met, bed

turn, learn

hit, sitting

see, heat

hot, rock

call, four

put, could

blue, food

five, eye

now, out

say, eight

go, home

boy, join

where, air

near, here

pure, tourist

bad, lab

did, lady

find, if

flag, give

how, hello

yes, yellow

cat, back

leg, little

man, lemon

no, ten

sing, finger

pet, map

red, try

sun, miss

she, crash

tea, getting

check, church

think, both

this, mother

voice, five

wet, window

zoo, lazy

pleasure, vision

John, large

There are only ... letters in the English alphabet, but English has ... different sounds

English has just ... vowels (aeiou), but it has ... different vowel sounds

The spelling of an English word tells us clearly how we should say it.

The phonetic signs or symbols we are going to learn can tell us clearly how to say any English word correctly.

If we say an English word (pronounce it) correctly then foreigners will understand us better.

Learning the phonetic signs (symbols) will make us better at speaking English.