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[LITERACY] [SPELLING & PHONICS]

There are approximately 44 phonemes in English


Vowel Phonemes:
PHONEME EXAMPLES

a e i o u ae ee ie oe ue oo ar ur or au er ow oi air ear

cat peg pig log plug pain sweet tried road moon look cart burn torn haul wooden down coin stairs fear

bread wanted want love day heat light blow blue would fast (regional) first door law circus shout boy bear beer

gate thief my bone grew put term warn (regional) call sister

station these shine cold tune

mind

heard

work

hare here

Consonant Phonemes:
PHONEME EXAMPLES

baby

d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w wh y z th th ch sh zh ng

dog field game hat judge cook lamb monkey nut paper rabbit sun tap van was where (regional) yes zebra then thin chip ship treasure ring

photo

giant quick comb knife wrong mouse

barge mix

Chris

gnat

city

science

please

is

watch mission sink

chef

[LITERACY] [SPELLING & PHONICS]

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