Pronunciation is shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Consonants
Symbol Keyword
p pen
b back
t ten
d day
k key
g get
f fat
v view
θ thing
ð then
s soon
z zero
ʃ ship
ʒ pleasure
h hot
x loch
cheer
jump
m sum
n sun
ŋ sung
w wet
l let
r red
j yet


Vowels
  Symbol Keyword
short ɪ bit
  e bed
  æ cat
  ɒ dog (BrE)
ʌ cut
ʊ put
ə about
  i happy
  u actuality
 
long sheep
  ɑː father
  ɒː dog (AmE)
  ɔː four
  boot
  ɜː bird
 
diphthongs make
  lie
  ɔɪ boy
  əʊ note (BrE)
  note (AmE)
  now
  ɪə real
  hair (BrE)
  ʊə sure (BrE)
  ʊə actual
  peculiar


Special signs
$ separates British and American pronunciations, British on the left, American on the right
/ ˈ/ shows main stress
/ˌ / shows secondary stress
/
/
shows stress shift
/ə/ means that /ə/ may or may not be used