Multi-Letter Phonograms

Question 1

ai

Answer 1

/ā/

laid (lād)

Two letter long a /ā/ that may NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 2

ar

Answer 2

/är/

car (cär)

Question 3

au

Answer 3

/ä/

author (äthor)

Two letter short a /ä/ that may NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 4

aw

Answer 4

/ä/

saw (sä)

Two letter short a /ä/ that MAY be used at the end of English words.

Question 5

augh

Answer 5

/ä-ăf/

taught (tät)
laugh (lăf)

Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.

Question 6

ay

Answer 6

/ā/

play (plā)

Two letter long a /ā/ that MAY be used at the end of English words.

Question 7

bu

Answer 7

/b/

buy (by)

Two letter /b/

Question 8

cei

Answer 8

/sē/

receive (resēve)

Question 9

ch

Answer 9

/ch-k-sh/

child
school (skool)
chef (shef)

Question 10

ci

Answer 10

/sh/

spacious (spashous)

Short /sh/ used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.

Question 11

ck

Answer 11

/k/

back (bak)

Two letter /k/ used only after a single, short vowel.

Question 12

dge

Answer 12

/j/

edge (ej)

Hard /j/ used only after a single, short vowel.

Question 13

ea

Answer 13

/ē-ĕ-ā/

eat (ēt) - long e
bread (brĕd) - short e
steak (stāke) - long a

Question 14

ear

Answer 14

/er/

search

The /er/ of search.

Question 15

ed

Answer 15

/ĕd-d-t/

traded (tradĕd)
pulled (pulld)
picked (pickt)

Past tense ending.

Question 16

ee

Answer 16

/ē/

tree

Double /ē/.

Question 17

ei

Answer 17

/ā-ē-ī/

their (thār)
protein (protēne)
feisty (fīsty)

May NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 18

eigh

Answer 18

/ā-ī/

Eight (āte)
height (hīte)

Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.

Question 19

er

Answer 19

/er/

her

The /er/ of her.

Question 20

es

Answer 20

/ĕz-z/

wishes (wishĕz)
tries (trize)

Pleural noun ending and third person singular verb ending.

Question 21

ew

Answer 21

/ö-ū/

flew (flö)
few (fū)

May be used at the end of English words.

Question 22

ey

Answer 22

/ā-ē/

they (thā)
key (kē)

May be used at the end of English words.

Question 23

gn

Answer 23

/n/

sign (sine)

Two letter /n/ used at the beginning or the end of a base word.

Question 24

gu

Answer 24

/g-gw/

Guide
language (langwage)

Question 25

ie

Answer 25

/ē/ field (fēld) The long e /ē/ of field. Friend is the only known word where the phonogram ie says short e /ĕ/.

Question 26

igh

Answer 26

/ī/ night (nīte) Three letter long i /ī/ used only at the end of a base word or before a T.

Question 27

ir

Answer 27

/er/ bird (berd) The /er/ of bird.

Question 28

kn

Answer 28

/n/ know (no) Two letter /n/ used only at the beginning of a base word.

Question 29

ng

Answer 29

/ng/ sing

Question 30

oa

Answer 30

/ō/ coat (cōte) May NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 31

oe

Answer 31

/ō-ö/ Toe (tō) Shoe (shö) May be used at the end of English words.

Question 32

oi

Answer 32

/oi/ Boil (boyl) May NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 33

oo

Answer 33

/ö-ü-ō/ Food (föd) Took (tük) floor (flōr)

Question 34

or

Answer 34

/or/ lord

Question 35

ou

Answer 35

/ow-ō-ö-ŭ-ü/ ``` House (howse) soul (sōl) group (gröpe) country (cŭntry) could (cüld) ``` May NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 36

ough

Answer 36

/ŏ-ō-ö-ow-ŭf-ŏf/ ``` thought (thŏt) though (thō) through (thrö = throo) bough (bow) rough (rŭf) trough (trŏf) ``` Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.

Question 37

ow

Answer 37

/ow-ō/ plow snow (snō) May be used at the end of English words.

Question 38

oy

Answer 38

/oi/ boy (boi) May be used at the end of English words.

Question 39

ph

Answer 39

/f/ phone (fone) Two letter /f/.

Question 40

sh

Answer 40

/sh/ she Used only at the beginning of a word and at the end of a syllable. Never used at the beginning of any syllable after the first one, except for the ending -ship.

Question 41

si

Answer 41

/sh-zh/ session (se'shion) division (di'vi'zhon) Used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.

Question 42

tch

Answer 42

/ch/ butcher (bucher) Three letter /ch/ used after a single vowel that is NOT long.

Question 43

th

Answer 43

/th-TH/ thin - unvoiced /th/ this - voiced /TH/

Question 44

ti

Answer 44

/sh/ partial (par'shial) Tall /sh/ used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.

Question 45

ui

Answer 45

/ö/ fruit (fröt = froot) Two letter /ö/ that may NOT be used at the end of English words.

Question 46

ur

Answer 46

/er/ hurts (herts) The /er/ of hurt.

Question 47

wh

Answer 47

/wh/ whisper - unvoiced Used only at the beginning of a base word.

Question 48

wor

Answer 48

/wer/ worm (werm)

Question 49

wr

Answer 49

/r/ write (rite) Two letter /r/ used only at the beginning of a base word.