Letter Sounds Chart: A to Z
🎯 Learning objectives
After this article, you should be able to:
- Say the sound of each letter
- Match letters to example words
- Spot the letters in your own name
Here is the whole phonics starter kit on one page: every letter, its sound, and a picture-word to remember it by. Say each row out loud!
The sounds of the alphabet
| Letter | Sound | Say it | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | /æ/ | "ah" | apple 🍎 |
| B | /b/ | "buh" | ball ⚽ |
| C | /k/ | "cuh" | cat 🐱 |
| D | /d/ | "duh" | dog 🐶 |
| E | /e/ | "eh" | egg 🥚 |
| F | /f/ | "fff" | fish 🐟 |
| G | /g/ | "guh" | goat 🐐 |
| H | /h/ | "huh" | hat 🎩 |
| I | /ɪ/ | "ih" | igloo 🏠 |
| J | /dʒ/ | "juh" | jam 🍓 |
| K | /k/ | "kuh" | kite 🪁 |
| L | /l/ | "luh" | lion 🦁 |
| M | /m/ | "mmm" | moon 🌙 |
| N | /n/ | "nnn" | nest 🪺 |
| O | /ɒ/ | "oh" | orange 🍊 |
| P | /p/ | "puh" | pig 🐷 |
| Q | /kw/ | "kwuh" | queen 👑 |
| R | /r/ | "ruh" | rain 🌧️ |
| S | /s/ | "sss" | sun ☀️ |
| T | /t/ | "tuh" | tiger 🐯 |
| U | /ʌ/ | "uh" | umbrella ☂️ |
| V | /v/ | "vuh" | van 🚐 |
| W | /w/ | "wuh" | water 💧 |
| X | /ks/ | "ks" | box 📦 |
| Y | /j/ | "yuh" | yo-yo 🪀 |
| Z | /z/ | "zzz" | zebra 🦓 |
Play with the chart
- Find the first letter of your name — what is its sound?
- Play "I spy" with sounds: "I spy something beginning with sss…"
- Pick any three sounds and try to blend them, like cuh-ah-tuh!
Every sound in this chart has its own audio clip in the phonics lessons — tap and listen!
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