英语共有48个音标，分为12个元音音标和36个辅音音标。元音音标包括：
/i:/ e.g. beat, heat, seat
/ɪ/ e.g. bit, hit, sit
/e/ e.g. bet, let, set
/æ/ e.g. bat, cat, rat
/ɑ:/ e.g. father, spa, star
/ɔ:/ e.g. bought, caught, fought
/ɒ/ e.g. lot, pot, top
/u:/ e.g. boot, food, pool
/ʊ/ e.g. book, cook, look
/ɜ:/ e.g. her, term, turn
/ə/ e.g. about, taken, mother
/ʌ/ e.g. cut, love, blood
/ɔɪ/ e.g. boy, choice, join
辅音音标包括：
/p/ e.g. pen, top, cup
/b/ e.g. bat, cab, web
/t/ e.g. ten, hot, cat
/d/ e.g. dog, bad, add
/k/ e.g. cat, kit, back
/g/ e.g. go, bag, pig
/f/ e.g. fan, off, cuff
/v/ e.g. van, have, give
/θ/ e.g. think, bath, teeth
/ð/ e.g. this, bathe, bathed
/s/ e.g. sad, pass, hiss
/z/ e.g. zebra, rose, lazy
/ʃ/ e.g. sheep, ship, wish
/ʒ/ e.g. measure, television, vision
/h/ e.g. hat, ahead, behind
/m/ e.g. man, ham, sum
/n/ e.g. no, ten, pen
/ŋ/ e.g. sing, ring, king
/l/ e.g. leg, bell, call
/r/ e.g. red, far, try
/w/ e.g. wet, queen, few
/j/ e.g. yes, use, cute
需要注意的是，每个音标可能会有多种发音方式, 例如，单词cat 中的 /k/ 音标发音和单词key 中的 /k/ 音标发音是不一样的。