Phonograms List
a
- mat
- table
- father
ai
Two letter /ā/ that may not be used at the end of English words.
- laid
ar
- car
au
Two letter /ä/ that may not be used at the end of English words.
- author
augh
Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.
- taught
- laugh
aw
Two letter /ä/ that may be used at the end of English words.
- saw
ay
Two letter /ā/ that may be used at the end of English words.
- play
b
- bat
bu
Two letter /b/.
- buy
c
- cat
- cent
ch
- child
- school
- chef
cei
- receive
ci
Short /sh/ used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.
- spacious
ck
Two letter /k/ used only after a single, short vowel.
- back
d
- dad
dge
Hard /J/ used only after a single, short vowel.
- edge
e
- tent
- be
ea
- eat
- bread
- steak
ear
The /er/ of search.
- search
ed
Past tense ending.
- traded
- pulled
- picked
ee
Double /ē/.
- tree
ei
May not be used at the end of English words.
- their
- protein
- feisty
eigh
Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.
- eight
- height
er
The /er/ of her.
- her
ew
May be used at the end of English words.
- flew
- few
ey
May be used at the end of English words.
- they
- key
f
- foot
g
- big
- gym
gn
Two letter /n/ used at the beginning or the end of
a base word.
- sign
gu
- guide
- language
h
- hat
i
- it
- ivy
- stadium
- onion
ie
The /ē/ of field.
- field
igh
Three letter /ī/ used only at the end of a base word
or before a T.
- night
ir
The /er/ of bird.
- bird
j
- job
k
- kit
kn
Two letter /n/ used only at the beginning of
a base word.
- know
l
- lap
m
- me
n
- nut
ng
- sing
o
- on
- go
- do
oa
Two letter /ō/ that may not be used at the end of English words.
- coat
oe
May be used at the end of English words.
- toe
- shoe
oi
May not be used at the end of English words.
- boil
oo
- food
- took
- floor
or
- lord
ou
May not be used at the end of English words.
- house
- soul
- group
- country
ough
Used only at the end of a base word or before a T.
- thought
- though
- through
- bough
- rough
- trough
ow
May be used at the end of English words.
- plow
- snow
oy
May be used at the end of English words.
- boy
p
- pan
ph
Two letter /f/.
- phone
qu
- queen
r
- ran
s
- sent
- as
sh
Used only at the beginning of a word and at the end of the syllable. Never used at the beginning of any syllable after the first one, except for the ending -ship.
- she
si
Used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.
- session
- division
t
- tip
tch
Three letter /ch/ used only after a single vowel that is not long.
- butcher
th
- thin
- this
ti
Tall /sh/ used only at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.
- partial
u
- up
- pupil
- flute
- put
ui
Two letter /oo/ that may not be used at the end of English words.
- fruit
ur
The /er/ of hurt.
- hurts
v
- van
w
- wall
wh
Used only at the beginning of a base word.
- whisper
wor
- worm
wr
Two letter /r/ used only at the beginning of a base word.
- write
x
- fox
y
- yard
- gym
- by
- baby
z
- zip
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