PHONOLOGY
PART II DETAILS Page
1 The Letter “a”
Part I: “A” + other vowels + R
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Letter
Combinations
Sound
Examples
Important Exceptions
1
-AE-
-AER-
[i:]
[ɛə]
formulae [ ]
antennae [ ]
aerial [ ]
aeroplane [ ]
_____
2
-AI/AY-
-AIR-
[ei]
[ɛə]
main [ ]
lay [ ]
fairy [ ]
aisle [ail], plait [plæt]
said [sed], says [sez]
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3
-AU/AW-
[ɔ:]
pause [ ]
awkward [ ]
aunt [ɑ:nt]
laugh(ter) ['lɑ:f(tə)]
Part II:”A”+ other vowels and consonants
# |
Letter Combinations |
Sound(s) |
Examples |
Important Exceptions |
1 |
1)-able 2)-aigh 3)-amb 4)-ange |
[ei] |
fable [ ] straight [ ] chamber [ ] change [ ] |
_____ |
2 |
1)-ampl- 2)-anc- 3)-as+k, +s, +t 4)-a+th |
[ɑ:] |
example [ ] dance [ ] task [ ] class [ ] past [ ] rather [ ] |
ample [æmpl]
haste [heist] paste [peist] waste [weist] gather ['gæðə] |
3 |
+k -al} +m + other letters |
[ɔ:k] [ɑ:m] [ɔ:l] |
talk [ ] calm [ ] also [ ] always [ ] |
almost ['ɔ:lmoust], salmon ['sæmən] |
4 |
+ r w(h)a} + other letters |
[ɔ:]
[wɔ] |
war[ ], warm[ ]
want [ ], what [ ] |
_____ |
2 The Letters “e”, “I/y”. Spelling: “ei’ or “ie”?
Part I: “E, I/Y” + other vowels + R
# |
Letter Combinations |
Sound(s) |
Examples |
Important Exceptions |
1 |
-EA-
+ d + sure +th
-EAR - |
[i:]
[e]
[iə] [ɛə] [ə:] |
sea [ ]
spread [ ] measure [ ] leather [ ] feather [ ] near(ly) [ ] bear [ ] pearl [ ] |
deaf(en) [def(n)], weapon [wepn] heavy ['hevi]
heart [hɑ:t] |
2 |
-EE-
-EER- |
[i:]
[iə] |
seem [ ] employee [ ] deer [ ] |
_____ |
3 |
-EI/EY- |
[i:] [ei] [ai] |
ceiling [ ] reign [ ], obey [ ] (n)either [ ] |
leisure ['leʒə], weird [wiəd]
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4 |
-EU/EW-
-EUR- |
[ju:]
[juə] |
neutral [ ], stew [ ]
Europe [ ] |
jewellery ['dʒu:əlri], sew(n) [sou(n)]
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