Single-Letter Phonograms

Question 1

a

Answer 1

/ă-ā-ä/

mat (măt) - short a
table (tāble) - long a
father (fäther)

Question 2

b

Answer 2

/b/

bat

Question 3

c

Answer 3

/k-s/

cat (Kat)
cent (sent)

Question 4

d

Answer 4

/d/

dad

Question 5

e

Answer 5

/ĕ-ē/

tent (tĕnt) - short e
bee (bē) - long e

Question 6

f

Answer 6

/f/

foot

Question 7

g

Answer 7

/g-j/

big
gym (jym)

Question 8

h

Answer 8

/h/

hat

Question 9

i

Answer 9

/ĭ-ī-ē-y/

it (ĭt) - short i
ivy ( īvy) - long I
stadium (stadēum) - long e
onion (onyon)

Question 10

j

Answer 10

/j/

job

Question 11

k

Answer 11

/k/

kit

Question 12

l

Answer 12

/l/

lap

Question 13

m

Answer 13

/m/

me

Question 14

n

Answer 14

/n/

nut

Question 15

o

Answer 15

/ŏ-ō-ö/

on (ŏn) - short o
go (gō) - long o
do (dö)

Question 16

p

Answer 16

/p/

pan

Question 17

qu

Answer 17

/kw/ - /k/

queen (kween)

Q is always written with a U in English

Canadian and British students should add a the sound /k/ as in cheque.

For American students this is an advanced sound as in critique.

Question 18

r

Answer 18

/r/

ran

Question 19

s

Answer 19

/s-z/

sent
as (az)

Question 20

t

Answer 20

/t/

tip

Question 21

u

Answer 21

/ŭ-ū-ö-ü/

up (ŭp) - short u
pupil (pūpil) - long u - makes /yö/
flute (flöte)*
put (püt)

• In many words the long /ŭ/ sound drops the /y/ and therefore sounds like /ö/.

Question 22

v

Answer 22

/v/

van

Question 23

w

Answer 23

/w/

wall

Question 24

x

Answer 24

/ks-z/

fox (foks)
xylophone (zylophone)

Question 25

y

Answer 25

/y-ĭ-ī-ē/

yard
gym (gĭm) - short I
by (bī)* - long I
baby - (babē)** - long e 

• When a one-syllable word ends in a single-vowel Y, it always says long i /ī/.

** Y says long e /ē/ only in an unstressed syllable at the end of a multi-syllable word. Ex. happy (hap’pē) or ability (abili’tē).

Question 26

z

Answer 26

/z/

zip