Topic
9
The letter with different sounds
1. The
letter ‘c’ may be pronounced as / s /, / k / or / ∫ / sounds.
/
s / cell, cent, centre, central,
century, centimetre, centipede,
certify, certificate,
circle, cereal, medicine, circumstance,
/
k /
cat, count, country, care, panic, sick, pick, clean, clear,
cancel, capital, cancer,
cook, crooked, cream, scream,
/∫/
ocean, crucial, racial, ancient, appreciate, associate, facial,
commercial, gracious, judicial, precious,
social, spacious,
2. The letter ‘ch’ may be pronounced as / ∫ /,
/t∫/ or /k/ speech sound.
/ ∫
/ machine, chauffeur,
chauvinism, chauvinist, cheroot, chic,
chiffon, chignon, chassis,
chivalry, chute, chalet, chagrin,
/
t∫ / chair, chit-chat, church, rich, ostrich,
reach, merchant, hatch,
chicken, chain, chance, chant,
child, chill, chilli, choice, cheat,
/
k /
mechanic, chaos, cholera, cholesterol, chord, chore, chorus,
choleric, chemical,
chemistry, chlorine, chloroform, christen,
3. The letter cluster ‘gh’ may be pronounced
as / f / speech sound or in
silence.
/
f /
cough, enough, rough, tough, laugh,
/
- /
dough, bough, plough, though, through, high, right, night,
might, fight, knight, eight,
weight, height, naughty, haughty,
4. The letter ‘ph’ may be pronounced as /
f / speech sound.
/
f / physics, physical, philosophy,
photograph, telegraph, aphis,
elephant, telephone,
phrase, phase, phone, paragraph,
5. The
letter ‘que’ is usually pronounced as / k /. 35.
/
k / picturesque, critique, bouquet, ,
boutique, baroque, barque,
(bouquet /
bU’keI/ )
6. The
letter ‘Y’ may be pronounced as / j /, / I
/ or / aI / speech sound.
/ I / beauty,
twenty, cylinder, cymbal, cyst, cynic, easy, system,
economy,
gypsy, clumsy, hasty, hurry, carry, glory, daily, dairy,
/ aI / cycle,
psychology, fly, fry, satisfy, deny, dying, dye, dynamo,
dynasty,
hybrid, hydrogen, hygience, hypertension, dehydrate,
/ j / yes,
yeast, yellow, year, yet, you, youth, young, yank, yam,
Consonant
Features in Description: Places and
Manners of Articulation
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