| IPA | Description | Example |
| b | voiced bilabial plosive | bed |
| d | voiced alveolar plosive | dig |
| dʒ | voiced postalveolar affricate | jump |
| ð | voiced dental fricative | then |
| f | voiceless labiodental fricative | five |
| g | voiced velar plosive | game |
| h | voiceless glottal fricative | house |
| j | palatal approximant | yes |
| k | voiceless velar plosive | cat |
| l | alveolar lateral approximant | lay |
| l| | syllabic alveolar lateral approximant | battle |
| m | bilabial nasal | mouse |
| m| | syllabic bilabial nasal | anthem |
| n | alveolar nasal | nap |
| n| | syllabic alveolar nasal | button |
| ŋ | velar nasal | thing |
| p | voiceless bilabial plosive | pin |
| ɹ | alveolar approximant | red |
| s | voiceless alveolar fricative | seem |
| ʃ | voiceless postalveolar fricative | ship |
| t | voiceless alveolar plosive | task |
| tʃ | voiceless postalveolar affricate | chart |
| Θ | voiceless dental fricative | thin |
| v | voiced labiodental fricative | vest |
| w | labial-velar approximant | west |
| z | voiced alveolar fricative | zero |
| ʒ | voiced postalveolar fricative | vision |
| ə | mid central vowel | arena |
| əʊ | diphthong | goat |
| æ | near open-front unrounded vowel | trap |
| aɪ | diphthong | price |
| aʊ | diphthong | mouth |
| ɑː | long open-back unrounded vowel | father |
| eɪ | diphthong | face |
| ɜː | long open mid-central unrounded vowel | nurse |
| ɛ | open mid-front unrounded vowel | dress |
| ɛə | diphthong | square |
| i: | long close front unrounded vowel | fleece |
| ɪ | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | kit |
| ɪə | diphthong | near |
| ɔː | long open-mid back rounded vowel | thought |
| ɔɪ | Diphthong | choice |
| ɒ | open back rounded vowel | lot |
| u: | long close-back rounded vowel | goose |
| ʊ | near-close near-back rounded vowel | foot |
| ʊə | diphthong | cure |
| ʌ | Open-mid-back unrounded vowel | strut |