IPA

The IPA English help page on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English is a great resource on IPA pronunciation. The notes here is based off on that.

Vowels

There are short and long vowels.

Short	Front	Central	Back
Close	ɪ kit, mirror	ʊ foot, cook
Mid	e, ɛ dress merry	ə ago, sofa	ɒ lot, orange, neon
Open	æ trap, marry, ambition	ʌ curry, un-prefix
Long	Front	Central	Back
Close	i: fleece, idea	u: goose	ɔː north, force
Mid	eə bear	ɜː nurse furry
Open			ɑː father, bra, start

The ɔː here is more of a 'awe' from the British pronunciation.

Some vowels are combined, called diphthongs or triphthongs.

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

IPA	Eample
ɑː (sv)	palm, bra	ɑːr start
ə (wv)	comma, about

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