Question: what are the 12 monophthongs?
Answer:  i: see, unique, feel.  ɪ wit, mystic, little.  e set, meant, bet.  æ pat, cash, bad.  ɑ: half, part, father.  ɒ not, what, cost.  ɔ: port, caught, all.  ʊ wood, could, put.