GRAPHIC SYMBOLS AND KEY SOUNDS

With this alphabet chart, understand how to say the names of the letters and read about all the sounds of each letter from the alphabet. These are the basic phonetic sounds for American English.

a             as in             am
b             as in             bin
c             as in             cat
d             as in             dig
e             as in             egg
f             as in             face
g             as in             goose
h             as in             hut
i             as in             ink
j             as in             jam
k             as in             kiss
l             as in             lap
m             as in             mat
n             as in             nose
o             as in             on
p             as in             pat
r             as in             run
s             as in             sit
t             as in             tummy
u             as in             up
v             as in             van
w             as in             win
x             as in             box
y             as in             yet
z             as in             zip

qu             as in             quit
ai             as in             aim
ee             as in             see
ie             as in             pie
oa             as in             oat
ue             as in             blue
ou             as in             out
oy             as in             toy
er             as in             her
ar             as in             car
or             as in             for
au             as in             haul
th             as in             bath
sh             as in             shop
ch             as in             chin
oo             as in             hook