Single Vowel Sounds

“Ə”

– a, to, from, woman, normal, the, and, madam, letter, ocean

“Ə” long

– herd, world, work, girl, firm, bird, heard, were, early, circuit

“i”

– seat, beat, brief, serene, prenatal, leisure, he, she, sheet, pier

“i”

– kit, hymn, pretty, busy, build, business, mountain, beloved, bicycle, bit

“e”

– weather, let, when, friend, instead, realm, feather, bet, instead

“e” long

– wear, air, hair, scare, pear, fair, aware, there, various, square

“a”

– cat, bat, have, ask, can’t, back, madam, add, hat, can

“a” long

– mad, glad, sad, bad, last, class, halve, half, fast, man

“a” back

– palm, calm, father, balm, Psalms, qualm, malm, halm, Zalm, Guam

“a” back + r

– heart, cart, radar, tart, hard, guard, hart, charm, art, smart

“ʌ”

– putt, mother, other, love, but, cup, tough, enough, shovel, some

“u”

– should, could, would, wool, good, woman, wolf, put, golf, wood

“u” long

– cruise, tour, dour, shoe, who, sue, food, true, two, poor

“o”

– bought, caught, hot, cot, bot, walk, not, taught, God, dog

“o” long

– auto, clause, prawn, raw, paw, saw, awe, all, call, auto

“o” round + r

– mourn, four, door, tore, lore, bore, pore, more, sore, pour