Single-Letter Phonograms Flashcards
a
/ă-ā-ä/
mat (măt) - short a
table (tāble) - long a
father (fäther)
b
/b/
bat
c
/k-s/
cat (Kat)
cent (sent)
d
/d/
dad
e
/ĕ-ē/
tent (tĕnt) - short e
bee (bē) - long e
f
/f/
foot
g
/g-j/
big
gym (jym)
h
/h/
hat
i
/ĭ-ī-ē-y/
it (ĭt) - short i
ivy ( īvy) - long I
stadium (stadēum) - long e
onion (onyon)
j
/j/
job
k
/k/
kit
l
/l/
lap
m
/m/
me
n
/n/
nut
o
/ŏ-ō-ö/
on (ŏn) - short o
go (gō) - long o
do (dö)
p
/p/
pan
qu
/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.
r
/r/
ran
s
/s-z/
sent
as (az)
t
/t/
tip
u
/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/.
v
/v/
van
w
/w/
wall
x
/ks-z/
fox (foks)
xylophone (zylophone)
y
/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).
z
/z/
zip
