Do you pronounce these words correctly? (JA002)

 [æ]   valley, mass, lack, gas, mantle, annual

[ə:]     occur, urban,purple, pearly        [ə]   focus, supply, sufficient, thoroughly

[o]      swamp, swan, copper, cough, trough,

[o:]     salt, called, quartz, war, course, pour, thought, sought, caught, cause, fault,

[əu]    (al)though (=ačkoliv)

[u:]     through (=skrz), wounded, tomb

[a]      tough, rough,current, occurrence, sub-, subduction, duct, conduct,
ductility, product, dug, sum, fund, abundant, pump, structure, illustrated, sulfur, cultural,
erupt, blood, flood, compass,

[au]   drought

[ai]     file, mine, dilute, dioxide,  Alpine, combine, crystalline, decline, syncline, anticline,
microcline,  climate, finally, diversity, archives, identic, identify,
lie, lying, rise, high – height, hydrology, hydrosphere, dynamic,

[aiə]  lion, ion, anion, cation, iodine, variety, higher

[ei]     failed, raised, saline

[i]        lithosphere, determine, examine, wind (=vítr), myth

[i:]      iodine, bromine, olivine, marine, peat, heat, release, key, shield,
           region, scheme, thesis,

[e]      lead (=olovo), sweating, spreading, readily,buried,

[g]       angle (úhel), angler fish, rugged, designated

[dž ]   angel (anděl), geology, Pangea, diverging, gemstone, generate, region, ginger, margin,
vegetation, major

[š]       partial, special, efficient, coefficient, Cretaceous, Tertiary

[č]       bachelor, arch

[k]       chemical, chemistry, characterize, scheme, architect, archeology,
          archives, chaotic, chasm, arc

[θ]      lithosphere, asthenosphere, thermometer, geothermal, therapy
          theme, thesis, synthesis, hypothesis, anthracite, ethnic, thoroughly

Nevyslovovaná  písmena:  gneiss, island, design, climb, comb, knock, salmon

                   Correct stress (přízvuk) will lead you to pronounce correctly

-ology, -alogy, -ography, -a’bility – tyto přípony berou na sebe přízvuk:
ge‘ology, hy‘drology, pe‘trology, mine‘ralogy, paleon‘tology, clima´tology, arche‘ology,
ge‘ography, e‘cology, varia’bility

Stress on the 2^nd syllable:   ▫  ▪ , designated as ´before the stressed syllable, e.g. e‘vent.

 Nouns (+ adjectives)


                                                    Adjectives + passive verbs

a‘bundance

a‘nalysis

a‘nion

a’bility

ae’ration

as‘thenosphere

be’haviour

ca’pacity

con‘vergence, con‘vergent

de‘cline

de‘posit

di‘vergence, di‘vergent

di‘versity

e‘vent

ge’odesist

 hy‘drolysis

 hy‘pothesis

o‘ccur

o‘ccurrence

per´cent

phe‘nomenon, phe‘nomena

pro´cedure

                         ra‘vine

                         res´triction, res´tricted

                         sa‘linity

                         su‘pply

                          se´lection

                         ther‘mometer

                         trans‘parency, trans‘parent

                         va‘riety

                                                    a´ffected

                                                    an‘tarctic

                                                    a´ppropriate

                                                    a‘vailable

                                                    cha‘otic

                                                    con´sistent

                                                    co‘lonial

                                                    de´rived

                                                    dy‘namic

                                                    i´dentified

                                                    in´volved

                                                    ma‘rine

                                                    ob´tained

                                                    sig´nificant

                                                    spe´cific

                                                    su‘fficient

                                                    sur´veyed

                                                    va´riable