syllables

pronunciation) pr-nn's-
) 'shn

Syllables Pronunciation Key

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Syllables

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Syllables

total stressed
word shape
syllables syllable
PHO TO GRAPH 3 #1

PHO TO GRAPH ER 4 #2

PHO TO GRAPH IC 4 #3
:

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 Pronunciation Keys


:
knife))nf
exceed)')k-sd
general))jn'r-l

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Pronunciation Keys
)(
pat pit
pay pie, by
r care r pier
father j judge
b bib k kick, cat, pique
ch child , rich l lid, needle
d deed, milled m mum
pet n no, sudden
bee ng thing
f fife, phase, rough pot
g gag toe
h hat caught , paw, for,
hw which horrid, hoarse
oi noise

Reference: The American Heritage Dictionary

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Pronunciation Keys
( )
took v valve
boot w with
ou out
y yes
p pop
r roar z zebra, xylem, noise
s sauce zh vision, pleasure, garage
sh ship, dish about, item, edible,
t tight, stopped gallop, circus
th thin r butter
th this :
cut (
)

r urge, term, firm,

.
word, heard (
)

Reference: The American Heritage Dictionary

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Sentence Stress

.

We want to go :

.
:
want / go

WeWANT toGO :

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A

(
)

hat , fat

heat , )( e
meat

rate ()
e

wait () i

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C

(
)

cycle s
c ity y, i, e
center
channel ch ()
watch h
chemistr k
c ary,cut k

back
Arabic

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E

(
)

bed , web
bite , site e
i i
()
are silent e

free
()
meet ()

eat , seat () a

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G

(
)

go , g

bag
rough f
h
orange zh

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I

(
)

sit

bite ( i)
e e

wait () a

Kuwaiti

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K

(
)

key , k
check
know , silent k n
knife n

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Q

(
)

queen k

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S

(
)

sea , s
biscuit

she , sh h
wash
noise z e

television zhn () ion

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T

(
)

t ea t
beat

the th h
three th
action shn ion ()
future chr () ur

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U

(
)

shu t
fun

shout ou ()
mouth
o

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W

(
)

wet w
beware
how ou ()
now o

write r
r r

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ph, xy,

(
)

phase f ph

xylem z X
y

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( )

bat /establish B

date/ hard D
fast/ wolf F
hate/ behave H
juice/ project ( ) J
land/ reflect L
man/ human M
near/ and N

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( )

one/ lemon O
pen/ paper ( P
(
run/ remember R
van/ five ( V
(
mix/ sixteen - X
yes/ family Y
zero/ quiz Z

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