Pronunciation activities for learners of English

Pronunciation

The video activities on this page help to improve your listening and your speaking skills. Members can download these videos. Some also have audio versions and worksheets. Pause the videos for more time.

Sounds


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Schwa 1 (words)download(2m 12sec)
Schwa 2 (sentences)download(2m 05sec)
Vowels: monothongs download (1min 8sec)
Vowels: diphthongs download (54sec)
Consonants download (1m 7sec)
Silent letters download (1m 50sec)
Assimilation download (1m 54sec)
Common mistakesdownload(1m 7sec)

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Vowels: monothongs Listen or download (1min 8sec)
Vowels: diphthongs Listen or download (54sec)
Consonants Listen or download (1min 7sec)
Assimilation Listen or download (1min 54sec)

Phonemic chart (pdf 187KB) This also includes a fun activity to see if you have learnt the symbols! For everyone.

Stress

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Word stress: two syllables download (1m 49sec)
Word stress: two syllables(pdf 44KB)
Word stress: suffixes 1download (2m 17sec)
Word stress: suffixes 2download (1m 50sec)
Word stress: suffixes 3download (1m 24sec)
Word stress: suffixes 4download (1m 34sec) new!
Word stress: suffixes(pdf 44KB)

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Word stress: suffixes 1 Listen or download (1min 48sec)
Word stress: suffixes 2 Listen or download (1min 50sec)
Word stress: suffixes 3 Listen or download (1min 24sec)
Word stress: suffixes 4 Listen or download (1min 34sec)

Intonation

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Tag questionsdownload (1m 51sec)
Tag questions(pdf 60KB)

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Tag questions Listen or download (1min 51sec)