44 SOUNDS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The 18 Consonant Sounds

b k d f g h j l m
cat, box, kite, dog, add, fast, phone, get, egg, jet, page, man, summer,
bag, rabbit hot, who lip, fell
pick, queen filled laugh, half ghost, guest giraffe climb, autumn

n p r s t v w y z
net, penny, pan, sip, ice, city, top, Thomas, wait, choir, zap, fuzz, has,
rat, wrist van, of, five yes, opinion
know, gnat happy science trap queen, why cheese

The 3 R-Controlled Vowels

The 6 Long Vowel Sounds
Sounds
ar or er, ir, ur a e i o u oo
made, maid, feet, bean, be, boat, bone, few, blue,
car, part fork, north her, bird, hurt pie, might, like you, mule
day, lady these, candy open, toe, sew soup

The 5 Short Vowel Sounds The 5 Special Sounds + Diphthongs

a e i o u oi ow oo aw zh
egg, pet, pig, busy, hop, awful, fun, monkey, cow, book, pull, vision,
bat, after oil, toy raw,, haul
bread, friend in, women August, off trouble pouch soup treasure

The 7 Digraphs ch sh th th wh ng nk
Sounds chip, patch, future shop, fish thing this, the when ring bunk
 44 SOUNDS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The 18 Consonant Sounds

b k d f g h j l m
n p r s t v w y z

The 3 R-Controlled
The 6 Long Vowel Sounds
Vowels Sounds

ar or er, ir, ur a e i o u oo
The 5 Special Sounds +
The 5 Short Vowel Sounds
Diphthongs
a e i o u oi ow oo aw zh

The 7 Digraphs Sounds

ch sh th th wh ng nk