Letter Sounds
The sound of the letter 'e'
/eh/ - as in egg, elephant
The sound of these 2 letters together:
ee
long /e/ -- as in seek, meet, free -- *always says long /e/
br
brick, brat, bring, brother
Short vowel you hear in these words:
hat, cap, gab, bag, fat
short /a/
Which sound is before the 't' sound in NOT?
short /o/
The sound of the letter ' r '
/r/ -- fold your tongue back and use vocal chords-- as in rag, rip, rot
The sound of these letters:
ch
/ch/ -- church, chill, chap -- *close teeth, tongue to top of mouth blocking air, open mouth and force air out quickly
dr
dry, drip, drag, drug
Short vowel you hear in these words:
pen, wed, men, fed, red
short /e/
Which sound is after the short /i/ sound in lip?
/p/
The sound of the letter ' n '
/n/ -- as in not, nag, nut -- *made using tongue to roof of mouth and vocal chords
The sound of these letters:
th
/th/ -- the, thin, thick, that -- *tongue between teeth, force air through slight opening between top/bottom teeth -- **sometimes uses vocal chords, sometimes not
bl
blink, blind, blur, bleed
Short vowel you hear in these words:
in, tin, pin, sift, will, bid, big
short /i/
/d/
The sound of the letter ' q '
/kw/ -- as in quit, quick, quack -- *made by back of tongue touching top, back of throat and blowing air/some vocal chords
The sound of these letters:
sh
/sh/ -- shop, shade, ship, shun
cr
crust, cramp, crawl, crib
Short vowel you hear in these words:
pop, not, bog, sob, lop
short /o/
Which sound is before the /d/ sound in the word ' bend '?
/n/
The sound of the letter ' y '
/y/ -- as in yo-yo, yell, yuck, yip -- *made by middle of tongue pushing toward roof of mouth, blowing air, using vocal chords, and ending with the short 'u' sound
The sound of these letters:
ph
/f/ -- physical, phase, phone -- *top teeth slightly over bottom lip, blow air through --**sometimes use vocal chords for a /v/ sound
cl
clean, clap, closet, climb
Short vowel you hear in these words:
up, dug, rut, tub, pun, but
short /u/
What sound is before the /e/ sound in
' get '?
hard /g/