IPA

The IPA English help page on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English is a great resource on IPA pronunciation. he notes here is based off that but with notes targeted to how I speak.

Vowels

There are short and long vowels.

ɔː (*) is British pronunciation. north is 'n-awe-th' knawth

Short	Front	Central	Back
Close	ɪ kit, mirror, edition	ʊ foot, cook
Mid	e, ɛ dress merry	ə ago, sofa	ɒ lot, orange, neon
Open	æ trap, tattoo, ambition	ʌ curry, un-prefix
Long	Front	Central	Back
bear	ɜː nurse furry
Mid	eə bear	ɜː nurse furry
Open			ɑː father, bra, start

Canadian/American English pronounces /ɔː/ and /ɒ/ the same. Eg. cot and caught.

Some vowels are combined, called diphthongs or triphthongs.

eɪ	a	/beɪ/, bay. eɪər player
aɪ	i	/baɪ/, buy. pie. aɪər, hire, aɪ.ər, higher
ɔɪ	a-oy	/bɔɪ/, boy. ɔɪ.ər employer
əʊ	eau	/bəʊ/, beau
aʊ	ow	/baʊ/, bough, bow (verb). aʊər flour.
oʊ	oh	goat, mower

Some subtleties between British and North American pronunciations are given in the table below. 'r's before vowels are hard?

Word	British	North American
near	/ˈnɪər/ ne-ar	/'nʊər/ neer
cure	/ˈkjʊər/ cue-er	/'kjuːr/ queuer
square	/ˈskwɛər/	/ˈskwiːr/
caught	/'kɔːt/	/'kɒt'/

Consonants

IPA	Eample
b	buy, cab
d	dye, cad, ladder
dj	dew
dʒ	giant, badge, joy
f	fan, leaf
g	guy, bag
h	high, ahead
hw	whine
j	yes, hallelujah
k	sky, crack
l	lie, sly, gal
lj	lute
m	my, smile, cam
n	nigh, snide, can
nj	new
ŋ	sang, sink, singer
p	pie, spy, cap
r	rye, try, very
s	sigh, mass
sj	consume
ʃ	shy, cash, emotion
t	tie, sty, cat, latter
tj	tune
tʃ	china, catch
ð	thy, breathe, father
θ	thigh, math
θj	enthuse
v	vine, leave
w	wine, swine
z	zoo, has
zj	Zeus
ʒ	pleasure, beige

Common Mistakes

Word	IPA	Incorrect
mischievous	/'mɪs tʃə vəs/	/'mɪs tʃe ve ʌs/ (mis-che-vi-ous) with an extra syllable.
triathlon	/'traɪ'æθ lɒn/	/'traɪ'æθ a:lɒn/ (tri-ath-a-lon), with an extra syllable.