Pronunciation

Quick Pronunciation Exercise (1): Common Words

 

It’s really worth knowing the phonetic symbols and their sounds. Can you ‘decipher’ these common words written phonetically?

These pronunciation exercises are based on a southern British accent / RP (please see notes on main page)

Scroll down for the answers.

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Answers

1. English
2. chocolate
3. Thursday
4. daughter
5. clothes
6. comfortable
7. orange
8. foreign

2 thoughts on “Quick Pronunciation Exercise (1): Common Words”

  1. Love this exercise! Thanks for sharing it. My guess:
    English
    Chocolate
    Thursday
    dirty
    clothes
    comfortable
    orange
    foreign

  2. Here is my guess
    There are three I don’t know :
    English
    Chocolate
    Thursday
    —-
    —-
    Comfortable
    —–
    Foreign

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