4章のフォニックスでは、主に母音字を中心に、綴り字と発音の関係を扱いました。
この付録では英語の母音や子音が、どのような綴り字で表されるかを示しました。
赤い字で示されているのは不規則な発音です。
母音
短母音 (途中で音色が変わらない短い母音で、母音字の短音にあたる。)
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
短音の"i" | i | ship bitts trim |
e | England English pretty | |
その他 | busy build women | |
短音の"e" | e | deck depth vessel |
ea | breadth ahead spreader | |
a | any many | |
ai, ay | again against said says | |
その他 | friend bury | |
短音の"a" | a | flag shackle anchor |
その他 | half aunt | |
短音の"o" | o | dock knot socket |
w, wh, qu + a | what want quality | |
その他 | knowledge | |
短音の"u" | u | tug pump thruster |
o | ton compass oven | |
ou | trouble country double | |
oo | flood blood does | |
その他 | does | |
短音の"oo" | oo | lookout hook logbook |
u | push pull full | |
ou | could should would | |
o | woman wolf |
長母音 (途中で音色が変わらない長い母音。母音字の長音は多くが二重母音。)
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
長音の“e” | e | meter, even, Freon |
ee | keel, lee, feedwater | |
ea | sea, leak, grease | |
ie | diesel, piece | |
ei | receive, seize, either | |
i | machine, police | |
その他 | key, quay, people | |
“au” | au | launch, nautical mile, caution |
aw | yaw, law, saw | |
o | fog, officer, long, soft | |
a | all, salt, call, water | |
al | talk, walk, chalk | |
ough | bought, thought, brought | |
oa | broad, abroad | |
広い “a” | a | father, Chicago |
al | calm, palm | |
長い“oo” | oo | cool, loosen, room |
u | glue, rule, superheater | |
ew | crew, sewage, blew | |
ou | group, route, soup | |
ui | fruit, suit | |
o | do, move, remove, who, shoes | |
その他 | two; buoy (American) |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
長音の “a” | a | mate, cable, blade |
ai, ay | sail, chain; Mayday, bay | |
ei, ey | eight, weight, they, prey | |
ea | break, great, steak | |
その他 | gauge | |
長い“i” | i | mile, line, side lights |
y | apply, by | |
その他 | buy; eye; aisle; either | |
長い “o” | o | rope, smoke, globe valve |
oa | boat, load, coat | |
ow | stowaway, slow, blow | |
ou | soul, shoulder, though | |
その他 | bureau, sew | |
長い “u” | u | use, fume, fuel |
eu, ew | neutral, few, new | |
eau | beautiful, beauty | |
“oi” | oi, oy | oil, hoist, boiler, toy, boy |
その他 | buoy (British) | |
“ou” | ou | southbound, aground, compound |
ow | now, bow, allow |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
短い“ar” | ar | chart, cargo, part |
ear | heart, hearth | |
その他 | sergeant | |
短い “ur” | ur | turn, church |
er | berth, astern | |
ir | sir, circle | |
ear | heard, earth, earn | |
w+or | work, world, worm | |
our | journey, journal | |
“or” | or | storm, port, ore, bore |
oar | oar, aboard, | |
our | course, four | |
oor | door, floor, moor | |
w, wh, qu + ar | warm, war, wharf, quarter, warp | |
長い “ar” | ar | careful, compare, rare |
air | fairway, repair, | |
ear | bear, wear | |
その他 | their; there, where | |
長い “ir” | ir | fire, tired, expire |
長い“ur” | ur | cure, pure |
長い“er” | er | here |
eer | steer, engineer | |
ear | clear, near | |
“our” | our | our, hour |
ower | carbon flower | |
“oor” | oor | moor, poor |
子音
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
p | p | port, spring, top |
b | b | bearing, turbine, tube |
t | t | tide, try, meter, boat |
th | Thames | |
d | d | dock, dry, ladder, wide |
k | k | keel, sky, hook |
硬音のc | call, cox, clean, account | |
ck | locker, back | |
x (=ks) | exercise, box | |
g | 硬音のg | gangway, cargo, tug |
x (=gz) | example |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
s | s | socket, worse, science |
z | z | zone, azimuth, breeze |
s | easy, rise | |
x | Xerox | |
f | f | fog, reef |
ph | phone | |
gh | enough, rough | |
v | v | veer, davit, valve |
f | of | |
th (無声) | th | thin, three, fourth |
dh (有声) | th | this, weather, southern, smooth |
sh | sh | shackle, sheet |
si | mission | |
ti | station | |
ch | machine | |
s | sure | |
c | ocean, special | |
zh (shの有声) | s | measure, visual, version |
h | h | hatch, hold (語頭のみ) |
wh | who, whole (語頭のみ) |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
ch | ch | chain, chock, winch |
tch | watch, catch | |
t | natural, suggestion | |
j | j | joint |
軟音のg | gyro, energy | |
dge | bridge | |
dj | adjust | |
d | gradual |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
m | m | mate, hammer, cam |
n | n | nozzle, governor, piston |
ng | ng | long, something (語末のみ) |
音 | 綴り字 | 例 |
r | r | rudder, pirate |
l | l | ladder, pilot, middle |
y | y | yacht, year |
w | w | watch, winch |