Reading rules Contents Four types of syllables

Reading rules

Contents Four types of syllables in English Vowels combinations Consonants combinations Reading the letter “S”

Four types of syllables in English

Ⅰ (open) Ⅱ (closed) Ⅲ Ⅳ ends in a vowel (consonant+e) ends in a consonant vowel + r +e read as in the alphabet briefly long sounds (“R” isn`t read) complicated sounds pale /phe: ɪɬ/ ask /Qsk/ car /kh. Q: / dare /deə/ rose /ro: ʋz/ sock /s. Pk/ sort /sɔt/ core /khɔ: / he /hi: / hen /hen/ term /thɜ: m/ mere /mɪə/ cube /kju: b/ truck /trʌk/ burn /bɜ: n/ cure /kjuə/ type / thaɪp/ Syd /sɪd/ byrd /bɜ: d/ tyre /th. Qɪə/ I /a: ɪ/ pin /phɪn/ first /fɜ: st/ tire /th. Qɪə/ These rules extend on the stressed syllables in the words.

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Vowels combinations

/ lʊk / / ɡʊd / / fʊt / pool, school, zoo /puːl/ /skuːl/ /zuː/ / i / see, three, meet meat, read, speak field, grief, piece /siː/ / θriː / / mit / /ri: d/ /spik / /fiːld/ /ɡriːf/ /piːs/ / ee/ea/ie look, book, good, foot / u / oo / ʊ / head, breakfast, healthy /hed/ /ˈbrekfəst / /ˈhelθI / away, play paint, mail grey, they /əˈweɪ / / pleɪ / /pheɪnt/ /meɪl/ / ɡreɪ / / ðeɪ / boy, joy nois, hoist /bo. I/ /Go. I/ /no. Iz/ /ho. Ist/ about, house, outline /əˈba. Vt/ /ha. Vs/ /ˈa. Vtla. In/ but: ay/ai/ey/ei /e. I/ oy/oi /o. I/ ou /a. V/

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Consonant combinations

ck /k/ black, stick, clock / blæk / / stɪk / /kl. Pk/ ng /N/ sing, reading / sɪŋ / / rɪŋ / / ˈridɪŋ / sh /S/ she, shop, fish / ʃi / / ʃɒp / / fɪʃ / /f/ phone, photograph, phlox / fo. Vn / /ˈfo. Vtəɡrɑf / /floks/ /v/ nephew / ˈnevjuː / /D/ this, that, the / ðɪs / / ðæt / / ði / /T/ thank, thick, thaw / θæŋk / / θɪk / /θO/ Thames, Thailand, thyme / ˈthemz / /ˈtha. Ilxnd/ /tha. Im/ ph but: th /t/

wh but: / when, white, why / wen / / waɪt / / waɪ / / h / who, whole, whose / hu/ /ho. Vɬ/ /huz/ know, knife, knee / no. V / / naɪf / /ni/ write, wreck, wrong / ˈraɪt / /rek/ / rɒŋ / / - / high, sigh, bright / haɪ / /saɪ/ /braɪt/ enough, laugh, cough / qˈnʌf / /lʌf/ /khof/ / n / sign, foreign, design / saɪn / /ˈfɔrən/ /dɪˈzaɪn/ / s / possible, pass, lesson /ˈphɒsəbɬ/ /phas/ /ˈlesn/ / ʃ / pressure, session, depression / ˈpreʃə / /ˈseʃn/ /dɪˈpreʃn/ gh gn ss / f /

sc but: / sk / screen, scout, scuff / skri: n / /ska. Vt/ /skʌf/ / scene, science, scissors / siːn / /ˈsa. Iqns/ /ˈs. Izqz/ nk / ŋk / link, pink, think /lɪŋk/ /phɪŋk/ ˈθɪŋk / / tʃ / chapter, chess, cheese, /tʃxptq/ /tʃes / / tʃiz / / k / chameleon, chaos, chemistry /khqˈmilɪqn/ /khe. IPs/ /ˈkhemɪstr. I / / ʃ / chef, chenille, machine /ʃef/ /ʃəˈni: ɬ/ / məˈʃiːn / tch / tʃ / match, sketch, switch / mætʃ / /sketʃ/ /sw. Itʃ/ qu but: / kw / question, quick, quiet / ˈkwestʃən / /kw. Ik/ /kwa. Iqt/ /k/ quay, queue, quoit /khi: / /kju/ /kho. It/ ch

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Reading the letter “S”

in the middle of the word, before consonants artist, list, best /ˈɑːtɪst/ /lɪst/ /best/ in the beginning of the word send, sister, stop /send/ /ˈsɪstə(r)/ /stɒp/ after the letter ‘U’ bus, thus, plus /bʌs/ /ðʌs/ /plʌs/ /z/ between two vowels close, desert, lose /kloʊz/ /ˈdezət/ /luːz/ /s/ after voiceless sounds books, lamps, pipes /bʊks/ /læmps/ /phaɪps/ after voiced consonants beds, lions seems /bedz/ /ˈlaɪənz/ /siːmz/ after vowels monkeys, shoes, ties /ˈmʌŋkiz/ /ʃuːz/ /thaɪz/ /ɪz/ after hushing and sibilant sounds boxes, dashes, matches /bɒksɪz/ /dæʃɪz/ /mætʃɪz/ /s/ after voiceless sounds Pete`s, Rick`s /phits/ /riks/ /z/ after voiced consonants and vowels Ben`s, Leo`s /ben: z/ /ˈliːoʊz/ /ɪz/ after hushing and sibilant sounds Bess`s, Liz`s /'besɪz/ /'lizɪz/ /s/ In the radical In the endings In the possessive endings /z/

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