
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