Free Pronunciation Exercises
with mp3
Southern British (RP or 'BBC' English)
50 most common irregular verbs
LISTEN (mp3) (7mins 2.7MB)
TEXT 50 most common irregular verbs (pdf) (108KB)
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- with Lithuanian translation (100KB)
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Many known and unknown tongue twisters with sound files.
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| VOWELS - monophthongs |
ee and i
seat/sit, eat/it, bean,bin
| LISTEN (mp3)
10 mins 4MB | WORKSHEET (pdf)
71KB |
/a:/
are, heart, can't, aren't
|
LISTEN (mp3)
6 mins
2.3MB |
WORKSHEET (pdf)
123KB |
/ɜː/
her, were, word, third, worst |
LISTEN (mp3)
10 mins 3.5MB |
WORKSHEET (pdf)
154KB |
/ɔː/
more, four, saw, war, talk, walk |
LISTEN (mp3)
8 mins 2.9MB |
WORKSHEET (pdf)
136KB |
/ʌ/
up,run,under,other,does,mother | LISTEN (mp3)
12mins 4MB | WORKSHEET (pdf)
136KB |
/Ə/ (schwa)
a, the, about, written
mother, bigger, doctor
| page 1 (mp3)
11mins 4.8MB | WORKSHEET (pdf)
202KB |
page 2 (mp3)
12mins 4.6MB |
| VOWELS - diphthongs |
ɪə ʊə eə
ear,
pure, air
|
LISTEN
(mp3)
9mins - 3.7MB
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WORKSHEET
(pdf)
133KB
|
eɪ ɔɪ aɪ
bay, boy, buy |
LISTEN
(mp3)
8.53mins - 3.7MB |
WORKSHEET
(pdf)
122KB |
əʊ aʊ
no, now
|
LISTEN
(mp3)
9mins - 3.7MB |
WORKSHEET
(pdf)
123KB |
| CONSONANTS |
th (θ and ð)
the, this, that, the theatre
|
LISTEN
(mp3) (11 mins - 4.5MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (78KB) |
/h/
happy, hello, hi
|
LISTEN (mp3)
(9.3 mins - 1.4MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (139KB) |
/s/, /sh/ and /ch/
sip, ship, chip
|
LISTEN
(mp3) (9.3 mins - 1.4MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (139KB) |
/s/ and /z/
(says, sizzle)
|
LISTEN
(mp3) (13 mins - 4.3MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (145KB) |
/v/ and /b/
above, everybody
|
LISTEN
(mp3) (14 mins - 5.5MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (192KB) |
/p/ and /b/
pop, Bob, pub, public
|
LISTEN
(mp3) (22 mins - 8MB) |
WORKSHEET
(pdf) (162KB) |
ing
doing, singing, thinking | LISTEN
(mp3) (8 mins - 3.4MB) | WORKSHEET
(pdf) (123KB) |
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