With this exercise you’re going to practise the /b/ and /p/ sounds (as in the words “bed” and “pen”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say these pairs of words out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ɪə/ sound (as in the word “beer”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the words on the flashcards. Does the word you hear have the diphthong sound /ɪə/? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise distinguishing words that sound very similar. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear one of the words on the flashcard. Which of these two words is being said? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the answers, click […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ʊ/ and /u:/ sounds (as in the words “pull” and “tooth”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Do these words have the short vowel sound /ʊ/ or the long vowel sound /u:/? To see the answers, click the red arrows. Then press Play to hear the words […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the silent R. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Do these words have a silent R? To see the answers, click the red arrows. Then press Play to hear the words on the flashcards, and have a look at the transcriptions. Before moving on to the next flashcard, […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /eə/ sound (as in the word “pear”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say the words on the flashcards out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. Have a look […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds (as in the words “jet” and “cheese”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the recordings on the flashcards. Which sound does each word have: /dʒ/ or /tʃ/? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /əʊ/ sound (as in the word “coast”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the words on the flashcards. Does the word you hear have an /əʊ/ sound? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the answers, […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise saying clusters with the consonant L. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say the words on the flashcards out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. Have a look at the […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ɒ/, /ɔ:/ and /əʊ/ sounds (as in the words “hot”, “saw” and “coast”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say these sets of words out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise saying homophones. Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but a different meaning or spelling, or both. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say these pairs of words out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /eɪ/ sound (as in the word “date”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the words on the flashcards. Does the word you hear have the diphthong sound /eɪ/? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise distinguishing words that sound very similar. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear one of the words on the flashcard. Which of these two words is being said? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the answers, click […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/ sounds (as in the words “hot” and “saw”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Do these words have the short vowel sound /ɒ/ or the long vowel sound /ɔ:/? To see the answers, click the red arrows. Then press Play to hear the words […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the silent K. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Do these words have a silent K? To see the answers, click the red arrows. Then press Play to hear the words on the flashcards, and have a look at the transcriptions. Before moving on to the next flashcard, […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /i:/ sound (as in the word “sheep”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say the words on the flashcards out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. Have a look […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /l/ and /r/ sounds (as in the words “lip” and “rat”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the recordings on the flashcards. Which sound does each word have: /l/ or /r/? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ə/ sound (as in the word “again”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Press Play to hear the words on the flashcards. Does the word you hear have an /ə/ sound? Press Play again if you need to hear the word once more. To see the answers, […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise saying clusters with the consonant G. Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say the words on the flashcards out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. Have a look at the […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /æ/, /eə/ and /ɪə/ sounds (as in the words “hat”, “pear” and “beer”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say these sets of words out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a […]

With this exercise you’re going to practise the /ʊ/ and /u:/ sounds (as in the words “pull” and “tooth”). Exercise with 10 flashcards Exercise task: Say these pairs of words out loud. To check that you’re saying them correctly, click the red arrows and press Play to hear the words said by a native speaker. […]