44 Sounds of English
• Each page has one sound( phoneme), showing its various written
forms (graphemes), with examples.
• Not all graphemes are shown, so if you or your students discover
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know.
• 2-18 (yellow) are consonant sounds, 19-24 (green) are short vowel
sounds, 25-32(pink) are long vowel sounds, 33-39 (aqua) are
digraph (combined) sounds, 40-44 (orange) are ‘r’ controlled
sounds.
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Consonant sounds
1
b-
ball
bb-
rabbit
baby
rubble
bed
b_bble
Consonant sounds
2
•d-
dog
•dd- ladder
duck
add
d_ctor
d_ddy
c_ddle
Consonant sounds
3
•f-
fish
finger
•ff-
muffin
fluffy
•ph-
phone
graph
f_t
ph_t_
Consonant sounds
4
•g- goat
•gg- _gg
•j- jug
•g- giraffe
•ge- cage
•dge- hedge
Consonant sounds
5
•h- hamburger
house
h_rse
Consonant sounds
6
•k- key
•c- cat
•ch- christmas •q- queen
•ck- clock
Consonant sounds
7
•l-
lion
leg
l_zard
•ll-
bell
ball
ball_ _ns
Consonant sounds
8
•m-
monkey
•mm- hammer
•mb- thumb
man
mouse
Consonant sounds
9
•n-
nest
•nn- tunnel
•kn- knight
n_se
night
r_nning
kn_ _
know
Consonant sounds
10
•p- pear
people
•pp- _pple
happy
Consonant sounds
11
•r- r_bbit
•rr- squirrel
•wr- write
run
rain
furry
sorry
wring
wr_ng
Consonant sounds
12
•s- s_ck
s_ _
•ss- dr_ss
chess
•se- horse
•c- city
•ce- rice
b_s
hose
class
Consonant sounds
13
•t- tiger
toes
•tt- buttons
p_ttern
t_n
Consonant sounds
14
•v- violin
sev_n
•ve- f_ve
love
oven
give
Consonant sounds
15
•w-
watch
wat_ _
•u-
qu_ _n
aqua
w_ll
Consonant sounds
16
•y-
yacht
y_llow
year
2014
Consonant sounds
17
•z- zebra
•zz- puzzle
•ze- maze
•se- ch_ _se
•x- xyloph_n_
Short vowels
1
•a-
ant
a_ _le
rat
Short vowels
2
•e- peg
ten_
•ea- bread
hea_
•a- many
any
bend
Short vowels
3
•i- pin_
•y- gym
hit
gymnast
ring
hymn
Short vowels
4
•o- orange
•ou- cough
•a- wash
Short vowels
5
•u- umbr_lla
•o- money
•a- above
•ou- touch
Short vowels
6
•oo- book
•u- pull
•ou- could
look
coo_
Short vowels
7 neutral vowel
•er- teacher
•ar- collar
•or- doctor
•ure- measure
•a- zebra
e- garden
•i- fossil
•o- lion
u- circus
Long vowels
1
•a- table
•ay- tray
•ai- snail
cray_n
•ea- break
•a_e- cake
•ey- they
•ei- veil
mal_
•eigh- eigh_
neigh
Long vowels
2
•e- equal
even •ee- bee
•ea- seal
beak •ei- ceiling
•ey- key
•y- b_by
eel
•ie- field
lady
•e_e- centipede
scene
Long vowels
3
i- ice
ie- pie
i-e bike
ei- either
tie
y- fly
cr_
igh- ligh_
nigh_
Long vowels
4
•o- volcano
go
•oa- goat
goal
•ow- snow
tow
•o_e- cone
globe
•ough- dough
Long vowels
5
•u- uniform
ute
•ue- Tuesda_
•ew- stew
grew
•u_e- cube
glue
Long vowels
6
•ou- house
mou_ _
hour
•ow- cow
towel
fowl
Long vowels
7
•oy- boy
•oi- coin
Long vowels
8
•oo- moon
boots •o- do
•u- truth
•ui- fruit
•ew- screw
ou- soup
•ue- glue
•u_e- flute
ough- through
Digraphs & trigraphs
1
•ch- cheese
ch_cken
•tch- watch
w_tch
Digraphs
2
•wh-
wheel
wh_le
what
why
?
?
Digraphs
3
•sh- shell
•ti- station
sh_p
portion
shor_
exclamation
!
•ch- machine
• ss-tissue
Digraphs
4
•zh- treasure (sound)
measur_
•ge- camouflage
entourage
Digraphs 5
•th- thumb
think
Digraphs
6
•ng- ring
•n- sink
sin_
thing
thon_
Digraphs
7
•th- feather
father
the
bathe
‘r’ controlled vowels
1
•air- chair
•ear- _ear
•eir- their
pair •are- square
tear
•ere- there
fare
‘r’ controlled vowels
2
•ar- shark
•a- raft
car
•al- palm
•augh- laugh
‘r’ controlled vowels
3
•ear- ear
•ier- pier
•ere- here
•eer- deer
‘r’ controlled vowels
4
•er- fern
•earheard
•ere- were
learn
•ir- bir_
•or- words
•ur- surf
nurse
‘r’ controlled vowels
5
•oor- door
•ore- core
•oar- boar
•our- four
•ough- thought
•or- for_
•al- walk
•ar- warm
•au- sauc_ _
•aw- draw
•augh- caught