English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols
Vowel and consonant sounds, stress and intonation basics.
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Take a full mock →Q1 · English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols · EASY
Which one of the following words contains a diphthong (a vowel sound that glides from one vowel to another within the same syllable)?
Q2 · English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols · MEDIUM
In the word 'photograph', the primary stress falls on which syllable?
Q3 · English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols · HARD
Which of the following pairs of words differ only in the voicing of the initial consonant sound (one is voiced and the other is voiceless)?
Q4 · English Sounds and Phonetic Symbols · HARD
Identify the word in which the underlined letter has a different phonetic sound from the others: