Whinzel, I can't type or copy all phonetic symbols, so, you have to relate my explanations to the real symbol, I hope you get everything, check the symbols with your notes, books or on the net.
I've added the words pronounced by Hitchhiker at first place of each line.
/i:/ seat, sheep, green, eat, cheap, feel, clean, please
/I/ sit, ship, his, in, ill, before, ring, this, is, bill, fish
/u:/ do, boot, blue, two, you, group, shoe, loose, moved
/u/ put, look, could, would, , book, good,
/e/ rent, bed, leg, set, very, age, well, desk, get, yes
/schwa sound/ (it is represented by an inverted "e", I can't type it) the, at, to, about (the a), another (the a and the e), again (the first a), pleasure (the last e), o'clock (the first o), consistent (the o and the e), five (the e)
/3:/ work, burn, turn, word, thursday, church, bird
/o:/ (note here that the symbol is not an complete "o" , it is like an inverted "c", I can't type it either) talk, caught, cause, yours, door, port, tall, ball, law, ward, fall, before (the o), call
/ae/ manpower, bad, have, hasn't, hand, man, carry, angry, sat, that, cat, married, Spanish, travel
/A/ (the correct symbol doesn't have the - inside the letter, get me?, it is like an inverted V) cut, just, couple, much, front, enough, come, young, sunm number, double, bus
/a:/ chart, calm, start, march, after, heart, park, glass, aren't, car
/inverted a/ (imagine an "a" looking at left instead at right, but an "a" typed with Comic Sans font) operate, hot, clock, what, job, pot, gone, on
DIPHTHONGS
/ei/ wage, make, take, day, face
/aI/ time, bite, mine, wine, light, fire, five
/au/ now, house, round, mouth
/I+schwa/ clear, here, hear, deer
/u+schwa/ secure, poor, tour, edure
/inverted a+I/ coin, boy, oil
/e+schwa/ fair, there, where, chair
/shwa+u/ phone, no, open, nose, ago, so, goes, window (the last ow), know, sew
I hope it is useful.
Good luck.
Elena
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