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Phonograms Flashcards

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a

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/a/ - am
/A/ - apron
/ah/ - wasp

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b

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/b/ - boom

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c

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/k/ - cat

/s/ - city

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c followed by e, i, or y says

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/s/

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d

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/d/ - dad

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g

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/g/ - big

/j/ - gym

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g can only say /j/ when followed by

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e, i, or y

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o

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/o/ - ox
/O/ - go
/ōō/ - to

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s

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/s/ - sent

/z/ - as

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s never says /z/ at the

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beginning of a base word

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qu

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/kw/ - queen

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f

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/f/ - if

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e

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/e/ - elk

/E/ - be

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14
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What is the long e sound?

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/E/ - be

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l

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/l/ - lap

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h

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/h/ - hat

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k

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/k/ - kit

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i

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/i/ - it

/I/ - silent

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19
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Can English words end in ‘i’?

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No, you substitute a y or add a silent e

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j

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/j/ - jam

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21
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J is used at the beginning of a syllable but never

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At the end of English words

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p

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/p/ - map

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r

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/r/ - ran

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r is not the same as

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/er/

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t

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/t/ - bat

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u

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/u/ - us
/U/ - unit
/oo/ - put

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v

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/v/ - over

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w

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/w/ - walk

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y

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/y/ - yard - as a consonant used only at the beginning of a syllable
/i/ - gym
/I/ - my
/E/ - baby

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m

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/m/ - me

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31
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n

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/n/ - nut

32
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x

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/ks/ - fox

/z/ - xylophone

33
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z

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/z/ - zip

34
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oo

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/OO/ - food
/oo/ - took
/O/ - floor

‘Don’t eat the food you took from the floor’

In reading we can’t determine which sound to use except by context.

35
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ee

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/E/ - double ee always says /E/ tree

36
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er

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/er/ - her

37
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oy

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/oy/ - boy

We can use this at the end of English words

38
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oi

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/oy/ - boil

that we may not use at the end of English words, because English words don’t end with i

39
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ch

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/ch/ - child
/k/ - Christ
/sh/ chef

40
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ow

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/ow/ - plow

/O/ - snow

41
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ou

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/ow/ - our
/O/ - fourth
/OO/- tour
/u/ - famous

42
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ay

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/A/ - 2 letter /A/ that we may use at the end of English words

/A/ - say

/I/ - bayou

43
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ai

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/A/ - 2 letter /A/ that we may not use at the end of English words, because English words do not end in i

/A/ - pail

44
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ea

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/E/ - beat
/e/ - bread
/A/ - break

45
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or

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/or/ - Lord

46
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ui

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/OO/ - fruit
/U/ suit

That we may not use at the end of English words because English words do not end in i.

47
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ng

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/ng/ - ring

48
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ar

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/ar/ - car

49
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wh

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/wh/ - wheel

50
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aw

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/aw/ - saw

That we may use at the end of words

51
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au

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/aw/ - fault

That we may not use at the end of English words because they don’t end in u

52
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ck

A

/k/ - back

2 letter k
Used only after a single vowel which says its first sound

53
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oe

A

/O/ - toe

54
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oa

A

/O/ - boat

55
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ed

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/ed/ - traded
/d/ - pulled
/t/ - picked

56
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ur

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/er/ - church

57
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ir

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/er/ - first

58
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w or

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/er/ - worship

‘or’ may say /er/ when w comes before it

59
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ear

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/er/ - early

60
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igh

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/I/ - night

3 letter /I/

61
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ie

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/E/ - thief

/I/ - tie

62
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dge

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/j/ - edge

3 letter /j/
used only after a single vowel which says its first sound

63
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wr

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/r/ - wreck

64
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ti

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/sh/ - nation

used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one

65
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ci

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/sh/ - social

used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one

66
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si

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/sh/ - digression
/zh/ - division

used at the beginning of any syllable after the first one

67
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tch

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/ch/ - butcher

3 letter /ch/

68
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eigh

A

/A/ - eight

4 letter /A/

69
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ei

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/A/ - their
/E/ - ceiling
/i/ - foreign

can’t be used at the end of english words

70
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ph

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/f/ - phone

71
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ey

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/A/ - they

/E/ - key

72
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kn

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/n/ - knee

2 letter /n/ used only at the beginning of a base word

73
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gn

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/n/ - gnarled, sign

2 letter /n/ used both at the beginning and at the end of a base word

74
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ough

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/O/ - dough
/OO/ - through
/uff/ - rough
/off/ - cough
/aw/ - bought
/ow/ - bough
75
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ew

A

/OO/ - flew

/U/ - few

76
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gh

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/g/ - 2 letter /g/ used at the beginning of a base word

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