Extreme Phonics https://extremephonics.com Taking the GUESS OUT of reading and spelling! Thu, 23 May 2024 13:40:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://extremephonics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-logo-extreme-phonics-lIt-grey-32x32.png Extreme Phonics https://extremephonics.com 32 32 What is Extreme Phonics? https://extremephonics.com/2024/03/01/what-is-extreme-phonics/ https://extremephonics.com/2024/03/01/what-is-extreme-phonics/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:57:32 +0000 https://extremephonics.com/?p=139 https://extremephonics.com/2024/03/01/what-is-extreme-phonics/feed/ 0 How Many Sounds in English? https://extremephonics.com/2024/03/01/how-many-sounds-in-english/ https://extremephonics.com/2024/03/01/how-many-sounds-in-english/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:56:46 +0000 https://extremephonics.com/?p=137 60 Sounds in English!!!

There are 60 sounds in the English language.

24 “Name Sayer” Plus 1 (OO is a “Sound Sayer”)

5 Single “Special Sound Sayers”

4 Two letter “Special Sound Sayers”

2 “Special Sound Sayers”

16 “Sounders” (does not include sounds of l and r)

7 Two letter “Sounders”

1 Three letter “Sounder”

24 Name Sayers plus OO

  • A: ape
  • E: ear
  • I: eye
  • O: oh
  • U: you
  • OO: ooze
  • B: bee
  • C: sea
  • D: deer
  • F: effort
  • G: jeans
  • J: James
  • K: case
  • L: elephant
  • M: empty
  • N: end
  • P: pea
  • Q: cue
  • R: arm
  • S: estimate
  • T: tea
  • V: vegan
  • X: x-ray
  • Y: wipe
  • Z: zebra

5 Single “Special Sound Sayers”

  • a: apple
  • e: let
  • i: it
  • o: olive
  • u: up

4 Two letter “Special Sound Sayers”

  • oo: book
  • aw: paw
  • ow: owl
  • oy: toy

2 “Special Sound Sayers”

  • l: purple
  • r: bird

16 “Sounders” (does not include sounds of l and r)

  • b: bed
  • d: dad
  • f: fan
  • g: gas
  • h: hat
  • j: jam
  • k: kid
  • l: legs
  • m: mom
  • n: nuts
  • p: pig
  • r: red
  • s: sun
  • t: top
  • v: vet
  • w: web
  • y: yes
  • z: zip

7 Two letter “Sounders”

  • ks: box
  • kw: quilt
  • ng: ring
  • th: the
  • ch: chips
  • sh: ship
  • zh: treasure

1 Three letter “Sounder”

  • thh: thumb

(*l and r are special sounders and just sounders. However, they have the same sound.)

by Jane Tilly 4.1124

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How many ways are there to spell the 36 vowel sounds? The answer is over 350!

Here’s an example. When the i appears in the English language, it could be long or short. The symbol i may totally be missing from the English spelling. If the i is missing, it is encased in parentheses.  Missing long I is (I). Missing short i is (i). Silent vowel symbols are underlined.

That’s 38 ways to arrange symbols to represent i.

Long I (i is present in the word)

  • I e: wipe
  • I: hi
  • Ic: kind
  • Ie: lie
  • Io: violent
  • eI: height
  • uI e: guide

Long I (i is not present in the word)

  • (I)ae: antennae
  • (I)eye: eye
  • (I)uy: buy
  • (I)y: cry
  • (I)ye: bye

Short i (i is present in the word)

  • i: if
  • i e: give
  • i a: finally
  • ia: commercial
  • ia e: immediate
  • ie: patient
  • i e: interest
  • io: frustration
  • iou: conscious
  • ai: certain
  • ui: build

Short i (i is not present in the word)

  • (i)y: rhythm
  • (i)a: woman
  • (i)a e: storage
  • (i)e: forest
  • (i)e e: privilege
  • (i)ea: crustaceans
  • (i)o: mosquito
  • (i)o e: purpose
  • (i)o a: personally
  • (i)ou: numerous
  • (i)u: busy
  • (i)u e: fortune
  • (i)ua e: language
  • (i)y: mystery

by Jane Tilly 3.2.2024

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