Symbol

Letter name

How used

Example

Example

A a

a

a

cake

plate

a

apple

sat

a

around

about

al

all

always

ar

are

jar

o

father

a

meat

B b

bee

b

bat

ball

b

limb

C c

see

k

cat

circle

kick

(sirkle)

s

cent

circle

ch

church

chick

D d

dee

d

dog

did

d

edge

E e

e

e

see

eat

e

bed

set

e

the

wanted

e

cake

looked

er

better

her

F f

ef

f

fast

far

v

of

G g

gee

g

get

go

j

gentle

edge

ng

going

song

gh

high

night

H h

ach

h

hope

hem

h

high

herb

th

thank

thumb

f

phone

cough

ch

church

chime

gh

night

high

sh

ship

shine

Ii

i

i

ice

I

i

in

it

is

with

il

pencil

nail

i

rain

y

Daniel

e/i

ring

sing

Jj

jay

j

jump

joy

Kk

kay

k

kick

kite

k

know

knock

Ll

el

l

long

line

low

like

el

well

il

will

still

le

table

M m

em

m

men

am

N n

en

n

no

on

ng

sing

long

O o

o

o

only

blow

o

on

not

o

off

o

of

other

or

for

or

ou

mouse

house

ow

how

cow

oy

toy

boy

oi

oil

boil

ong

strong

long

P p

pea

p

pop

pep

f

phone

photo

Q q*

keyu

kw

queen

quick

*Q is always with a u, and qu is a consonant.

R r

are

r

rope

ring

ar

farm

tar

er

her

mother

ir

sir

bird

ire

tire

hire

ur

sure

ear

hear

fear

heard

S s

es

s

some

house

sip

is

sh

show

sheep

T t

tea

t

tap

belt

tot

toe

U u

you

u

blue

true

u

up

tug

u

put

ou

mouse

house

Vv

ve

v

love

have

W w

double yu

w

we

wing

w

was

wind

wh

why

where

w

who

wrong

ow

down

now

ow

blow

show

Xx

eks

ks

box

fox

Y y

wi

y

yarn

yes

a

may

play

a

they

e

Betty

Mary

i

by

buy

i

bicycle

Z z

zee

z

zebra

buzz