英语国际音标共有48个音标符号,其中包含有英语元音20个，英语辅音28个。元音分为单元音和双元音，单元音中又分为长元音和短元音，双元音可以看做单元音组合在一起发音。在辅音中，有清辅音和浊辅音之分，关键区别在于是否震动声带，震动声带是浊辅音，反之则是清辅音。所有元音发音均要震动声带！.
元音部分:
1) 单元音
[ i ] 发音组合：i
代表单词：sit bit kick pick
[ e ] 发音组合：e ea a
代表单词：pen egg best bread heaven many
[æ] 发音组合：a
代表单词：cap map bad
[ʌ] 发音组合：u o
代表单词：up cup but monk onion
[ɔ] 发音组合：o
代表单词：hot not
[u] 发音组合：oo u ou
代表单词：foot good pull full should would
[ə] 发音组合：a er or
代表单词：appear again alike
teacher mother brother actor monitor
[ i: ] 发音组合：e ee ea ie ei
代表单词：me he we bee feel deep seat beat lead
chief believe achieve receive
[ɑ:] 发音组合：ar ear al
代表单词：far dark farm heart half
[ɔ:] 发音组合：al oo aw ou ore au or ar
代表单词：talk ball door floor law saw
bought thought before ignore
caught naughty force born warn
[u:] 发音组合：o oo ou u
代表单词：food fool shoot tomb group blue clue
[ə:] 发音组合：or ir er ur ear
代表单词：work worm bird dirty term burn surf learn
2) 双元音
[ei] 发音组合：ei a ai ay
代表单词：eight cake lake make
paid main day may
[ai] 发音组合：y i uy
代表单词：cry my bike time kite buy guy
[ɔi ] 发音组合：oy oi
代表单词：boy toy noise voice coin
[iə] 发音组合：eer ear ere
代表单词：beer deer hear near here
[ɛə] 发音组合：air ear are ere
代表单词：hair fair chair bear swear dare hare there
[uə] 发音组合：oor our
代表单词：poor tour
[əu] 发音组合：o ow oa
代表单词：host nose cope own low boat coat
[au]发音组合：ou ow
代表单词：house out sound town now
二、辅音部分：
[p] 发音组合：p
代表单词：pay put speed spend
[t] 发音组合：t
代表单词：tea tip meet
[k] 发音组合：c k ck
代表单词：cake car can kite sky pick back
[f] 发音组合：f ph
代表单词：five life fat photo telephone
[θ]发音组合：th
代表单词：think teeth thank both mouth
[s] 发音组合：s c
代表单词：seem set say face race ice price
[ʃ] 发音组合：sh s ss ch
代表单词：ship fish sure assure machine
[h] 发音组合：h wh
代表单词：hot home hate whole
[b] 发音组合：b
代表单词：bird big bag
[d] 发音组合：d
代表单词：do did deer bed
[g] 发音组合：g
代表单词：go gap bag
[v] 发音组合：v
代表单词：vote very leave
[ð] 发音组合：th
代表单词：this then though
[z] 发音组合：z s
代表单词：prize raise eyes
[ʒ] 发音组合：s
代表单词：pleasure usual
[m] 发音组合：m
代表单词：some come mother
[n] 发音组合：n
代表单词：note no gun
[ŋ] 发音组合：ng n
代表单词：king thing ink tank
[l] 发音组合：l
代表单词：late let tell deal
[r] 发音组合：r wr
代表单词：rice right free write wrong
[j] 发音组合：y
代表单词：year yes you
[w] 发音组合：w wh
代表单词：wait will wheel what when
[ʧ] 发音组合：ch
代表单词：cheap catch watch
[ʤ] 发音组合：j g dg
代表单词：jeep joke change judge
[dr] 发音组合：dr
代表单词：dream draw
[tr] 发音组合：tr
代表单词：tree trip treat
[ts] 发音组合：ts
代表单词：sits parents
[dz] 发音组合：ds
代表单词：needs spends
