Phonograms Flashcards
(76 cards)
1
Q
a
A
/a/ - am
/A/ - apron
/ah/ - wasp
2
Q
b
A
/b/ - boom
3
Q
c
A
/k/ - cat
/s/ - city
4
Q
c followed by e, i, or y says
A
/s/
5
Q
d
A
/d/ - dad
6
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g
A
/g/ - big
/j/ - gym
7
Q
g can only say /j/ when followed by
A
e, i, or y
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Q
o
A
/o/ - ox
/O/ - go
/ōō/ - to
9
Q
s
A
/s/ - sent
/z/ - as
10
Q
s never says /z/ at the
A
beginning of a base word
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qu
A
/kw/ - queen
12
Q
f
A
/f/ - if
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e
A
/e/ - elk
/E/ - be
14
Q
What is the long e sound?
A
/E/ - be
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Q
l
A
/l/ - lap
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Q
h
A
/h/ - hat
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Q
k
A
/k/ - kit
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Q
i
A
/i/ - it
/I/ - silent
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Q
Can English words end in ‘i’?
A
No, you substitute a y or add a silent e
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Q
j
A
/j/ - jam
21
Q
J is used at the beginning of a syllable but never
A
At the end of English words
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Q
p
A
/p/ - map
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Q
r
A
/r/ - ran
24
Q
r is not the same as
A
/er/
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t
/t/ - bat
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u
/u/ - us
/U/ - unit
/oo/ - put
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v
/v/ - over
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w
/w/ - walk
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y
/y/ - yard - as a consonant used only at the beginning of a syllable
/i/ - gym
/I/ - my
/E/ - baby
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m
/m/ - me
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n
/n/ - nut
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x
/ks/ - fox
/z/ - xylophone
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z
/z/ - zip
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oo
/OO/ - food
/oo/ - took
/O/ - floor
‘Don’t eat the food you took from the floor’
In reading we can’t determine which sound to use except by context.
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ee
/E/ - double ee always says /E/ tree
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er
/er/ - her
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oy
/oy/ - boy
We can use this at the end of English words
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oi
/oy/ - boil
that we may not use at the end of English words, because English words don’t end with i
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ch
/ch/ - child
/k/ - Christ
/sh/ chef
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ow
/ow/ - plow
| /O/ - snow
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ou
/ow/ - our
/O/ - fourth
/OO/- tour
/u/ - famous
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ay
/A/ - 2 letter /A/ that we may use at the end of English words
/A/ - say
/I/ - bayou
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ai
/A/ - 2 letter /A/ that we may not use at the end of English words, because English words do not end in i
/A/ - pail
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ea
/E/ - beat
/e/ - bread
/A/ - break
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or
/or/ - Lord
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ui
/OO/ - fruit
/U/ suit
That we may not use at the end of English words because English words do not end in i.
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ng
/ng/ - ring
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ar
/ar/ - car
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wh
/wh/ - wheel
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aw
/aw/ - saw
That we may use at the end of words
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au
/aw/ - fault
That we may not use at the end of English words because they don’t end in u
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ck
/k/ - back
2 letter k
Used only after a single vowel which says its first sound
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oe
/O/ - toe
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oa
/O/ - boat
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ed
/ed/ - traded
/d/ - pulled
/t/ - picked
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ur
/er/ - church
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ir
/er/ - first
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w or
/er/ - worship
‘or’ may say /er/ when w comes before it
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ear
/er/ - early
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igh
/I/ - night
3 letter /I/
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ie
/E/ - thief
| /I/ - tie
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dge
/j/ - edge
3 letter /j/
used only after a single vowel which says its first sound
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wr
/r/ - wreck
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ti
/sh/ - nation
used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one
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ci
/sh/ - social
used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one
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si
/sh/ - digression
/zh/ - division
used at the beginning of any syllable after the first one
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tch
/ch/ - butcher
3 letter /ch/
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eigh
/A/ - eight
4 letter /A/
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ei
/A/ - their
/E/ - ceiling
/i/ - foreign
can’t be used at the end of english words
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ph
/f/ - phone
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ey
/A/ - they
| /E/ - key
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kn
/n/ - knee
2 letter /n/ used only at the beginning of a base word
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gn
/n/ - gnarled, sign
2 letter /n/ used both at the beginning and at the end of a base word
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ough
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/O/ - dough
/OO/ - through
/uff/ - rough
/off/ - cough
/aw/ - bought
/ow/ - bough
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ew
/OO/ - flew
| /U/ - few
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gh
/g/ - 2 letter /g/ used at the beginning of a base word
