English phonics

English Phonics

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Long u

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vowels+r

Diphthongs

letter y

Consonants

Concepts

Consonant blends

short vowels

Other groups of letters

Long a

Long e

long i

Long o

Concepts

vowels

Consonants

Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu. sometimes Yy

Bb, Cc, Dd, Ff, Gg, Hh, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Vv, Ww, Xx, Zz, sometimes Yy

Short vowels

- a word has only one vowel and ends with a consonant: jam, west, hot - a word has two vowels separated by two or more letters apple, octopus, basket

Consonant blends

They are groups of consonants which are pronounced specifically. For example, sh, ch, ck, ph, ng, etc.

Long vowels

- a word ends with the letter ‘e’ cape, kite, tube. - a word has two vowels walking together. The first vowel makes a long sound. The second vowel remains silent tie, boat, rain

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Short Vowels

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fun - luck - but - mud - Musk - umbrella

get – beg – well – head – left – test

bad – pack – tag – land – happy – match

pick – big – give – miss – English – city

hot – lock – rob – stop – possible – dollar

look - book - foot - put - push - pull - would - could - should

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Long A

a_e

ea

ei

ai

_ay

wait

steak

late

weight

day

say

eight

great

stable

aim

play

able

break

race

make

says

height

said

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[sez]

[sed]

[haɪt]

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Long E

ie

_e

ee

ea

e_e

_ey

ceiling

eve

key

be

eat

see

feed

pea

eve

these

either

money

bee

gene

he

steal

receipt

monkey

delete

tease

protein

speech

turkey

me

coffee

theme

she

honey

please

caffeine

breaddeaf

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friend

[frend]

[def]

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Long i

ie

i_e

igh

bike

lion

pie

light

right

die

kind

time

might

find

lie

like

high

tie

write

child

sigh

decide

blind

twilight

inside

behind

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Long o [əʊ]

oe

ow

o_e

oa

toe

no

window

home

boat

road

below

Joe

so

whole

approach

close

yellow

go

hoe

goal

hope

narrow

goes

oh

foe

rope

shadow

over

load

do

move

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[muːv]

[duː]

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Long o [ɔː]

wa_

al

aw, au

long

water

law

hall

always

war

gone

saw

wall

pause

want

cost

ball

because

narrow

coffee

shadow

all

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Long u (juː)

ew

eu

u_e

_ue

few

music

Europe

cube

rescue

argue

feud

pew

pupil

use

cute

eulogy

unicorn

hew

mute

feudal

mew

human

fume

uniform

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Long u [uː]

ui

u_e

ew

ue

o, oo

ou

fruit

food

group

rude

blue

chew

blew

true

ruby

mood

juice

through

crew

moon

truth

glue

route

broom

statue

flew

soup

tulip

stew

shoot

numeral

wound

issue

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Vowel + r

ur = [ɜː]

ar = [a:]

ir= [ɜː]

or = [ɔː]

er = [ɜː]

ear = [ɜː]

turn

her

heard

car

corn

girl

first

more

bar

verb

fur

earn

church

third

herd

far

order

earth

Turkey

earnest

observe

forty

shirt

part

learn

Birthday

serve

hard

return

torn

heart [hɑːt] hearth [hɑːθ]

war [wɔː]warm [wɔːm]

work [wɜːk]word [wɜːd]

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diphthong [ɪə]

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area really idea

year hear ear near clear appear

material hereperiod career

diphthong [aʊ]

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town down power however allow now

about out ground our house around

diphthong [eə]

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air hair their parent various

there where share care

yeah wear pear

diphthong [ʊə]

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tour insure sure[ʃʊə] plural during

poor boor

Letter Y

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Y as a vowel

Y as a consonant[j]

[i]

gym, myth

yesyak yell yelp yuck yam yap

fly, cry, try, type, my, by

[ai]

[i:]

happy, party, sorry, baby, candy, funny, city

[ei]

say, play, hay, bay, day, pay

Most of consonant letters are pronounced in one way. Here are the consonant letters which might sound differently with different letters

Consonants

c = [k] + a/o/u/consonant

g = [g] + a/o/u/consonant

cake, come, cucumber, clean, cry, scratch, act, panic

dialogue, egg, again, begin, green, ghost, pig

g = [ʤ] + e/i/y

c = [s] + e/i/y

center, cellar, cigarette, cinema, agency, notice

giant, budget, logic, edge, gentle, gym

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Consonant blends

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cc

ch, tch

ch

ck

gh

[ks]

[k]

accentaccept access eccentric accident

accommodateaccount accuse occur acclaim

[tʃ]

chain check teacher kitchen catch watch

champagne charlatan chef chic machine cache

[k]

character chemical Chris archive mechanic technical ache

[ʃ]

[k]

black pack deck kick pick cracker pocket rocket

[g]

ghost ghastly Ghana ghetto

[-]

though throughweigh neighbor bought daughter

cough enough rough tough laugh

[f]

Consonant blends

sch

ng

sc

ph

[ʃ]

[sk]

schnauzerschedule

schoolscholar scheme schedule

[ŋ]

king sing singer singing bang long wrong tongue

scanscandal scare score Scotch scuba

[s]

sciencescissors scene scent scythe

[sk]

[f]

phone photograph phrase phenomenon biography

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Consonant blends

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th

xh

wh

sh

whowhom whose whole

[ð]

thisthat then though father brother breathe bathe

[ʃ]

[θ]

share she shine shoe fish cash push punish

thankthick think thought thunder author breath bath

[w]

what when where which while why whale wheel white

[h]

exhumationexhume exhale

[ks]

exhibition

[ks]+[h]

[g]+[z]

exhaustexhibit exhilarate exhort exhume exhale

gu, qu

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gu

qu

[k] quality, question, quite, quote, equal, require; [kw] unique, technique, antique, grotesque

[g] guard, guess, guest, guide, guitar, dialogue; [gw] language, linguistics, Guatemala, Nicaragua

sure and ture

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-sure [ʒə]

-ture [ʧə]

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure

creature, furtinture, picture, nature, adventure

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silent letters

kn, gn, pn = [n]

mb, lm = [m]

bt, pt= [t]

knee, knife, know; gnome, sign, foreign; pneumonia, pneumatic

doubt, debt, subtle; receipt, pterodactyl

lamb, climb, bomb, comb, tomb; calm, palm, salmon

wr = [r]

ps = [s]

rh = [r]

psalm, pseudonym, psychologist, psychiatrist

rhapsody, rhetoric, rheumatism, rhythm, rhyme

wrap, wreck, wrestle, wrinkle, wrist, write, wrong

Letters in the suffixes

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ti, ci, si, su

si, su

[ʃ]

[ʒ]

nationpatient special vicious pension Asia sensual pressure

visionfusion Asia usual visual measure pleasure

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