How to make phonetics worksheetsand IPA flashcards.

Open the phonetics worksheet maker and choose Try an example. It fills A first IPA lesson as the title and adds ship, sheep, cat, book, teacher and about. The review pane and lesson preview appear after the dictionary loads.

To make your own set, enter one word per line, up to 100 lines, and choose Create my worksheet. A short list is a good starting point when you want learners to focus on a particular contrast. Items per worksheet controls how many completed entries appear; the example has six even though the default limit is twelve.

You can supply your own models instead of relying on dictionary autofill. Separate a word or label from its IPA with a tab. For another language or a course-specific convention, these explicit models let you keep the intended notation.

Inspect the six IPA fields in Review the answers. The example uses broad American forms: ship is ʃɪp, sheep is ʃip, and teacher is ˈtitʃɚ. Notice the absence of length marks on i and the r-colored final vowel in teacher. Tell learners which convention the worksheet expects.

When a word has alternatives, use its Dictionary choices menu. The first entry is only a starting choice. You can also edit any IPA field directly; the preview and answer key update immediately. A deliberately blank IPA field removes the item from the worksheet until you complete it.

Missing spellings remain in the review list with Needs IPA. Add a pronunciation you have checked to include them. The tool does not invent a pronunciation, and manually entered IPA is not automatically validated for linguistic accuracy. Review specialist terms and names with a suitable source.

Choose Write the IPA to create a handout with a blank line beside each English word. This asks learners to produce a transcription. Use Shuffle the word order if you want a different sequence without changing the answers.

Choose Match words & IPA to place a lettered IPA bank beside the numbered words. Learners write the corresponding letter. When two entries have the same IPA, either letter for that identical form is acceptable; the activity is not trying to distinguish identical strings.

Choose Flashcards for self-study. Select a card to reveal its IPA, select it again to hide it, or use Reveal all cards and Hide all cards. Printed cards show the word fronts. The separate answer key supplies matching numbered IPA cards when you choose to include it.

Return to Write the IPA for the worked PDF example. Select Show & print the separate answer key to inspect all six models, then choose Print / Save PDF. The browser print dialog opens with the worksheet content, without the website navigation, guide or FAQ.

Choose Save as PDF in that dialog. The verified example contains two pages: the six blank-line questions first and the six reviewed answers on a separate page. You can choose the paper size and check the preview in your browser before saving.

For an answer-free learner copy, clear the answer-key switch and print or save again. The switch controls both the visible key and the printed key. It is independent of which flashcards you have revealed on screen.

Choose Download TSV to save i2speak-phonetics-worksheet.tsv. The actual file has Word and IPA columns with the six reviewed rows. Open or import it as tab-separated UTF-8 text in a spreadsheet or a compatible flashcard application. Formula-like entries are protected as text in this export.

Download text saves a numbered Unicode answer list. Both download formats include IPA answers even when the answer-key switch is off. They are reuse formats; choose the printed worksheet without its key for an answer-free assessment.

The maker restores the word list, settings and reviewed IPA within the same tab when session storage is available. Reset clears the draft. Keep the downloaded TSV for a lasting copy. To reuse it later, paste its data rows back into the word field and omit the Word / IPA header row.