Common Sounds For Each Letter

Vowels-- A , E, I, O, & U-- have long, short, and ‘r’-controlled sounds, as well as the ‘schwa’ sound for unaccented syllables. For more information on vowel sounds, including vowel combinations (digraphs, in which the combination has a different sound than either individual letter would have in the same location in a word.   A Long A: ate, day, plain, plane, say Short A: at, class, plan, sad B bank, bed, boat, bubble, by, double, number, verb Sometimes ‘b’ is silent, especially after ‘m’ or before ‘t’: comb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, numb, thumb. C cab, call, cat, coin, colony, cube, cut, lick, sack cent, celery, certain, cipher, fascinate, lice, race. C has a hard (‘k’)sound before ‘a,’ ‘o,’ & ’u,’ (or when followed by ‘k’), anda soft (‘s’) sound before ‘e’ or ‘i.’...

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