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VOWELS & CONSONANTS BY NAME & SOUNDS
LONG VOWEL NAMES

+ LONG VOWEL SOUNDS (The same)

a, e, i, o, u

Examples:

mAy

trEe

sign

knOw

yoU

SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS

Examples:

at

egg

spit

odd

up

CONSONANT NAMES

b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z

Pronounciation Exaqmples:

B = bean (be_an)

C = cee (pronounced SEE)

D = delight (de-light)

F= effort (eff-ort)

G = Gene (Ge-ne)

H = H (like ache but the ch sounds like ch in church)

J = James (Ja-mes)

K = Kay

L = elderly (el-derly)

M = embalm (em-balm)

N = industry (in-dustry)

P = peanut (pe-anut_

Q = cute (cu-te)

R = Argentina (Ar-gentina)

S = escort (es-cort)

T = team (tea-m)

V = view (sounds like vee-you)

W = (like saying "double you")

X = extra (ex-tra)

Y = Wyoming (Wy-oming)

Z = zebra (ze-bra)

 

 

CONSONANT SOUNDS

Pronounced in the following words:

be

cup

do

fun

go or gym

hot

jump

kiss,

lot

man

not

pet

quiet

rat

sit

Tom

victory

we

xylophone (X has the sound of Z)

fix (X has the sound of KS)

yes

zoo

FOR YOUR REVIEW

The alphabet by name and sound

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h,

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

 

 

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