There are ONLY 43 phonetic sounds in English, including 12 vowels, 7 diphthongs and 24 consonants.
In order to acheive IELTS speaking 7 or above, it is necessary to ensure that you can pronounce those 43 sounds clearly and correctly.
The following link a simple but useful phonetic sounds chart provided by the official website of British Council (one of which design the IELTS tests):
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/phonemic-chart
Good luck and wish you enjoy English study:)
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