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Pronunciation

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“Pronunciation” refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have “correct pronunciation,” then it refers to both within a particular dialect.
A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on [...]

Practise Vowels

Share/a: /  Famous stars smoke cigars in cars and bars! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/æ/   That fat cat sat on a rat. Now it’s flat as a mat! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/aI/   Mike likes bikes with spikes to ride on ice. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/aʊ/  I doubt he’ll [...]

Vowels and diphthongs

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First, let us take up the 12 pure vowels. When pronounced, they do not change quality and that is why they are termed as ‘monophthongs’. For ease of study, they are given in the form of a table, below:

Note: Please refer this table for the symbolic representation of the vowels according to their respective serial [...]

consonants

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/d/ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/t/ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/dʒ/ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 
/t∫/ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/ð/ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/θ/  [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Practice consonants

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/b/ Barry’s barrel of beer was a better buy than Bob’s bargain bottles. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/p/ Pete persuaded Pam to pick up Paula’s parcel at the post office.   [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
/d/ Dad does detest dealing with dogs’ droppings in the driveway. [Audio clip: view full post [...]