Phonetic Drills

    [æ]

A black cat sat on the map аnd ate a fat rat. 

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That handsome man standing with his back to the track has a hat in his hand.

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 What a big black cat! What a cat! What a cat! 

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Pussy – Cat, Pussy – Cat, Can you catch that big, fat rat? If you catch that bad, fat rat, You will have some milk for that.

   [ei] 

My name is Ann. Her name is Man. His name is Ben. Say it again. 

       [b] 

A big black bug bit a big black bear A big black bear bit a big black bug.

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 Betty Butter bought some butter, But she said, “My butter’s bitter, And a bit of better butter Will make my butter better”.

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 Buzz, buzz, buzz, go to bees in the sun. Buzz, buzz, buzz, making honey is fun. 

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 Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her back some rubber baby-buggy     bumpers. 

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 How many berries could a bare berry carry, If a bare berry could carry berries? Well they can't carry berries (which could make you very wary) But a bare berry carried is more scary! 

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A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

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 B is for Books and for Bookcase. I have many books in my bookcase.

 [k]

I can walk I can talk I can hear I can see I can jump I can swim I can run This is fun. ****

 How many cookies could a good cook cooks. If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies As a good cook who could cook cookies.

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Сlawns grow glowing crowns.

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 A cup of black coffee In a black coffee cup. 

 [d]

 Father Duck goes for a swim, Mother Duck comes out with him. And behind them clean and trim Seven little ducklings swim. 

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 If one-doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

 [e] 

 The more we study, the more we know, The more we know, the more we forget, The more we forget, the less we know, The less we know, the less we forget, The less we forget, the more we know, Why study?

 [i:], [i] 

One, and two, and three, and four, We are sitting on the floor. We are playing with a ball, аnd a pretty little girl. 

 [f]

 Fresh French fried fly fritters. 

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That fish has a thin fin. That fish has a fat fin.  

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 A fly and a flea fly into a flue. 

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A fox is hungry, a fox is cross, A fox is really at a loss. A foxy hears and smells the cock. But he cannot break a lock. 

[g]

 The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes. Grey geese in a green grazing. 

 [i]

 Six little kittens lost their mittens. It’s a pity, they were so pretty. 

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Little Bill, sit still. Will you sit still, little Bill? If you sit still, little Bill, Jimmy Nill will bring you to big hill.

 [h] 

Little brown rabbit went hippy hop, Hippy hop, hippy hop. Into the garden without any stop. Hippy hop, hippy hop. He ate for his supper a fresh carrot top. Hippy hop, hippy hop. Then home went the rabbit without any stop, Hippy hop, hippy hop. 

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 Hamburgers, hamburgers are for my tea. Hamburgers, hamburgers are for breakfast , lunch and tea. 

  H is for Hand. I have two hands. This is the way I clap my hands.

 [ai] 

 My kite is white, My kite is light, My kite is in the sky. Now left, now right, You see the kite .You see it .You and I.

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I like my Bunny Bears like honey. Girls like cats. Cats like rats. Boys like dogs. Storks like frogs. 

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 I scream, You scream, We all scream For ice-cream.

 [ʤ]  

Jump-jump-jump, Jump over the moon, Jump all the morning And all the noon. 

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Jump the rope, Jump the rope, Jump, jump, jump. Jump it high, Jump it low, Jump, jump, jump.

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 Jim and Jess, John and Jane Go to London to look at Big Ben. 

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 J is for Jam. This is apple jam. Jimmy likes it, and so does Sam.

 [k] 

Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock.   

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 Two Truckee truckers truculently truckling .To have truck-to-truck two trucks of truck.

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Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen.  

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 K is for Kate. Kate has a kite. It is little and it is white. 

[l]

 Little Kitty laps her milk. Lap, lap, lap! Her tongue goes out, Her tongue goes in. Lap, lap, lap! Little Kitty likes her milk. Lap, lap, lap! Oh, see her tongue Go out and in, Lap, lap, lap!

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 A lump of red leather, a red leather lump. 

[m]

 I’m eleven. My sister is seven. My mother is thirty. My father is forty. My granny is seventy-two And you? How old are you?

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 M is for May and for May Day, For March for Mother’s Day.

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 My mummy makes me muffins on Mondays. 

[n]

 Any noise annoys an oyster, But a noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

 [ɔ] 

Cob is Bob’s dog, Tob is Mob’s dog.

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A grey cat is on a mat. A green frog is on a log. A red cock is on a clock. A big fish is on a dish. A white hare is on a chair. 

 [ou]

 Soams never boasts of what he knows But Rose never knows of what she boasts.

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 Go, my little pony, go! Go! Go! Go! Go, my little pony, go! Go! Go! Go! Gallop, pony, gallop, go! Gallop, gallop, go! Go, my little pony, go! Go! Go! Go! 

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The wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke.

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We go by car, We go by train, We go by boat, We go by plane. We go by land, And sea and air, We go, go, go From here to there.

 [p]

 Peter Piper picked A peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers. Peter Piper picked. 

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All I want is a proper cup of coffee Made in a proper copper coffee pot.

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 Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold, Pease pudding in the pot Nine days old. 

[kw]

 Quack-quack, chock-chock! How do you do, Mr. Cock? When you sing Cock – doodle-doo! I always here : How do you do? 

[r]

 Ruby Rugby's brother brought her ruby roses. Robert Rowley rolled A round roll round. 

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Here is a rose, The rose is a red. 

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Rain on the grass, And rain on the tree, Rain on the river, But not on me. 

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Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry. 

[s] 

 Swan swam over the sea, Swim, Swan, swim; Swan swam back again, Well swum, Swan! 

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 Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. Then where are the sea shells Sally sells?

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Six silver swans swam silently seaward.

 [t] 

 Tick-tock, tick-tock Ticks Tommy’s clock Tick-tock, tick-a-tock Ticks and ticks his clock.

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 A twister of twists once twisted a twist. And the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist. Now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, Would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists..

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 Never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you. It only doubles trouble And troubles others too. 

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 Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town. 

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 Teddy-bear, Teddy-bear, Turn around. Teddy-bear, Teddy-bear, Touch the ground. Teddy-bear, Teddy-bear, Show your shoe. Teddy-bear, Teddy-bear, That will do.

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 Don’t trouble trouble, Until trouble troubles you.

   [ʌ]

 Puppy-Bubby, come to me! Let us play under the tree. Puppy-Bubby, come to us! We shall play on this green grass. 

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 Under the table, under the bed. Under the sofa I’ looking for Fred. If you know where he is, Help me to find him, please. 

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 If you understand, say ""understand"". If you don't understand, say ""don't understand"". But if you understand and say ""don't understand"". How do I understand that you understand. Understand!?

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 U is for Under, but not for At. “I’m under the tree”, says Pat.

 [v]

 The plane is traveling up in the sky. Vw - vw - vw . Moving so fast, and ever so high, Vw - vw - vw . Over the land, and over the sea, Vw - vw - vw . But we always come back in time for tea, Vw - vw - vw .

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V is in five And also in seven It is in twelve And in eleven.

 [w]

 Whenever the weather is cold. Whenever the weather is hot. We'll whether the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

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 Whether the weather be fine or whether be not. Whether the weather be cold or   whether the weather be hot. We'll weather the weather whether we like it or not. 

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 Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy?   Why?

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 What time does the wristwatch strap shop shut?

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  While we were walking, we were watching window washers Wash Washington's windows with warm washing water. 

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. 

[j] 

Yellow yaks yell at your yo-yos!

 [ks]

 Six, six, six .Two and four are six. Six, six, six. One and five are six. Six, six, six. Three and three are six. 

 [z]

 A zebu [‘zi:bu:] lives in the zoo, In the zoo, in the zoo. A zebra lives there too, In the zoo, in the zoo.

 [ð] 

Little monkey in the tree. This is what he says to me, “They, they, they, Thee, thee, thee”. Monkey jumps from limb to limb While I chatter back to him: “Thee, thee, thee, They, they, they.” 

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The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. The sky is blue. The rains are few. 

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Together, together, Together every day; Together, together, We work and play. Together, together, We read our books each day; Together, together, We work and play. 

[θ]

 I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

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 Here come thick busy bees: “bth-bth-bth”! Buzzing in flowers, and Buzzing in trees: “bth-bth-bth”

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The teacher thought and thought and thought and No one knew the thought he thought. He threw three balls.

 [ʃ] 

 The fish man comes today. The fish man calls this way: “Fresh fish Fresh fish. Oh, fine fresh fish! Fine fresh fish for sale!

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Count the shadows on the wall, Sh – sh – sh! Lift your arms and let them fall, Sh – sh – sh! Turn your head and count some sheep, Sh – sh – sh! Close your eyes and you are asleep, Sh – sh – sh! 

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We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

 [ʧ]

If a white chalk chalks on a black blackboard, Will a black chalk chalks on a white blackboard?

 [ei]

 Rain, rain go away . Come again another day. Little children like to play. 

 [ai]

 Butterfly, butterfly, Where do you fly, So quick and so high . In the blue, blue sky?  

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 No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

 [au] 

I found a cow! How? I found a bear! Where? I found a hen! When? I found a bear! I found a hen! I found a cow! Wow? How now, brown cow?

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[i:] 

 Feed the bees With three sweet peas.

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 Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easters eggs. 

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 I see a bee in a tree. I see Pete in the street. I like tea and meat. ****

 Jam is very-very sweet And is very good to eat.  ****

 Love is a feeling you feel, when you feel you are going to feel the feeling you have never felt before .

[ŋ]

 Big bells ring a long, full song, Ding-dong-ding-dong. Small bells ring a clear, sweet song. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! Wee bells ring a tinkling song, Ting-a-ling, a-ling, a-ling. a-ling, a-ling, a-ling. Here the ringing’, here the song, Ting-a-ling, ding, ding, ding, ding, dong! 

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In the spring, In the spring, Sweet and fresh is everything. Winter winds are no more blowing, In the fields all is growing, In the spring, In the spring. Sweet and fresh is everything. 

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 Ring a ding Ring a ding Ding, ding, ding It comes summer after spring. Ring a ding Ring a ding Welcome summer ! Good-bye spring. 

 [ɔ:l] 

My Doggy is funny, My Doggy is small; It likes to run, to hop, to roll  аbout the carpet like a ball, It never bites me, not at all.

 [dз]

 Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

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