Letter Sounds (w/ Variations) Flashcards
This site helped: https://pronunciationcoach.blog/?s=%22the+sounds+of%22 https://pronunciationcoach.blog/2012/05/29/vowel-pairs/
1
Q
Aa
A
3
“ah” (apple)
“uh” (about )
letter name “eh” (rake)
2
Q
Bb
A
1
“buh” (ball)
3
Q
Cc
A
2
“kuh” (car)
“sss” (circus)
4
Q
Dd
A
1
“duh” (dada)
5
Q
Ee
A
2
“eh” (end)
letter name, “eee” (eat)
6
Q
Ff
A
1
“fuh” (farm)
7
Q
Gg
A
2
“guh” (tag)
“juh” (George)
8
Q
Hh
A
1
“huh” (hug)
9
Q
Ii
A
2
“ih” (if)
“eye” (ice)
10
Q
Jj
A
1
“juh” (jug)
11
Q
Kk
A
1
“kuh” (tack/kangaroo)
12
Q
Ll
A
1
“luh” (lamp)
13
Q
Mm
A
1
“muh” (man)
14
Q
Nn
A
1
“nuh” (pan)
15
Q
Oo
A
3 normal ones, and some tricky ones
Vowel (so has letter name)
“ah” (ox)
“uh” (son)
“oh”, letter name (oh)
sometimes:
“ooh” (do) – usually spelled with two o’s, like “moon”)
Tricky cases:
one, once (“wuh”, a w sound! tricky!)