| 读音 | 字母/字母组合 | 说明 | 例词 | 其他 |
| | a | 在ge或te前非重读时 | advantage,delicate | forehead |
| i | 在词首、非重读、重读音节、闭音节时 | ill,injure,indicate,inherit |
| u,ui | 在重读音节中 | busy,build |
| y | 与辅音字母构成词尾、非重读时 | country,beauty |
| ay | 表示星期的单词中 | Monday | forehead |
| a,e,ai,ee,ei, ey,ia,ie,ui,eo | 非重读音节中 | palace,comedy,captain,committee,foreigner,alley,carriage,handkerchief,circuit, pigeon |
| [i:] | e | 开音节和重读音节中 | eve,female | key |
| ea | 单音节和重读音节中 | lead, meaning |
| ie | 闭音节和以不发音的e结尾的单词中 | grief,hygiene |
| ee,ei | 重读音节中 | disagree,receive |
| [?] | a,e,o,u,ai,ar,or,ur,ou,ure,iou | 非重读音节中 | guidance,grocery,isolate,minimum,certain, particular,humor,pursue,jealous,lecture,cautious | April, ocean |
| er | 非重读音节和词尾中 | misunderstand ,mother |
| ia ,ie | 在辅音字母t或c后,并在二者都发[?]时的非重读音节中 | special,initial,patient,sufficient |
| io | 后接n构成词尾时 | conservation,comprehension |
| [?:] | er,ir,ur,our | 在重读音节中 | adverb,birthbay,curtain,journal | |
| or | 在w后 | framework,worthy |
| ear | 在单音节中、在词首、动词的过去式中 | learn,earth,heard |
| [?] | o,au,ou | 在重读音节中 | bottle,Austria, cough | knowledge |
| a | 在音素[w]后 | wallet,quarrel |
| [?:] | a | 在字母l前并且重读 | also,fall | |
| au,aw,oa, our,ore,or | 在重读音节中 | autumn,awful,broadcast,courtyard, before,corner |
| au,or | 在非重读音节中 | astronaut,corridor |
| aw,oar,oor,ore,our | 在单音节中 | claw,board,floor,bored,source |
| ar | 在音素[w]后 | quarter |
| au,ou | 在字母ght前 | taught,sought |
| | o | 字母w后 | woman | |
| oo,u | 单音节和重读音节中, 非重读音节中 | woolen,cook,buffet,bull,careful,childhood |
| [u:] | o | 字母wh后,字母v前 | whom,movie | |
| u | 重读音节和非重读音节中 | conclusion,absolute |
| ew,ou,oe,ui,ue | 单音节中 | crew,youth,shoe,juice,clue |
| oo | 单音节或重读音节中 | boot,afternoon |
| ou | 在字母gh前 | through |
| [e] | a,e,ea | 单音节或重读音节中 | any,academic,belt,breast,deadline | says,said |
| [?] | a | 单音节或重读音节中 | ban,comparative | |
| [a:] | a | 在字母f、n、ph、sk、sp、ss、st或th前 | after,advance,paragraph,ask,grasp,classmate,fast,father | |
| a | 字母lf、lm前 | behalf,palm |
| a | 在非重读音节中 | garage,grandpa | are,heart |
| ar | 在单音节、重读音节或复合词中,个别非重读音节中 | card,harvest, part-time,harmony |
| au | 单音节或重读音节中 | aunt,laughter |
| [?] | o | 在字母m、n、th或v前 | sometime,wonder,motherland,recover | |
| u | 在单音节、重读音节、非重读音节或在字母n前为词首 | sum,uncle,thunderstorm ,unfair |
| oo | 在单音节中 | flood |
| ou | 单音节、重读音节或在字母gh前 | touch,courage, tough |
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| 读音 | 字母/字母组合 | 说明 | 例词 | 其他 |
| | b | 词首、词中或词尾 | biography,combine,club | |
| [p] | p | 词首、词中或词尾 | page,campaign,tip | |
| [d] | d | 词首、词中或词尾 | deadline,behind | |
| [t] | t | 词首、词中或词尾 | term,criticize,planet | |
| [g] | g | 词首、词中或词尾 | garlic,magazine,handbag | |
| gg | 通常在词中 | baggage |
| [h] | h | 在词首或词中时 | hook,inherit | |
| wh | 在字母o前 | whole |
| [k] | c | 在词首或词尾时 | cloth,alcoholic | |
| c | 后跟元音字母a、o、u或辅音字母 | camp,bacon,cube,crowd |
| cc | 后跟元音字母 | accurate |
| k | 词首、词中或词尾 | kettle,worker,look |
| ck | 在词中或词尾时 | chicken,check |
| ch | 在词首或词中时 | chaos,architecture |
| q | 后跟字母u时 | conquer |
| [l] | l | 词首、词中或词尾 | leak,problem,tail | |
| al | 在字母t或n后作词尾时 | conventional,hospital |
| le | 在辅音后 | article,battle |
| [r] | r | 在词首或词中时 | rabbit,oral | |
| rr | 在词中时 | worry |
| [f] | f,ph | 词首、词中或词尾 | funny,pacific,scarf,phase,orphan,triumph |
| ff | 后跟元音字母、组合词或词尾 | differ,offshore,stuff |
| gh | 在字母组合au或ou后 | laughter,rough |
| [v] | v | 在词首或词中时 | victim,movie | |
| [w] | w | 在词首或词中时 | world,nationwide |
| [w] | wh | 在字母a、e、i或y前 | whale,wheal,white,why |
| u | 在字母q后 | quilt |
| c | 以字母y或不发音的 字母e结尾 | emergency,force | |
| c | 后跟字母i时 | cinema,civil |
| s | 词首、词中或词尾 | select,resource,focus |
| ss | 在词中或词尾时 | associate,business |
| sc | 在字母e,i或ie前 | scenery,scissors,scientist |
| [z] | z | 在词首或词中时 | zipper,magazine | |
| zz | 在词中或词尾时 | puzzle,buzz |
| s | 在不发音字母e前,在词尾in前,在词中或词尾时 | accuse,socialism,cousin,always |
| ss | 在词中时 | scissors |
| se | 在元音字母后 | choose |
| [?] | t | 在字母组合ie、ial或ion前 | patient,partial,starvation |
| c | 在字母组合ia、ie、 ion或ious前 | appreciate,ancient, suspicion,spacious |
| ch | 在词首或词中时 | chef,machine |
| s,ss | 在字母组合ion或ure前 | impression,extension,assure,sure |
| sh | 词首、词中或词尾 | shade,workshop,astonish |
| sc | 与字母组合iou构成词尾 | conscious |
| [?] | s | 在字母组合ual或ure前 | unusual, treasure | |
| [θ] | th | 词首、词中或词尾 | thief,author,death | |
| [e] | th | 词首、词中或词尾,多数为连词、介词、冠词、代词、副词等 | though,another,booth | |
| [m] | m | 词首、词中或词尾 | meet,September,seem | |
| mm | 后跟元音字母 | communication |
| [n] | n | 词首、词中或词尾 | nation,journal,mistaken | |
| nn | 后跟元音字母 | personnel |
| en,in,on | 作词尾 | seven,cousion,poison |
| n | 在字母c、g、k、q或x前 | function,angle,bank,conquer,anxiety | |
| [?] | ng | 作结尾或后跟字母组 合er、ing或ly时 | long,singer,singing,strongly | |
4.双辅音| 字母 | 发音 | 说明 | 例词 |
| -s | | 在p,t,k,f等清辅音后 | cups,hats,cakes,roofs,thinks,stops,Mike's |
| 以th收尾的词,且th在短元音、辅音和字母r后 | breaths ,months,lengths,births |
| 浊辅音和元音后 | bags,workers,sings,reads,Tom's |
| 以“元音字母+y”结尾的名词,词尾直接加-s | days,keys |
| [z] | 少数以“辅音字母+o”结尾的名词,直接加-s | photos,pianos |
| 以th收尾的词,且th在长元音、双元音后,加词尾s | paths,mouths |
| [iz] | 以不发音字母“e”结尾的开音节词,如果尾音是,[z]时 | closes,increases,influences |
| -es | [z] | 以辅音字母+y结尾,变y为i再加-es | baby-babies,factory-factories,city-cities,study-studies,worry -worries |
| 以o结尾的名词,如词尾为“辅音字母+o”,多数加-es | potatoes,heroes,goes |
| [iz] | 以ee,se,ze,(d)ge等结尾 | licenses,bridges,faces,rises,George's |
| 以s,sh,ch,x,z等结尾的词加-es | buses,watches,quizzes |
| [vz] | 以f或fe结尾的词,把f或fe变成v,再加-es | wolf-wolves,life-lives, thief-thieves |