Phonograms

Phonograms
a

Sounds with
Sample Words
at
- navy
ah - father
k can
s cent

d lid

f - if

g bag
j gem

odd
- open
do
s us
z as

s
qu

Kw quit

b rib

Instructional Tips
-a usually says at the end
of a syllable, but it may say
ah
-c before e, i, or y says s
but followed by any other
letter says k

-g before e, i, or y may say

j and followed by any other
letter says g
-o usually says at the end
of a syllable
-o may say (most) when
followed by two consonants

-q is always followed by u
saying the consonant sound w

 end
men
h him

-e usually says at the end

of a syllable

big
silent

-i usually says
-i may say at the end of a
syllable
-i may say (find) when
followed by two consonants

j jam

k ink

l lag

m ham

n win

p map

r rat

t bat

-u usually says at the end

of a syllable

up
- music
put
v vivid

w wit

-w is not pronounced wh

e
h

-r is not pronounced er

ks box

-x has two sounds blended

y yet
- gym
my

z zest

sh

sh dish

-the consonant y is used only

at the beginning of a syllable,
usually the first one
-y usually says , but may say
(my) at the end of a syllable
-y, not i, is used at the end
of English words
-words beginning with the
sound z are always spelled
with a z, never an s
-sh is used at the beginning
or end of a base word, at the
end of a syllable, but not at
the beginning of a syllable
after the first one except
for the ending ship

ee

see

th

th thin
th this
ow - how
low
ow - round
- soul
- you
- country
- boot
- foot

ow
ou

oo

ch

ar

ch - much
k - school
sh - chef
ar far

ay

day

ai

paint

oy

oy boy

oi

oi - point

er

er her

ir

ir first

ur

ur - nurse

wor

wor - works

ear

ear - early

ng

ng - rang

ea

eat
- head
- break

-used usually at the end of a

word
-cannot be used at the end
of an word, because English
words do not end in i
-used usually at the end of a
word
-cannot be used at the end
of an word, because English
words do not end in i

aw

aw law

au

au - author

or
ck

or for
k neck

wh
ed

wh - when
d - graded
d - loved
t - wrecked
- grew
few
- fruit
suit

ew
ui

oa
gu
ph
ough

boat
g - guess
f - phone
- though
- through
f - rough
f - cough
aw - thought
ow drought

-used usually at the end of a

word
-cannot be used at the end
of an word, because English
words do not end in i
-use after a single short
vowel
-wh is not pronounced w

-sounds the same as ui

-cannot be used at the end

of an word, because English
words do not end in i
-sounds the same as ew

oe

toe

ey

igh

- they
- key
valley
sigh

kn

n knot

gn

n sign

wr

r wrap

ie

- field
- pie
lilies
j - bridge

dge
ei

eigh

- conceit
- veil
- forfeit
- weigh

ti

sh - nation

si

sh - session
z - vision
sh - facial

ci

-used only at the beginning of

words
-used at the beginning and
ending of words

-used after single short vowel