Main Vowel Sounds of American English1. /i/ read, heat, meet, seat, seen, feet. Please eat the meat and the cheese before you leave.
2. /ɪ/ in, bit, this, give, sister, will, city My sister Linda will live in the big city.
3. /eɪ/ late, gate, bait, fail, main, braid, wait. Jane’s face looks great for her age of eighty-eight.
4. /ɛ/ let, get, end, any, fell, bread, men, said I went to Texas for my friend’s wedding.
5. /æ/ last, apple, add, can, answer, class. The handsome man lost his baggage after his travels.
6. /ɑ/stop,lock, farm, want, army, possible, got. John is positive that his car was parked in that lot.
7. /ɘ/come, up, jump, but, does, love, money,about . Your younger brother doesn’t trust us, does
he?
8. /ɔ/ all, fall, author, also, applaud, thought, fought. Paula was doing laundry all day long.
9. /oʊ/ go, slow, so, those, post, moment, drove Oh, no! Don’t open the window, it’s cold.
10. /ʊ/ look, took, put, foot, full, wolf, cookie He would read the good book if he could.
11. /u/ cool, soup, moon, boot, tooth, move,true. Sue knew about the food in the room.
12. /ɘr/her, work, sure, first, early, were, earn,occur. What were the first words that girl learned?
13. /aɪ/ time, nine, dry, high, style, five, China I advise you to ride a bicycle in China.
14. /aʊ/ south, house, cow, found, down, town He went out of the house for about an hour.
15. /ɔɪ/ oil, choice, moist, enjoy, avoid, voice Let’s avoid the annoying noise.
