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Presented byMD. Anwar Hossain InstructorDadanchak Fazlul Haque PTI.

There are 44 sounds in English. The sounds are divided in to two groups vowel sounds and consonant sounds.There are 20 vowel and 24 consonant sounds. The vowel sounds are subdivided into two major groups: pure vowels and diphthongs.There are 12 pure vowels and 8 diphthongs. pure vowels are two types: short vowels and long vowels. There are 7 short and 5 long vowels. SHORT VOWEL SOUNDSSymbolsComparable Sound in BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptioniSit/sit/uGood/gud/eEggBed/eg//bed/( )Away, America About/wei//bout/Cat , BatFan/kt/On/n/ ()UpCut/p/LONG VOWEL SOUNDSSymbolsComparable Sound In BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptioni: Seat See, Bee/si:t//Si:/ u:Twofood/tu://fu:d/: ( )Herbird/h3:(r)//b3:d/: FourBoard/f://b:(r)d/: ()AskCart/:sk//k:(r)t/SymbolsComparable Sound In BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptionhere/h(r)/e eight/eit/ cure(- j) /kj/-boy/:i/no/n/e there/e/a - My,five/mai/, faiv/a-now/na/Diphthong SoundsSymbolsComparable Sound In BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptionk Can/kn/D Do/du:/FFive/faiv/GGo/g /HHouse/haus/J -Yes/jes/LLove/lv/mMe/mi/ CONSONANT SOUNDSSymbolsComparable Sound In BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptionn Nine/nain/p Pen/pen/r Right/rait/s So/s /t Ten/ten/v Very/veri/w ()Wet,we/wet/, /wi:/ She/ i: / CONSONANT SOUNDSSymbolsComparable Sound In BanglaWordsPhonemicTranscriptiont Chair/te/d Just/dAst/ +Pleasure/pler/z Zoo/z: / /Long/l/ Thing/i/ This/is/bBee/bi:/ CONSONANT SOUNDS

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