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Pronunciation Rules

• Pronunciation of English Short Vowels (PDF)
  You can download a zip file of the audio for the short vowels (Windows Media format - 2.25 MB) by clicking here.
  

• Pronunciation of Words with Silent e (PDF)
  Examples of how silent e lengthens the preceding vowel.
  
  You can download a zip file of the audio for silent e (Windows Media format - 782 KB) by clicking here.
  

• Pronunciation of the Third Person Singular

• Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense

• Noun-Verb Homographs
  Explanation of noun-verb pairs that are spelled the same way but pronounced differently.
  

Pronunciation Exercises

• How to Pronounce [l] and [r]

• [l] - [r] Pronunciation Exercise 1 (256 KB)
• [l] - [r] Pronunciation Exercise 2 (248 KB)
• [l] - [r] Pronunciation Exercise 3 (350 KB)

• [l] - [r] Discrimination Exercise 1 (160 KB)
• [l] - [r] Discrimination Exercise 2 (148 KB)
• [l] - [r] Discrimination Exercise 3 (160 KB)

• Simple Present 1 - (e)s pronounced as [z] (602 KB)
• Simple Present 2 - (e)s pronounced as [s] (648 KB)
• Simple Present 3 - es pronounced as [ɪz] (910 KB)

• Simple Past 1 - ed pronounced as [d] (782 KB)
• Simple Past 2 - ed pronounced as [t] (702 KB)
• Simple Past 3 - ed pronounced as [ɪd] (778 KB)

• Irregular Verbs - Group 1 (cling, dig, fling, etc.) (410 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 2 (bet, burst, cast, etc.) (240 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 3 (creep, deal, feel, etc.) (388 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 4 (bleed, breed, feed, etc.) (296 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 5 (begin, drink, ring, etc.) (338 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 6 (catch, teach, bring, etc.) (234 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 7 (arise, drive, ride, etc.) (228 KB)
• Irregular Verbs - Group 8 (bend, build, lend, etc.) (194 KB)

• Regular Verbs - Group 1 (accept to back) (566 KB)
• Regular Verbs - Group 2 (believe to connect) (662 KB)
• Regular Verbs - Group 3 (consider to die) (676 KB)
• Regular Verbs - Group 4 (discover to express) (568 KB)
• Regular Verbs - Group 5 (face to indicate) (578 KB)

• Noun-Verb Homographs 1 (812 KB)
• Noun-Verb Homographs 2 (814 KB)

Pronunciation Links:

• English Pronunciation  [Okanagan University College]
• CILL Pronunciation Page
• English and Portuguese Vowel Phonemes  [Page in English and Portuguese]
• Sentence Stress in English
• Sounds of English