Pronouncing the Sounds of English Correctly

It is important to pronounce the sounds of English correctly when administering a Sound-letter assessment and when teaching the sounds.
Click on the Pronunciation Card to find out how to pronounce each group of sounds, and click on the sound files to hear the correct pronunciation.

pronunciation card p t k b d g
/p/

/t/

/k/

/b/

/d/

/g/

pronunciation card f th s sh h v th z th
/f/

airy /th/

/s/

/sh/

/h/

/v/

voiced /th/

/z/

/zh/

pronunciation card l r y w

/l/

/r/

/y/

/w/

pronunciation card j ch

/j/

/ch/

pronunciation card m n ng

/m/

/n/

/ng/

pronunciation card kw ks

/k/ /w/ (qu)

/k/ /s/ (x)

pronunciation card Long a e i o u oo

long /a/

long /e/

long /i/

long /o/

long /u/

long /oo/

pronunciation card ar er or ow oy air ear

/ar/

/er/

/or/

/ow/

/oy/

/air

/ear/

pronunciation card short a e i o u oo

short /a/

short /e/

short /i/

short /o/

short /u/

short /oo/

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