The 44 Sounds

Vowels (19):

• /a/ cat, fat, dad,
• /ae/ baby, eight, rain, they,
• /air/ bear, care, square
• /ar/ jar, fast
• /e/ peg, bread
• /ee/ sweet, me, beach, key, pony
• /i/ pig, wanted
• /ie/ kite, wild, light, fly
• /o/ log, orange
• /oe/ bone, boat, snow
• /oi/ coin, boy
• /oo/ book, would, put
• /ow/ down, house
• /or/ fork, ball, sauce, law,
• /u/ plug, glove, want
• /ur/ burn, teacher, work, first
• /ue/ blue, moon, screw, tune
• /uh/ (schwa) above, button, computer, doctor
• /w/ wet, wheel

Consonants (25):

• /b/ boy, rabbit
• /ks/gz/ box, exam
• /c/k/ cat /key, duck, school
• /ch/ chip, watch
• /d/ dog, ladder
• /f/ fish, coffee, photo, tough
• /g/ gate, egg, ghost
• /h/ hat, whole
• /j/ jet, giant, cage, bridge
• /l/ lip, bell, metal
• /m/ man, hammer, comb
• /n/ nut, dinner, knee, gnat
• /ng/ ring, singer
• /p/ pan, happy
• /kw/ queen
• /r/ rat, cherry, write
• /s/ sun, dress, house, city, mice
• /sh/ ship, mission, station, chef
• /t/ tap, letter, cat
• /th/ thank
• /th/ that
• /v/ vet, sleeve
• /y/ yes
• /z/ zip, fizz, sneeze, is, cheese
• /zh/ treasure