Phonics Rules & Vocabulary: A–I

A

• Short sound: /æ/
   
  apple, ant, alligator, arrow, axe, ambulance astronaut
• extra words:

        active, add

B

• Sound: /b/
   
  book, bag, bed, ball, boy, baby
• extra words

         balloon, black, bird

C

• Hard sound: /k/ (before a, o, u)
   
  cat, cap, cow, carrot, cookie
• extra  words

        crab，college

D

• Sound: /d/
   
  dog, dad, desk, duck, door, red, bed
• extra words

         dice, doctor, dinosaur, dark

E

• Short sound: /e/
   
  leg, egg, elephant, elbow, exit, eggplant
• extra words

         escalator, energy, elf

F

• Sound: /f/
   
  fish, fan, fire, firefighter, flower, fruit
• extra words

        favorite, flag, friend, floor

G

• Hard sound: /g/ (before a, o, u)
   
  go, dog, bag, gate, girl, good
• extra words

         gorilla, glasses, goose, grass, grape, gas, gum

H

• Sound: /h/
   
  hat, hand, horse, house, helicopter, ham, hair, honey, hamburger
• extra words

        huge, help

I

• Short sound: /ɪ/
   
  ink, igloo, insect, injury, internet, iguana, invitation
• extra words

        image, inch