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	RULE	EXAMPLE	EXCEPTION
/h/	At the beginning of a word	hello	hour
/ai/	Before a consonant followed by silent e	bike
/i:/	Double e & ea	See, repeat
/i/	Between consonants	fish	England
/əu/	The letter o + consonant + e	Phone
/s/	At the beginning of a word The letter c + e/i	Spain Cinema, centre
/ʃ/	Consonants sh -tion	She nation	Russia, sure, sugar
/dƷ/	The letter J is always pronounced like this Sometimes g+ e or g + i	Juice, Jane German, region
/t ʃ/	The consonants ch and tch are usually pronounced like this	Children Watch

A little bit of phonetics

You can see here some interesting rules to make your pronunciation easy.

EASY PHONETICS

	RULE	EXAMPLE	EXCEPTION
/h/	At the beginning of a word	hello	hour
/ai/	Before a consonant followed by silent e	bike
/i:/	Double e & ea	See, repeat
/i/	Between consonants	fish	England
/əu/	The letter o + consonant + e	Phone
/s/	At the beginning of a word The letter c + e/i	Spain Cinema, centre
/ʃ/	Consonants sh -tion	She nation	Russia sure

NI1 Pronunciation tips. The letter 'o'

PRONUNCIATION NOTES

The letter o has several different possible pronunciations.

There are some spelling-pronunciation rules:

- o + one consonant + e is usually /əʊ/

e.g. hope, alone, phone

But there are some common words which have the /Ʌ / sound: some, money

- o between two or several consonants is often /O/

e.g. sorry, follow

Exception:  worry  /Ʌ /

- the letters ol and oa between consonants are usually /əʊ/

e.g. old, gold, road

- the letters or between consonants are usually /Ͻ:/

e.g. airport,

Exceptions:  work, world /ɜ:/

Use the dictionary to check when you aren't sure!

Irregular verbs list. How to pronounce them

 

You have here the list of the irregular verbs for this year, the one you have at the end of the book.
If you click here on the following link, you can hear the pronunciation. I'm sure it's going to help you.

Irregular verbs - pronunciation

Don't forget to listen and repeat each verb!