Unit 0
Reading Rules (regulile de citire; правила чтения)
1) CH [ч] chat, chess 35) GH [f] laugh, tough
2) SH [ш] shock, shell 36) GH [O] through, bought; though
3) PH [f] photo, Phillip 37) IGHT [ait] light, might
4) NG [ᵑ] mornîng, evenîng 38) GN [n] gnaw, gnat
5) EW [iu] new, few 39) RH [r] rhyme, rhapsody
6) TH [s] thank, thîn 40) MB [m] lamb, dumb
7) TH [z] thîs, that 41) MN [m] damn it!
8) ALK [o/ak] talk, walk 42) OUS [ǝs] GEnerous, famous
9) AW [o/a] law; saw 43) AU [o/a] automatic; auction
10) OULD [ud] could, would, should; 44) OU [a; u; o/a; ou; au] tough, through, bought, though, out
11) TION [шǝн] communication, station; 45) Open syllable Closed syllable
12) SION [жǝн] television, supervision; Kate (VCV) cat (VC)
13) SURE [jǝ ]r pleasure, measure; Peter pet
14) CIAN [shǝn] electrician, statistician; kite kit
15) AIR [еǝ ] r air, hair; rope mop
16) EE [i:] meet, feet cute cut
17) EA [i:] meat, lead
18) EA [е] head, spread 46) The pronunciation of “O”
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19) EER [iǝ ] beer, deer O O O
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20) EAR [iǝ ] dear, clear [ou] [o/a] [ǝ rapid]
21) OO [u:] school, cool rope mop coRRECT
22) OO [u] book, good, to, do cone stop poLICE
23) OOR [or] door, floor pole lot comPLETE
24) IND [aind] kind, mind
25) ILD [aild] mild, child
26) WR [r] write, wrong
27) TURE [чǝr] picture, adventure
28) WH [w] what, where
29) WH [h] who, whose
30) KN [n] know, knife
31) OW [ou] mow, tow
32) OW [au] cow, allow
33) OA [ou] coat, boat
34) ER [ǝr] her, germ
IR [ǝr] girl, stir
OR [ǝr] doctor, coRRECT
UR [ǝr] fur, surf