We have a system, that we use to pronounce new words. All school children know the sounds and the alphabet.
 

a - apple , ago  b - ball  c - cat  d - ______  e - egg  f - family  g - ______  h - hello  i - ______  j - Jack  k - ______  l- love  m - ______

n - no  o - on  p - ______  q - ____________ same as "kw"  r - rain  s - sing  t - Tom  u - uncle ¹, put², usual³, fur?, pure  v - victory  w - ______  x - box, Xerox  y - yes  z - zebra, quiz

Extra sounds

?-e

we don't say the final e , but it changes the vowel before

can Þ cane, also ai Þ cain, ei Þ freight,

ten Þ scene, also ea Þ bean, ee Þ been, ey Þ money, ui?e Þ suite

fin Þ fine, also yÞ by, ighÞ fight,

con Þ cone, also au Þ Paul, aw Þ crawl, owÞ own sometimes !! e.g down

runÞ June, also ew - Jew, ui - suit, oo - soon, sometimes like "u" e.g. book

oi - oil, also oy - boy

ia - liar

c - acid

 
 

br - Brian  bl - blue  ch - church  chr - Christian  cr - criminal  cl - clever  dr - drive  fr - from  fl - flower  gh =f - laugh  gr - green  gl - glass  kn - Knife  ng Þ sing  ph =f - phone  pl - play  pr - president

ps - psycho  sc - scum  sch - school  sk - skin  sh - ship  shr - shrimp  sl - sleep  sn - snow  st - study  str - street  sw - sweet  th Þ thin  th Þ then  thr Þ three  tr Þ tree  wh Þ where  wr Þ write, wrap

 

tion and sion = shun ..eg.. invention, television

Really Difficult

rough = ruff

borough = boor a

through = throo

plough = pl-ow

though = th - oe

There are many other exceptions ..........................