Letter Sounds (w/ Variations) Flashcards
This site helped: https://pronunciationcoach.blog/?s=%22the+sounds+of%22 https://pronunciationcoach.blog/2012/05/29/vowel-pairs/ (26 cards)
Aa
3
“ah” (apple)
“uh” (about )
letter name “eh” (rake)
Bb
1
“buh” (ball)
Cc
2
“kuh” (car)
“sss” (circus)
Dd
1
“duh” (dada)
Ee
2
“eh” (end)
letter name, “eee” (eat)
Ff
1
“fuh” (farm)
Gg
2
“guh” (tag)
“juh” (George)
Hh
1
“huh” (hug)
Ii
2
“ih” (if)
“eye” (ice)
Jj
1
“juh” (jug)
Kk
1
“kuh” (tack/kangaroo)
Ll
1
“luh” (lamp)
Mm
1
“muh” (man)
Nn
1
“nuh” (pan)
Oo
3 normal ones, and some tricky ones
Vowel (so has letter name)
“ah” (ox)
“uh” (son)
“oh”, letter name (oh)
sometimes:
“ooh” (do) – usually spelled with two o’s, like “moon”)
Tricky cases:
one, once (“wuh”, a w sound! tricky!)
Pp
1
“puh” (sap)
1
“kwuh” (quick)
Rr
1
“ruh” (red)
Ss
2
“sss” (bus)
“zzz” (as/because)
Tt
1
“tuh” (cat)
Uu
2
“uh” (under)
“ew”, letter name (music)
Vv
1
“vuh” (van)
Ww
1
“wuh” (wow)
Xx
1
“kss” (ox)