VOWEL SOUNDS - MONOPHTHONGS/ PURE VOWELS

     

     There are forty four sounds in English language. The forty four sounds are classified into twenty four consonants and twenty vowels. Of the twenty vowels, twelve are called monophthong or  pure vowels because they consist of a single sound and the rest are diphthongs because they are a combination of two vowels.

Sounds during the production of which air escapes through the mouth freely are called vowels.

MONOPHTHONGS / PURE VOWELS

Sounds	Spelling(s)	Examples
/ɪ/	i y e a ia	hit- / hɪt /,  bit- / bɪt /, rich- / rɪtʃ /, which-/ wɪtʃ /, sick - / sɪk / sympathy- / ˈsɪmpəθi /, baby- / ˈbeɪbi /, freely- / ˈfriːli / wicked- / ˈwɪkɪd /, bucket-/ ˈbʌkɪt /, wanted-/ ˈwɒntɪd /, houses-/ haʊzɪz/ village- / ˈvɪlɪdʒ /, private- / ˈpraɪvət /, passage- / ˈpæsɪdʒ / marriage- / ˈmærɪdʒ /
/iː/	i ee ea ie ei ey	routine- / ruːˈtiːn /, suite- / swiːt /, expertise- / ˌekspɜːˈtiːz / queen- / kwiːn /, bee- / biː /, meet -/ miːt /, deep- / diːp / beat- / biːt /, treat-/ triːt /, sea- / siː /, please- / pliːz / field- / fiːld / , siege- / siːdʒ /, thief- / θiːf /, grief- / ɡriːf /, belief / bɪˈliːf / seize-/ siːz /, receipt-/ rɪˈsiːt / key-/ kiː /
/e/	e ea a	bet-/ bet /, set- / set /, wet- / wet /, hell- / hel /, rent- / rent /, went- / went / head- / hed /, bread-/ bred /, breath- / breθ /, health- / helθ / Thames-/θeɪmz/,/teɪmz/,/temz/, many- / ˈmeni /, any- / ˈeni /
/æ/	a ai	mat-/ mæt /, bat-/ bæt /, cat- / kæt /, hand-/ hænd /, lamp-/ læmp / plait- / plæt /, craic-/kræk/
/ʌ/	u o ou oo oe	gun- / ɡʌn /, dull- / dʌl /, bulge- / bʌldʒ /, blush-/ blʌʃ /, husband-/ ˈhʌzbənd /  among- / əˈmʌŋ /, month- / mʌnθ /, colour-/ ˈkʌlə(r) /, onion-/ ˈʌnjən / southern-/ ˈsʌðən /, couple-/ ˈkʌpl /, enough-/ ɪˈnʌf / blood-/ blʌd /, flood-/ flʌd / does- /dʌz /
/ ɑː/	a ar ear er al au	pass-/ pɑːs /, class-/ klɑːs /, bath-/ bɑːθ /, tomato-/ təˈmɑːtəʊ / start-/ stɑːt / , cart-/ kɑːt /, march-/ mɑːtʃ / heart-/ hɑːt /, hearth-/ hɑːθ /, clerk-/ klɑːk /, Derby-/ ˈdɑːbi /, sergeant-/ ˈsɑːdʒənt / palm-/ pɑːm /, balm-/ bɑːm /, half-/ hɑːf / laug-/ lɑːf /, aunt-/ ɑːnt /
/ɒ/	o a ou ow au	shot-/ ʃɒt /, holiday-/ ˈhɒlədeɪ /, sorry-/ ˈsɒri /, gone-/ ɡɒn /, shone -/ʃɒn/ what-/ wɒt /, wand-/ wɒnd /, wash-/ wɒʃ /, qualify-/ ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ / cough-/ kɒf /, trough -/ trɒf / knowledge-/ ˈnɒlɪdʒ / Australia-/ɒstreɪliə/, cauliflower-/ ˈkɒliflaʊə(r) /
/ ɔː/	or aw au ou a oor oar our	corn-/ kɔːn /, corner-/ ˈkɔːnə(r) /, horse-/ hɔːs /, sword-/ sɔːd /, short/ ʃɔːt / brawl-/ brɔːl /, lawn-/ lɔːn /, saw-/ sɔː /, jaw-/ dʒɔː / , yawn-/ jɔːn /, fawn-/ fɔːn / aught-/ ɔːt /, daughter-/ ˈdɔːtə(r) /, fault-/ fɔːlt / bought /bɔːt/ stalk/ stɔːk / stall/ stɔːk /, wall/ wɔːl / , war/ wɔː(r) /, tall/ tɔːl / door-/ dɔː(r) /, floor-/ flɔː(r) /, oar/ ɔː(r) /, board/ bɔːd / court/ kɔːt /, four /fɔː(r) /
/ ʊ/	u o oo ou	sugar/ ˈʃʊɡə(r) /, cushion/ ˈkʊʃn /, push/ pʊʃ /, bush/ bʊʃ /, butcher/ ˈbʊtʃə(r) / woman-/ ˈwʊmən /, wolf-/ wʊlf / wool-/ wʊl /, soot-/ sʊt /, wood-/ wʊd / would-/ wʊd /, courier-/ ˈkʊriə(r) /
/ uː/	oo o ou u ew ue ui oe	food-/ fuːd /, soon-/ suːn /, moon-/ muːn /, boot-/ buːt /, shoot-/ ʃuːt / move-/ muːv /, lose-/ luːz / troupe-/ truːp /, route(n)- / ruːt /, soup-/ suːp / June-/ dʒuːn /, Susan-/suːzən/, prudent-/ ˈpruːdnt /, prune/- pruːn /, brute/ bruːt / brew-/ bruː /, grew-/ ɡruː /, blew-/ bluː/ blue-/ bluː /, glue-/ ɡluː /,true-/ truː /,clue-/ kluː / juice/ dʒuːs /, bruise-/ bruːz /, sluice-/ sluːs / shoes-/ ʃuːz/
/ ɜː/	ir yr er err ear ur urr w+r our	third-/ θɜːd /, first-/ fɜːst /, girth-/ ɡɜːθ /, thirst-/ θɜːst /, sir-/ sɜː(r) /, stir/ stɜː(r) / myrtle/ ˈmɜːtl / serve-/ sɜːv /, her-/ hə(r) / err-/ ɜː(r) /  earth-/ ɜːθ /, heard-/h ɜːd/learn-/ lɜːn /, earl-/ ɜːl /, earnest-/ ˈɜːnɪst / churn-/ tʃɜːn /, burn-/ bɜːn /, church-/ tʃɜːtʃ /, turn-/ tʃɜːtʃ /, hurt-/ hɜːt / burr/ bɜː(r) / world-/ wɜːld / , word-/ wɜːld / , work-/ wɜːk /, worse-/ wɜːs / journey-/ ˈdʒɜːni /, scourge-/ skɜːdʒ /, courtesy-/ ˈkɜːtəsi /
/ə/	i e a o u ar er or ou	possible-/ ˈpɒsəbl /, horrible-/ ˈhɒrəbl /, terrible-/ ˈterəbl / summer-/ ˈwɒtʃmən /, shower-/ ˈʃaʊə(r) / watchman/ ˈwɒtʃmən /, gentleman/ ˈdʒentlmən /, postman/ ˈpəʊstmən / sugar/ ˈʃʊɡə(r) / oblige-/ əˈblaɪdʒ /, oppose/ əˈpəʊz /, propose/ prəˈpəʊz /, occur/ əˈkɜː(r) / minor/ ˈmaɪnə(r) /, traitor/ ˈtreɪtə(r) / architecture-/ ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r) /, particular-/ pəˈtɪkjələ(r) /, jocular-/ ˈdʒɒkjələ(r) /, venture-/ ˈventʃə(r) / muscular-/ ˈmʌskjələ(r) /, secular-/ ˈsekjələ(r) / , regular-/ ˈreɡjələ(r) / mother-/ ˈmʌðə(r) /, sister-/ ˈsɪstə(r) /, weather-/weðə(r) /, hither-/ ˈhɪðə(r) /, liver/ ˈlɪvə(r) /, actor-/ ˈæktə(r) /, director-/ dəˈrektə(r) /, sector-/ ˈsektə(r) /, rector-/ ˈrektə(r) /, victor-/ ˈvɪktə(r) /, venomous-/ ˈvenəməs /, sensuous-/ ˈsenʃuəs /, poisonous-/ ˈpɔɪzənəs /,  vigour-/ ˈvɪɡə(r) /

http://malabaredumania.blogspot.com/