‘the’	əð (before consonants) ‘Shut the door’; ði (before vowels) ‘Wait for the end’
‘a’, ‘an’	ə (before consonants) ‘Read a book’; ən (before vowels) ‘Eat an apple’
‘and’	ən (sometimes n after t,d,s,z,ʃ) ‘Come and see’; 'Fish and chips'
‘but’	bət ‘It’s good but expensive’
‘that’	weak form only in relative clause; with demonstrative sense - strong; ðət ‘The priceIsThe thing that
‘than’	ðən ‘Better than ever’
‘his’	when it occurs before a noun; Iz (hIz at the beginning of a sentence) ‘Take his name’
‘her’	ə (before consonants) ‘Take her home’; ər (before vowels) ‘Take her out’
‘your’	jə (before consonants) ‘Take your time’; jər (before vowels) ‘On your own’
‘she’	ʃi ‘Why did she read it?’; Who is she?’
‘he’	i ‘ Which did he choose?’
‘we’	wi ‘How can we get there?’
‘you’	ju ‘What do you think?’
‘him’	Im ‘Leave him alone’
‘her’	ə (hə when sentence-initial) ‘Ask her to come’
‘them’	ðəm ‘Leave them here’, 'Eat them'
‘us’	əs ‘Write us a letter’; ‘They invited all of us’
‘at’	ət ‘I’ll see you at lunch’; in final position: ӕt ‘What’s he shooting at?”
‘for’	fə (before consonants) ‘Tea for two’; fər (before vowels) ‘Thanks for asking’
‘for’ (in final position)	fɔ: ‘What’s that for?
‘from’	frəm ‘I’m home from work’; in final position: frɒm ‘Here’s where it came from’
‘of’	əv ‘Most of all’; ɒv ‘Someone I’ve heard of’
‘to’	tə (before consonants) ‘Try to stop’; tu (before vowels) ‘Time to eat’; in final position: tu
‘as’	əz ‘As much as possible’; in final position: ӕz ‘That’s what it was sold as’
‘some’	is used in two different ways
'some' (1)	when it occurs before a countable noun ('an unknown individual’) - strong form sʌm (some animal)
'some' (2)	before uncountable nouns and before other nouns in the plural - weak form səm. ‘Have some more tea’
‘there’ (1)	demonstrative function - strong form ðeə (ðeər before vowels):‘There it is’;
'there' (2) - weak	weak forms: ðə (before consonants) ‘There should be a rule’; ðər (before vowels) ‘There is’
'there' (2) - in final position	the pronounciation may be ðə or ðeə
‘can’ ‘could’	kən, kəd ‘They can wait’; in final position: kӕn, kʊd ‘I think we can’
‘have’ ‘has’ ‘had’	əv, əz, əd(with initial h-initial position)‘Which have you seen?';in final position: hӕv, hӕz, hӕd
‘shall’ ‘should’	ʃəl or ʃl; fəd ‘We shall need to hurry’; in final position: ʃӕl, ʃʊd ‘I think we shall’
‘must’ (1)	in sense of forming a conclusion or deduction - rather less likely to occur in its weak form
'must' (2)	məs (before consonants) ‘You must try harder’; də məst (before vowels); in final position: mʌst
‘do’	də (before consonants) ‘Why do they like it?’; du (before vowels); in final position: du:
‘does’	dəz ‘When does it arrive?'; in final position: dʌz
‘am’	əm; in final position: ӕm
‘are’	ə (before consonants); ər (before vowels); in final position: ɑ:
‘was’	wəz; in final position: wɒz
‘were’	wə (before consonants); wər (before vowels); in final position: wʒ: