Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/i/

fish

i his this

film six

big swim

English

women

busy

Created by Javier González Marín

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/i:/

tree

ee

ea

e

meet three

speak eat

me we

people

police

key

niece

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling

/æ /

cat

a thanks flat

black Japan

have stamp

ant

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling

but also!

/u:/

boot

oou (before consonant + e)

ew

school food

June use

new flew

do fruit

juice

shoe

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling

but also!

/ei/

train

a (before consonant + e)

ai

ay

name make

rain paint

play day

break steak

great

eight

they

grey

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ai/

bike

i (before consonant + e)

y

igh

nine twice

my why

high night

buy

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ɒ/

clock

o hot stop

coffee long

not box

what watch

want

wash

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/a:/

car

ar

a

garden party

start

father glasses

dance

aunt

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ə/

computer

Many different spellings.

/ə/ is always unstressed.

teacher umbrella America

famous second ago

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/e/

egg

e yes help

ten pet

very red

friend

bread

breakfast

any

said

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/əu/

phone

o*

oa

home drove

old don’t

road toast

slow

low

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/eə/

chair

air

are

airport stairs

fair hair

square careful

their

there

wear

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ɜ:/

bird

er

ir

ur

her verb

first third

nurse turn

learn

work

world

word

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/au/

owl

ou

ow

out thousand

house count

how brown

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ɔ:/

horse

or

al

aw

sport door

talk small

saw draw

water

four

bought

thought

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ʊ/

bull

u

oo

full put

good book

look room

could

would

woman

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ʌ/

up

u bus lunch

ugly run

lucky cut

come

brother

son

does

young

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ɔɪ/

boy

oi

oy

coin noise

toilet

toy enjoy

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling but also!

/ɪə/

ear

eer

ere

ear

beer engineer

here we’re

year hear

really

idea

Vowel sounds and spelling

usual spelling

/ʊə/

tourist

A very unusual sound.

euro Europe poor sure plural