Below are the two main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ɪ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ɪ/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /i:/ than to /ɪ/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /i:/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /i:/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /ɪ/ than to /i:/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ɒ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ɒ/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /ɔ:/ than to /ɒ/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the five main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ɔ:/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ɔ:/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /ɒ/ than to /ɔ:/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the three main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ʊ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ʊ/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /u:/ than to /ʊ/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /u:/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /u:/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel that sounds closer to /ʊ/ than to /u:/. If you compare their lip shapes and tongue positions, you’ll […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ʌ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ʌ/ Mistake 1: Producing a sound between /a:/ and /ʌ/. Unfortunately the vowel sound you’re producing doesn’t exist in English, so native speakers will […]

Below are the five main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ə/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ə/ Mistake 1: Producing a vowel sound closer to /æ/ or /a:/ than to /ə/. Here’s a word you may be mispronouncing: accept accept […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /aɪ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /aɪ/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /ɪ/ instead of the diphthong /aɪ/. The difference between /ɪ/ and /aɪ/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /aʊ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /aʊ/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /a/ instead of the diphthong /aʊ/. The difference between /a/ and /aʊ/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /eə/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /eə/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /e/ instead of the diphthong /eə/. The difference between /e/ and /eə/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /eɪ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /eɪ/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /e/ instead of the diphthong /eɪ/. The difference between /e/ and /eɪ/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ɪə/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ɪə/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /ɪ/ instead of the diphthong /ɪə/. The difference between /ɪ/ and /ɪə/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the three main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ɔɪ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ɔɪ/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /ɔ/ instead of the diphthong /ɔɪ/. The difference between /ɔ/ and /ɔɪ/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /ʊə/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /ʊə/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /ʊ/ instead of the diphthong /ʊə/. The difference between /ʊ/ and /ʊə/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /əʊ/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /əʊ/ Mistake 1: Making the single vowel sound /ɒ/ instead of the diphthong /əʊ/. The difference between /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ is this: When producing […]

Below are the five main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /b/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /b/ Mistake 1: Producing an unclear /b/. If you fail to produce a clear /b/, native speakers will have difficulty understanding the word you’re […]

Below are the five main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /d/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /d/ Mistake 1: Producing an unclear /d/. If you fail to produce a clear /d/, native speakers might have difficulty understanding the word you’re […]

Below are the four main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /f/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /f/ Mistake 1: Producing an unclear /f/. If you fail to produce a clear /f/, native speakers will have difficulty understanding the word you’re […]

Below are the five main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /g/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /g/ Mistake 1: Producing an unclear /g/. If you fail to produce a clear /g/, native speakers will have difficulty understanding the word you’re […]

Below are the six main mistakes you’re likely to be making with the /k/ sound: Do you want to have a quick look at the phonetic alphabet? Mistakes to avoid with /k/ Mistake 1: Producing an unclear /k/. If you fail to produce a clear /k/, native speakers will have difficulty understanding the word you’re […]