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the
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Di:
| Dq before consonants
the door Dq 'dL
Di before vowels
the air Di 'eq
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a, an
| eI before consonants;
xn before vowels
| qbefore consonants
a book q 'bVk
qn before vowels
an apple qn 'xpl
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| Prepositions
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| at
at
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xt
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at lunch qt 'lAnC
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for
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fL
| fqbefore consonants
for fun fq 'fAn
fqrbefore vowels
for asking fqr 'RskIN
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| from
| frPm
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from work frqm 'wE:k
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| of
| Pv
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most of all 'mqVst qv 'Ll
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into
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Intu:
| Intubefore vowels
into a room Intu q 'ru:m
Intqbefore consonants
into the room Intq Dq 'ru:m
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to
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tu:
| tubefore vowels
to eat tu 'i:t
tqbefore consonants
to stop tq 'stPp
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| Auxiliary and Modal Verbs
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can, could
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kxn, kVd
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can wait kqn 'weIt
kqd
could wait kqd 'weIt
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must
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mAst
| mqstbefore vowels
must eat mqst 'I:t
mqsbefore consonants
must try mqs 'traI
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will, would
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wIl, wVd
| lin contractions
he’ll come hi l 'kAm
wqd
he would come hi wqd 'kAm
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shall, should
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∫xl, ∫Vd
| ∫qlor ∫l
we shall go wi ∫l 'gqV
∫qd
we should go wi∫qd 'gqV
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do, does
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du:, dAz
| dubefore vowels
why do all like it?
'waI du 'Ll 'laIk It
dqbefore consonants
why do they like it?
'waI dq DeI 'laIk It
dqz
when does it come?
'wen dqz It 'kAm
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have, has, had
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hxv, hxz, hxd
| hqv, hqz, hqdin initial positions
has he come?
hqz (h)i 'kAm
qv, qz, qd
which have you seen?
'wIC qv ju 'si:n
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be, been
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bi:, bi:n
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it’ll be fine Itl bi 'faIn
bIn
I’ve been at home
aIv bIn qt 'hqVm
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am, are, is, was, were
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xm, R, Iz, wPz, wE:
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why am I here?
'waI qm aI 'hIq
qbefore consonants
you are right ju q 'raIt
qrbefore vowels
you are in here
ju qr In 'hIq
zor sin contractions
it’s good Its 'gVd
he’s right hi z ′raIt
wqz
he was here hi wqz 'hIq
wqbefore consonants
they were good
DeI wq 'gVd
wqrbefore vowels
they were easy
DeI wqr 'i:zi
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| Conjunctions
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| and
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| qnd, qnor nafter t, d, s, z, ∫ come and see
'kAm qn 'si:
fish and chips
'fI∫ n 'CIps
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but
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bAt
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it’s good but expensive
Its 'gVd bqt Ik'spensIv
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than
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Dxn
| Dqn
better than ever
'betq Dqn 'evq
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as
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xz
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as much as possible
qz 'mAC qz 'pPsqbl
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that
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Dxt
| Dqt
say that she’s right
'seI Dqt ∫iz 'raIt
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| Pronouns
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you, your
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ju:, jL
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you like it ju 'laIk It
jqbefore consonants
your time jq 'taIm
jqrbefore vowels
your own jqr 'qVn
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he, his, him
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hi:, hIz, hIm
| hiin initial position
i
he was late, wasn’t he?
hi wqz 'leIt 'wPznt i
hIz, Iz
his name hIz 'neIm
take his name
'teIk (h) Iz 'neIm
Im
I’ve seen him
aIv 'si:n Im
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she, her
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∫i:, hE:
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why did she do it?
'waI dId ∫i 'du: It
hq, q before consonants
I’ve met her
aIv 'met (h)q
hqr, qrbefore vowels
take her out
'teIk (h)qr 'aVt
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| we, us
| wi:, As
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we need it wi 'ni:d It
qs
all of us 'Ll qv qs
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| me
| mi:
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come to me 'kAm tq mi
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| them
| Dem
| Dqm
eat them 'i:t Dqm
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| some
(unspecified quantity)
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sAm
| sqm
some more tea
sqm 'mL 'ti:
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| that
(relative pronoun)
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Dxt
| Dqt
the one that I chose
Dq 'wAn Dqt aI 'CqVz
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| there
(existential pronoun)
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Deq
| Dq before consonants
there’s Dqz
Dqrbefore vowels
there is Dqr 'Iz
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who
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hu:
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those who live here
'DqVz hu 'lIv hIq
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