20 Vowel Phonemes English

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20 Vowel Phonemes / Graphemes

Phoneme Graphemes Phoneme Graphemes


Examples Examples
(sound) (written patterns) (sound) (written patterns)
oo, ue, ou, ew,
/a/ apple a /oo/ moon, screw
u-e
/e/ elephant, bread e, ea ‘oo’ book, could oo, u, ou
/i/ igloo, gym i, y /ou/ house, cow ou, ow
/o/ octopus, wash o, a /oi/ coin, boy oi, oy
/u/ umbrella, won u, o /ar/ star, glass ar, a
or, aw, a, au, ore,
/ae/ rain, tray ai, ay, a-e, a /or/ fork, board
oar, oor
ee, ea, ie, y,
/ee/ tree, me /er/ herb, nurse er, ir, ur, ear, or
e, ey
igh, i-e, y,
/ie/ light, kite /air/ chair, pear air, ear, are
i ,ie
/oa/ boat, bow oa, ow, o, o-e /ear/ spear, deer ear, eer , ere
‘schwa’ unstressed vowel close to
/ue/ tube, emu u-e, ew, ue, u /u/ as in teacher, the, picture

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