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.