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Proportional Reading: Phonetic Instruction
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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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