MULTI-LETTER PHONOGRAMS

With rules & time for echoing in Cursive First order

sh/sh/

* SH is used at the beginning of a word at the end of a syllable, but not at the beginning of any syllable after the first one except for the ending –ship.  

th/th/ /th/ (voice off/voice on)

oo/OO/, /oo/, /O/

Examples: boot, book, door  

ch/ch/, /k/, /sh/

ng/ng/ the nasal /ng/

ar/ar/ of “car”

oy/oy/ that we MAY use at the end of

English words

oi/oi/ that we MAY NOT use at the end

of English words

ow/ow/, /O/

ou/ow/

/O/

/OO/

/u/ 

or/or/

ea/E/, /e/, /A/

ay/A/ two-letter /A/ that we MAY use at

the end of English words

* A-Y usually spells /A/ at the end of a base word. When a word ends with the letter A it says /ah/.

ai/A/ two-letter /A/ that we MAY NOT

use at the end of English words

ew/OO/, /U/ that we MAY use at the end

of English words

eu/OO/, /U/ that we MAY NOT use at

the end of English words

ui /OO/ /I/ /i/ that we DO NOT use at the

end of English words. 

aw/aw/ that we MAY use at the end of

English words

au/aw/ that we MAY NOT use at the end

of English root words

er/er/ as in her

ir/er/ as in first

ur/er/ as in nurse

 

wor/er/ as in works

ear/er/ as in early

 

oe/O/ two-letter /O/ that we DO use at

the end of English words

oa/O/ two-letter /O/ that we DO NOT use

at the end of English words 

igh/I/ three-letter /I/

ie/E/, 2-letter /E/

* Use I before E except after C, if we say /A/, and in some exceptions.

dge/j/ three-letter /j/

* DGE is used only after a single vowel which says /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/.

 

ti/sh/ tall /sh/

ci/sh/ short /sh/

 

* TI, CI, SI are Latin spellings of /sh/ at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.

si/sh/, /zh/

 

* TI, CI, SI are Latin spellings of /sh/ at the beginning of any syllable after the first one.

tch/ch/ three-letter /ch/

eigh/A/ four-letter /A/

ei/E/, /A/ that we MAY NOT use at the

end of English words

* Use I before E except after C, if we say /A/, and in some exceptions.

 

ey/E/, /A/ that we MAY use at the end of

English words  

ee/E/ double /E/

 

ed/ed/, /d/, /t/

* E-D past tense ending forms another syllable if the base word ends with /d/ or /t/ . If not ED sounds like /d/ or /t/.

 

kn/n/ two-letter /n/ used ONLY at the

beginning of a base word

gn/n/ two-letter /n/ used BOTH at the

beginning AND end of a base word

ough/O/

/OO/

/uff/

/off/

/aw/

/ow/

ph/f/ two-letter /f/

ck/k/ two-letter /k/

* CK is used only after a single vowel which says /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/.  

wr/r/ two-letter /r/

wh/wh/ (unvoiced w)