44 Sounds of English

44 Sounds of English• Each page has one sound( phoneme), showing its various written

forms (graphemes), with examples.• Not all graphemes are shown, so if you or your students discover

one not shown, celebrate this with the student and please let us know.

• 2-18 (yellow) are consonant sounds, 19-24 (green) are short vowel sounds, 25-32(pink) are long vowel sounds, 33-39 (aqua) are digraph (combined) sounds, 40-44 (orange) are ‘r’ controlled sounds.

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Consonant sounds1

b- ball baby bed

bb- rabbit rubble b_bble

Consonant sounds2

•d- dog duck d_ctor

•dd- ladder add d_ddy c_ddle

Consonant sounds3

•f- fish finger f_t

•ff- muffin fluffy

•ph- phone graph ph_t_

Consonant sounds4

•g- goat •gg- _gg

•j- jug •g- giraffe

•ge- cage •dge- hedge

Consonant sounds5

•h- hamburger house h_rse

Consonant sounds6

•k- key •c- cat •ck- clock

•ch- christmas •q- queen

Consonant sounds7

•l- lion leg l_zard

•ll- bell ball ball_ _ns

Consonant sounds8

•m- monkey man mouse

•mm- hammer

•mb- thumb

Consonant sounds9

•n- nest n_se night

•nn- tunnel r_nning

•kn- knight kn_ _ know

Consonant sounds10

•p- pear

people

•pp- _pple

happy

Consonant sounds11

•r- r_bbit run rain

•rr- squirrel furry sorry

•wr- write wring wr_ng

Consonant sounds12

•s- s_ck s_ _ b_s

•ss- dr_ss chess class

•se- horse hose

•c- city

•ce- rice

Consonant sounds13

•t- tiger toes t_n

•tt- buttons p_ttern

Consonant sounds14

•v- violin sev_n oven

•ve- f_ve love give

Consonant sounds15

•w- watch wat_ _ w_ll

•u- qu_ _n aqua

Consonant sounds16

•y- yacht y_llow year

2014

Consonant sounds17

•z- zebra

•zz- puzzle

•ze- maze

•se- ch_ _se

•x- xyloph_n_

Short vowels1

•a- ant a_ _le rat

Short vowels2

•e- peg ten_ bend

•ea- bread hea_

•a- many any

Short vowels3

•i- pin_ hit ring

•y- gym gymnast hymn

Short vowels4

•o- orange

•ou- cough

•a- wash

Short vowels5

•u- umbr_lla

•o- money

•a- above

•ou- touch

Short vowels6

•oo- book look coo_

•u- pull

•ou- could

Short vowels7 neutral vowel

•er- teacher •ar- collar •or- doctor

•ure- measure •a- zebra e- garden

•i- fossil •o- lion u- circus

Long vowels1

•a- table •ai- snail

•ay- tray cray_n •ey- they

•ea- break •ei- veil

•a_e- cake mal_ •eigh- eigh_ neigh

Long vowels2

•e- equal even •ee- bee eel

•ea- seal beak •ei- ceiling

•ey- key •ie- field

•y- b_by lady •e_e- centipede scene

Long vowels3

i- ice ei- either

ie- pie tie y- fly cr_

i-e bike igh- ligh_ nigh_

Long vowels4

•o- volcano go •oa- goat goal

•ow- snow tow •o_e- cone globe

•ough- dough

Long vowels5

•u- uniform ute •ue- Tuesda_ glue

•ew- stew grew •u_e- cube

Long vowels6

•ou- house mou_ _ hour

•ow- cow towel fowl

Long vowels7

•oy- boy

•oi- coin

Long vowels8

•oo- moon boots •o- do •u- truth

•ui- fruit •ew- screw ou- soup

•ue- glue •u_e- flute ough- through

Digraphs & trigraphs

1

•ch- cheese ch_cken

•tch- watch w_tch

Digraphs2

•wh- wheel wh_le

what why

? ?

Digraphs3

•sh- shell sh_p shor_

•ti- station portion exclamation

!

•ch- machine • ss-tissue

Digraphs4

•zh- treasure (sound) measur_

•ge- camouflage entourage

Digraphs 5

•th- thumb think

Digraphs 6

•ng- ring sin_ thing thon_

•n- sink

Digraphs 7

•th- feather the

father bathe

‘r’ controlled vowels1

•air- chair pair •are- square fare

•ear- _ear tear •ere- there

•eir- their

‘r’ controlled vowels2

•ar- shark car •al- palm

•a- raft •augh- laugh

‘r’ controlled vowels3

•ear- ear •ier- pier

•ere- here •eer- deer

‘r’ controlled vowels4

•er- fern •ear-

heard

learn

•ere- were

•ir- bir_ •or- words •ur- surf

nurse

‘r’ controlled vowels5

•oor- door •ore- core •oar- boar

•our- four

•ough- thought •or- for_

•al- walk •ar- warm •au- sauc_ _

•aw- draw •augh- caught