. Sounds simple code

/s/ s -ss glass

-ce -se cedis

sc -st- castle

ps

/a/ a ant

/t/ t toes

-tt -ed -bt debt

/i/ i insect

-y

/p/ p pan

-pp puppet

/n/ n net

-nn kn gn sign

-ne

/k/ c cow

k -ck clock

ch chameleon

qu que

/e/ e egg

-ea head

-ai said

/h/ h hat

wh who ?

/r/ r rat

-rr wr write

rh

/m/ m map

-mm -me welcome

-mb -mn

/d/ d dig

-dd puddle

-ed

/g/ g girl

-gg juggle

gu guitar

gh -gue

/o/ o wa qua alt salt

/u/ u o son

-ou touch

-ough

/l/ l -ll shell

/ul/ -le -il -al -el

/f/ f -ff cliff

ph photograph

-gh

/b/ b bat

-bb bu

/j/ j jug

-ge giraffe

-dge

/y/ y yawn

/ai/ ai -ay tray

a table

-ae a-e

-ey prey

-ea eigh eight

-aigh ____ straight

/w/ w web

wh wheel

-u penguin

vowel sounds in red /a/ /ee/ /or/ consonant sounds in blue /s/ /ch/ /ng/

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snake

umbrella

ladder

fish

first aid

letter

bonnet

arrow

hammer

watch

pencil

rabbit

cabbage

break

palace

knot

rained

qualify

hospital

building

house

rhinoceros

thumb

Ghana

no thoroughfare

camel

laugh

fridge

reggae

engine

bouquet

columns

catalogue

plate

scissors pseudonym

plaque

cymbals

complex code Graphemes, or spelling alternatives, which are code for the sounds

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

33

20

23

24

25

26

28

22

8

49

34

19

21

73

27

47

72

89

9

97

g e i y 76

35

c e i y 75

81

81

89

74

The English Alphabetic Code for Ghana

orange

bottles

kettle

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Sounds simple code complex code

/oa/ oa goat

ow bow

o old hoe rope

-ough dough

eau plateau

/igh/ -igh night

-ie tie

i -y fly

i-e ei eye eye

/ee/ ee tree

ea eat

e emu

e-e -ey key

-ie chief

-ine sardines

/i/ & /ee/ -y -ey -ie

/or/

or /aw/

or fork

oar oars

-oor door

ore snore

-our four

war wardrobe

quar wa

aw dawn

au sauce

-al chalk

-augh ough

/z/ z -zz jazz

-s fries

-se -ze

/ng/ -ng gong

-n jungle /ngk/ ink

-nc

/v/ v van

-ve dove

short

/oo/ -oo

book -oul -u

push long /oo/

oo moon

-ue blue

u-e flute

-ew crew

-ui fruit

-ou soup

-o -ough

/ks/ -x fox

-ks -cks clocks

-kes /gz/ -x -gs

/ch/ ch chairs

-tch patch /chu/ -ture

/sh/ sh ch chef

-ti station

-ci -ssi

unvoiced

/th/ th

moth voiced

/th/ th

there

/kw/ qu queen

/ou/ ou ow owl

-ough

/oi/ oi ointment

oy toy

/yoo/ -ue u u-e tube

ew new

eu

/er/ er ir ur nurse

wor world

schwa

/er/‘uh’� -er

runner -our

humour -re

theatre -ar collar

-or sailor

/ar/ ar artist

a father

alm palm

-alf

/air/ air hair

-are hare

-ear bear

/eer/ deer ear

ears -ere -ier

/zh/ -si -s -z g -ge by DebbieHepplewhite

The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code: 1. One sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters: e.g. /a/ a, /f/ ph, /igh/ igh, /oa/ ough 2. One sound can be represented by multiple spelling alternatives (graphemes): e.g. /oa/: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough 3. One grapheme can represent multiple sounds: e.g. ough: /oa/ though, /or/ thought, long /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, /u/ thorough

zebra

shoes

herbs

sunny monkey

should

books

bird

television treasure

Grey dashes indicate that the particular letter/s-sound correspondence is unlikely to begin a word.

Hollow letters alert the reader to various possible pronunciations.

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behind

movie

plough

adhere

azure

concrete

caught

cheese

cakes

earth

half

where

cashier

courgette

bike

thought

breeze

admission

pneumatic

calves -alves

collage

eider duck

uncle

quarter

exam

move

water

through

pegs

picture

between

This chart is not definitive. You may find further code.

Take accents into account.

29

31

41

42

43

44

45

51

53

55

56

57

58

59

60

62

63

65

67

69

70

71

83

87

96

30

32

48

100

46

54

68

64

66

39

91

95

84

88

96

38

37

36

82

98

82

92

95

85

89

-oe

-ere

ear

77

40

79

50

98

61

93

86

90

o-e

-nk

80

78

52

98

94

mouth

rescue

eer

uniform

musician