Reading rules

1. Reading rules

2. Contents

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

3. Four types of syllables in English

4.

Ⅰ (open)
Ⅱ (closed)
Ⅲ
Ⅳ
ends in a vowel
(consonant+e)
ends in a consonant
vowel + r
vowel + r +e
read as in the alphabet
briefly
long sounds
(“R” isn`t read)
complicated sounds
pale /phe:ɪɬ/
ask /Qsk/
car
rose /ro:ʋz/
sock /sPk/
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 /thQɪə/
I
pin /phɪn/
first /fɜ:st/
tire /thQɪə/
/a:ɪ/
/khQ:/
dare /deə/
These rules extend on the stressed syllables in the words.

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6. Vowels combinations

7.

/ʊ/
look, book, good, foot
/ lʊk / / ɡʊd / / fʊt /
/u/
pool, school, zoo
/puːl/ /skuːl/ /zuː/
/i/
see, three, meet
meat, read, speak
field, grief, piece
/siː/ / θriː / / mit /
/mit / /ri:d/ /spik /
/fiːld/ /ɡriːf/ /piːs/
/e/
head, breakfast, healthy
/hed/ /ˈbrekfəst / /ˈhelθI /
away, play
paint, mail
grey, they
/əˈweɪ / / pleɪ /
/pheɪnt/ /meɪl/
/ ɡreɪ / / ðeɪ /
boy, joy
nois, hoist
/boI/ /GoI/
/noIz/ /hoIst/
about, house, outline
/əˈbaVt/ /haVs/ /ˈaVtlaIn/
oo
ee/ea/ie
but:
ay/ai/ey/ei
/eI/
oy/oi
/oI/
ou
/aV/

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9. Consonant combinations

10.

ck
/k/
black, stick, clock
/ blæk / / stɪk / /klPk/
ng
/N/
sing, ring, reading
/ sɪŋ / / rɪŋ / / ˈridɪŋ /
sh
/S/
she, shop, fish
/ ʃi / / ʃɒp / / fɪʃ /
/f/
phone, photograph, phlox
/ foVn / /ˈfoVtəɡrɑf / /floks/
/v/
nephew
/ ˈnevjuː /
/D/
this, that, the
/ ðɪs / / ðæt / / ði /
/T/
thank, thick, thaw
/ θæŋk / / θɪk / /θO/
Thames, Thailand, thyme
/ ˈthemz / /ˈthaIlxnd/ /thaIm/
ph
but:
th
/t/

11.

wh
but:
/w/
when, white, why
/ wen / / waɪt / / waɪ /
/h/
who, whole, whose
/ hu/ /hoVɬ/ /huz/
kn
/n/
know, knife, knee
/ noV / / naɪf / /ni/
wr
/r/
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
/f/
gn
ss

12.

sc
but:
/ sk /
screen, scout, scuff
/ skri:n / /skaVt/ /skʌf/
/s/
scene, science, scissors
/ siːn / /ˈsaIqns/ /ˈsIzqz/
nk
/ ŋk /
link, pink, think
/lɪŋk/ /phɪŋk/ ˈθɪŋk /
/ tʃ /
chapter, chess, cheese,
/tʃxptq/ /tʃes / / tʃiz /
/k/
chameleon, chaos, chemistry
/khqˈmilɪqn/ /kheIPs/
/ˈkhemɪstrI /
/ʃ/
chef, chenille, machine
/ʃef/ /ʃəˈni:ɬ/ / məˈʃiːn /
tch
/ tʃ /
match, sketch, switch
/ mætʃ / /sketʃ/ /swItʃ/
qu
but:
/ kw /
question, quick, quiet
/ ˈkwestʃən / /kwIk/ /kwaIqt/
/k/
quay, queue, quoit
/khi:/ /kju/ /khoIt/
ch

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14. Reading the letter “S”

15.

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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