Pronunciation Resources For All Grades

This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives:

• The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionaries for English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic system with a few additional symbols.
• The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol. One symbol can mean two different phonemes in American and British English. See the footnotes for British-only and American-only symbols.
• Two English words which use the sound. The underline shows where the sound is heard.

Click Here: "International Phonetic Alphabet With Sounds"

Vowels

Consonants

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1. 1.Almost all dictionaries use the e symbol for the vowel in BED. The problem with this convention is that e in the IPA does not stand for the vowel in BED; it stands for a different vowel that is heard, for example, in the German word SEELE. The “proper” symbol for the BED-vowel is ɛ (do not confuse with ɜ:). The same goes for eə vs. ɛə.
2. 2.In əʳ and ɜ:ʳ, the ʳ is not pronounced in BrE, unless the sound comes before a vowel (as in ANSWERING, ANSWER IT). In AmE, the ʳ is always pronounced, and the sounds are sometimes written as ɚ and ɝ.
3. 3.In AmE, ɑ: and ɒ are one vowel, so CALM and COT have the same vowel. In American transcriptions, HOT is written as hɑ:t.
4. 4.About 40% of Americans pronounce ɔ: the same way as ɑ:, so that CAUGHT and COT have the same vowel. See cot-caught merger.
5. 5.In American transcriptions, ɔ: is often written as ɒ: (e.g. LAW = lɒ:), unless it is followed by r, in which case it remains an ɔ:.
6. 6.In British transcriptions, oʊ is usually represented as əʊ. For some BrE speakers, oʊ is more appropriate (they use a rounded vowel) — for others, the proper symbol is əʊ. For American speakers, oʊ is usually more accurate.
7. 7.In eəʳ ɪəʳ ʊəʳ, the r is not pronounced in BrE, unless the sound comes before a vowel (as in DEAREST, DEAR ANN). In AmE, the r is always pronounced, and the sounds are often written as er ɪr ʊr.
8. 8.All dictionaries use the r symbol for the first sound in RED. The problem with this convention is that r in the IPA does not stand for the British or American R; it stands for the “hard” R that is heard, for example, in the Spanish word REY or Italian VERO. The “proper” symbol for the RED-consonant is ɹ. The reason r is used instead is that it’s easier to type and read.

SOURCES: 

http://www.antimoon.com/resources/phonchart.htm

http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/

http://www.antimoon.com/resources/phonchart2008.pdf