Code: & = schwa; \a-\ = long a; \ò\ = one dot above;

e-e = vowel consonant vowel

1.  a

a = \a\ in apple

a = \ò\ in all

a = \&\ in banana

a = \a-\ in baby

a-e = \a-\ in safe

ai = \a-\ in sail

ar = \ar\ in ark

ar = \er\ in liar,

  pedlar, dollar, cellar

au = \ò\ in August

aw = \ò\ in saw

ay = \a-\ in play

2. b

b = \b\ in bat

3. c

c = \k\ in cat

c = \s\ before e i y

  center, cider,  

  cylinder

ch =\k\ in Christmas

ch = \ch\ in chin

ch = \sh\ in Chicago

chs = \ks\in monarchs

ci =\sh\ in physician

ck = \k\ in black

cs = \ks\ in relics

cks = \ks\ in racks

4. d

d = \d\ in dog

5. e

e = \e\ in elephant

e = \e-\ in recent

e = \&\ in honest

e-e = \e-\ in these

ea = \e\ in head

ea = \a-\ in great

ea = \e-\ in eat

ed = \d\ in sailed

ed = \t\ in jumped

ee = \e-\ in feed

(e con't)

ei = \a-\ in vein

eigh = \a-\ in eight

ei = \e-\ in ceiling

er =\&r\ in her, fern

er = \er\ in gallery,  

   property, average

eu = \yü\ in Europe

ew = \ü\ in grew

ew = \yü\ in few

ey = \e-\ in valley

ey = \a-\ in they

6. f

f = \f\ in fun

7. g

g =\g\ in game, got

g =  \j\ before e i y

general, giant, gypsy

8. h

h = \h\ in ham

9. i

i = \i\ in it, jib

i = \&\ in minimum

i = \i-\ in spider

i-e = \i-\ in pine

ie = \e-\ in chief

igh = \i-\ in light

ir = \&r\ in sir, firm

10. j

j = \j\ in jam

11. k

k = \k\ in kite

ks = \ks\in banks

Vkes = \ks\ in rakes

12. l

l = \l\ in let, left

13. m

m = \m\ in man

14. n

n = \n\ in not

15. o

o = \o\ in not

o = \&\ in cover

o = \o-\ in pony

o = \ù\ in wolf, woman

o-e = \o-\ in home

oa = \o-\ in boat

oe = \o-\ in toe

oi = \ói\ in boil

(o con't)

or = \er\

actor, collector,

  doctor

oo = \ü\ in food

oo = \ù\ in book

ou = \ü\ in soup

ou = \aú\ in out

ou =  \ù\ in could

ous = \&s\ in

  dangerous

ow = \aú\ in cow

ow = \o-\ in snow

oy = \ói\ in toy

16. p

p =  \p\ in pan

ph = \f\ in phone

17. q

qu =\qu\ in quick

18. r

r = \r\ in rat

19. s

s = \s\ in sat

s = \z\ in nose

sc = \s\ in science

sh = \sh\ in ship

si = \ch\ in

  expansion

si =\sh\ in

  compulsion

si = \zh\ in emersion 

 

20. t

t = \t\ in rat

tch = \ch\ in catch

th =\th\ in this,   

  that, those

ti =\ch\ in attention

ti = \sh\ in partial

21. u

u = \&\ in cut

u =\ù\ in put, pull

u = \ü\ in ruby

u = \yü\ in music

u-e = \ü\ in rule

u-e = \yü\ in  mule

ue = \ü\ in true

ur = \&r\ in

  curl, burn, fur,

  gurgle, curfew

ur = \er\ in

   pursue, surpass,    

   sulphur, survive

us = \&s\ in circus

22. v

v = \v\ in victory

23. w

w = \w\ in win

24. x

x = \ks\ in box

x = \z\ in xylophone

25. y

y = \i\ in gym

y = \i-\ in cyclone

y = \e-\ in candy

y-e = \i-\ in type

  dyne, gyne, hype

26. z

z = \z\ in zebra

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