This is the Sounds of English page where you can explore and practise sounds and words. The Languages button shows where problems might occur.

Here you must match words with their vowel components. A wide range of sounds are practised in this way.

Here you can make your own test by selecting up to four sounds to practise at one time.

This is a minimal pair exercise. The program contains twelve vowel and twelve consonant sets, each with two exercises per set.

The program covers all areas of word stress. Here you must put compounds together before listening to decide where the stress is.

This is an exercise from the practice section. In tutorial mode you can listen and repeat in short chunks.