Phoneme List
42 phonemes or sounds made from 26 letters
 
/A/ a (table), a_e (bake), ai (train), ay (say) Long A
/a/ a (flat)
/b/ b (ball) 
/k/ c (cake), k (key), ck (back) 
/d/ d (door)
/E/ e (me), ee (feet), ea (leap), y (baby) Long E
/e/ e (pet), ea (head) 
/f/ f (fix), ph (phone)
/g/ g (gas)
/h/ h (hot) 
/I/ i (I), i_e (bite), igh (light), y (sky) Long I
/i/ i (sit)
/j/ j (jet), dge (edge), g[e, i, y] (gem)
/l/ l (lamp) 
/m/ m (my) Mmm mmm good
/n/ n (no), kn (knock)
/O/ o (okay), o_e (bone), oa (soap), ow (low) Long O
/o/ o (hot) Say ah
/p/p (pie) 
/kw/ qu (quick)
/r/r (road), wr (wrong), er (her), ir (sir), ur (fur)
/s/s (say), c[e, i, y] (cent) 
/t/ t (time)
/U/ u (future), u_e (use), ew (few) Long U
/u/ u (thumb), a (about), e (loaded), o (wagon) 
/v/ v (voice)
/w/ w (wash) 
/ks/ or /gz/ x (box, exam)
/y/ y (yes)
/z/ z (zoo), s (nose)
/OO/ oo (boot), u (truth), u_e (rude), ew (chew)
/oo/ oo (book), u (put)
/oi/ oi (soil), oy (toy) 
/ou/ ou (out), ow (cow) 
/aw/ aw (saw), au (caught), a[l] (tall)
/ar/ ar (car) 
/sh/ sh (ship), ti (nation), ci (special) 
/hw/ wh (white) 
/ch/ ch (chest), tch (catch)
/th/  or /th/
th (thick, this)
/ng/ ng (sing), n (think)
/zh/ s (measure)

*v= voiced
*uv= unvoiced
*Voicing is determined by holding the throat and feeling the larynx work. It helps students differentiate between sounds where the mouth is the same but the sounds are different. Some v/uv pairs are:  g/k, b/p, d/t, j/ch, v/f, z/s