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Pronouncing the Phonemes

It is important that every phoneme is pronounced correctly to ensure reading success. Even those who are native English speakers should check that they are pronouncing the phonemes correctly.

Here you can hear the individual phonemes, hear how the phonemes are blended and then hear the complete word.

1. Click on the letters to hear how to pronounce each of the phonemes.
2. Click on the words to hear how to blend the phonemes to read the words.
3. Click on the pictures to hear how to pronounce the words.

Please note: The sounds open up in a new window, you will need to click back to return here and it may initially be slow to load. Be patient - its worth getting the sounds correct!

Phoneme	Blend the Phonemes		Hear the Word
a	c a t	a n t
b	b a t	c o b
c	c a p	c o t
d	d o g	d a d
e	e g g	b e d
f	f a n	f a t
g	g a s	b a g
h	h a t	h o p
i	i n k	i f
j	j u g	j a m
k	k i t	k e g
l	l o g	l i p
m	m a n	s u m
n	n e t	t e n
o	o l d	c o p
p	p a n	p o p
qu	q u i t	q u i n
r	r e d	r u g
s	s i t	s u n
t	t o p	t i n
u	u p	n u t
v	v a n	v a t
w	w i n	w e t
x	f i x	b o x
y	y e s	y a p
z	z a p	z i p
ll	h i ll	w e ll
ss	k i ss	m e ss
ff	h u ff	p u ff
zz	b u zz	j a zz
sh	sh i p	d i sh
ch	ch o p	ch i p
th	th i n	m o th
wh	wh a c k	wh i f f
ck	d u ck	b l a ck
ng	s o ng	r i ng