English Student index 43
42 different sounds of English vowels and consonants
Lesson One
This contains the sounds that the letters make,rather than the sounds of the names of the letters that are taught in the English alphabets.This is because it is the sounds that are useful for reading and writing and not the names of the alphabets.
We will therefore indicate the difference between the sounds of the names of the alphabets and the sounds that the letters make.
sounds of the names of the 26 English alphabets
Name of Alphabet Sound pronunciation example
1. A 1. Age
2. B 2.Bee
3.C 3.See
4.D 4.Dii
5.E 5.Eat
6.F 6.ef
7.G 7.Gi
8.H 8.Hech
9.i 9.eye
10.J 10.jey
11.K 11.Key
12.L 12.el
13.M 13.em
14.N 14.en
15.O 15.OO
16. P 16.Pii
17.Q 17.kyu
18.R 18.ar
19.S 19.es
20.T 20. Tee
21.U 22. Yu
22.V 22. Vii
23.W 23.Dabliu
24.X 24.ex
25.Y 25.wai
26.Z 26.Zed
After
going through the 26 alphabets of English and their sounds,we will now
learn the 42 different sounds of English that the letters make.
These are the sounds that are useful for reading and writing in English.
42 sounds of English as shown below
Note..
Copy the notes below in your books and practice them using the audio provided.We will use more examples to perfect these sounds.(Teacher's note)
it is the sounds that are useful for reading and writing and not the names of the alphabets.
section one section 2
English Sounds Example of the sound used in words
1. S. 1.Snake
2. a. 2.ant
3. t. 3.tennis
4. i 4.ink
5. p. 5.puff
6. n. 6.net
7. CK. 7.Cat
8. e. 8.eggs
9. h. 9.hop
10. r. 10.rag
11. m. 11.meal
12. d. 12.drum
13.g. 13.gurgle
14. o. 14.on
15. u. 15.umbrella
16. l. 16.Lollipop
17. f. 17.fish
18. b. 18.bat
19. ai. 19.pain
20. j. 20.jam
21. oa. 21.goat
22. ie. 22. tie
23. ee. 23. bee
24. or 24. fork
25. Z 25. buzz
26. W. 26. wind
27. ng. 27. strong
28. V 28. van
29. OO. 29. moon
30. OO. 30.book
31. y. 31.yoghurt
32. X. 32. fox
33. ch. 33. chicken
34. Sh. 34. hush
35. th. 35. this
36. th 36. three
37. Qu 37.Quark
38. Ou 38. ouch
39. Oi. 39. oil
40. Ue. 40.cue
41. er 41.mixer
42. ar. 42. arm
Exercise 1
1. Examples of words starting with S
sleep,
spoon, soup, spider,small, soil, snow, salt, snowflakes, slide, slime,
small,skip, skin,stew, shine, sting, shape and sun.
Assignment
1.Read them out loudly and copy them to your notebook (Notebook 1) for Consonants and vowels
2. write down their meaning using the English dictionary
Exercise 2
1. Examples of words starting with a,
abandon,abstract,abroad,about,ability,able,absence,absence,absent,above and absolute.
Assignment
1.Read them out loudly and copy them to your notebook (Notebook 1) for Consonants and vowels
2. write down their meaning using the English dictionary
CONSONANT BLENDS
English Pronunciation Training Skills
The 42 sounds of English practicals
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
