Consonants (Согласные)

C

[S]

перед e, i, y

city, face

[k]

перед всеми остальными буквами

cat, car

G

[dʒ]

перед e, i, y

page, large

[g]

перед всеми остальными буквами

big, game

X

[ks]

в конце слов

fox, box

[gz]

перед гласными

exam, example

W

[w]

почти во всех случаях, а также в сочетании «wh» + любая гласная, кроме o"

water, when

не читается

в сочетании «wr» в начале слова

write, wrong

R

[r]

во всех случаях

red, cherry

J

[dʒ]

во всех случаях

job, just

H

[h]

во всех случаях

house, he

не читается

исключения

hour, honest

Q

[kw]

во всех случаях

quiet, queen

oo

[ u ]

look, book, cook, good, foot

[ u: ]

pool, school, Zoo, too

[ ɔ: ]

door, floor

ee, ea

[ i: ]

see, tea, tree, read, please

[ e ]

bread, head, breakfast, healthy

ay, ey, ai

[ ei ]

grey, play, say, they, paint

ou

[au]

loud, house, mouse

oi, oy

[ oi ]

toy, boy, oil, point

ar

[ a: ]

car, far, party, jar, garden

or

[ ɔ: ]

for, horse, sport, short, forty

ur, ir, er

[ ə: ]

surf, hurt, girl, her, person, bird

ire, yre

[ aiə ]

tyre, admire, fire, hire, desire

are

[ εə ]

care, aware, hare, scare, share

ore

[ ɔ: ]

more, before, adore, store, explore

ight

[ ait ]

flight, right, night, tight

all

[ ɔ:l ]

ball, call, small, fall, tall

er, or в конце слов

[ ə ]

doctor, speaker, writer, runner

ow

[ au ]

down, clown, brown, how, cow

[ ɔu ]

show, snow, flow, blow, row

qu

[ kw ]

queen, quiet, quiz, quit, question

ck

[ k ]

black, stick, chicken, duck

ng

[ ŋ ]

sing, bring, ring, reading

sh

[ ∫ ]

she, shop, fish, wash, brush

ph

[ f ]

phone, photo, paragraph, physics

th

[ ð ]

this, that, the, there, then

[ θ ]

thank, thick, thin, think

wh Исключение:

[ w ]

when, white, why, where

[ h ]

who, whose, whom, whole

kn

[ n ]

know, knife, knock, knee,

wr

[ r ]

write, wrong, wrap

gh

[ f ]

enough, laugh, cough, tough

ch

[ t∫ ]

chess, cheese, cheap, child, chair

tch

[ t∫ ]

match, catch, kitchen, watch