English Vocabulary in Use Advanced » Phonemic symbols
| Vowel sounds | |
| Symbol | Examples |
| /iː/ | sleep me |
| /i/ | happy recipe |
| /ɪ/ | pin dinner |
| /ʊ/ | foot could pull |
| /uː/ | do shoe through |
| /e/ | red head said |
| /ə/ | arrive father colour |
| /ɜː/ | turn bird work |
| /ɔː/ | sort thought walk |
| /æ/ | cat black |
| /ʌ/ | sun enough wonder |
| /ɒ/ | got watch sock |
| /ɑː/ | part heart laugh |
| /eɪ/ | name late aim |
| /aɪ/ | my idea time |
| /ɔɪ/ | boy noise |
| /eə/ | pair where bear |
| /ɪə/ | hear cheers |
| /əʊ/ | go home show |
| /aʊ/ | out cow |
| /ʊə/ | pure fewer |
| Vowel sounds | |
| Symbol | Examples |
| /p/ | put |
| /b/ | book |
| /t/ | take |
| /d/ | dog |
| /k/ | car kick |
| /g/ | go guarantee |
| /tʃ/ | catch church |
| /dʒ/ | age lounge |
| /f/ | for cough photograph |
| /v/ | love vehicle |
| /θ/ | thick path |
| /ð/ | this mother |
| /s/ | since rice |
| /z/ | zoo surprise |
| /ʃ/ | shop sugar machine |
| /ʒ/ | pleasure usual vision |
| /h/ | hear hotel |
| /m/ | make |
| /n/ | name now know |
| /ŋ/ | bring |
| /l/ | look while |
| /r/ | road |
| /j/ | young |
| /w/ | wear |
' This shows that the next syllable is the one with the stress.
' This is used when some longer words have a second stress, less strong than on the main stressed syllable.
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