Pronunciation Guide For
Reading Mastery

Voiced sounds are sounds you make by vibrating your vocal chords. You do not use your vocal cords for unvoiced sounds - You use air only. To feel the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds, hold your throat lightly and say the sound vvv. You will feel your vocal chords vibrating. Then, without pausing, change the sound to fff. The vibrations will stop. The only difference between the sounds is that the vvv is voiced and the fff is not.

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Pronunciation Guide

Symbol	Pronounced	As in	Voiced or Unvoiced	Introduced in Lesson
	aaa	at	v	1
	mmm	ram	v	1
	sss	bus	uv	3
	ēēē	eat	v	4
	rrr	run	v	6
	d	mad	v	9
	fff	stuff	uv	11
	iii	if	v	13
	ththth	this	v	15
	t	cat	uv	17
	nnn	pan	v	19
	c	tack	uv	21
	ooo	ox	v	23
	āāā	ate	v	26
	h	hat	uv	28
	uuu	up	v	30
	g	tag	v	33
	lll	pal	v	35
	www	win	v	37
	shshsh	wish	uv	39
	(the word I)		v	43
	k	tack	uv	45
	ōōō	over	v	48
	vvv	love	v	50
	p	sap	uv	54
	ch	touch	uv	57
	eee	end	v	59
	b	grab	v	61
	iiing	sing	v	62
	īīī	ice	v	64
	yyy	yes	v	66
	urrr	brother	v	67
	ksss	ox	uv	70
	oooo	moon	v	71
	j	judge	v	72
	īīī	my	v	75
	www or wh	why	v or uv	76
	kwww (or koo)	quick	v	77
	zzz	buzz	v	78
	ūūū	use	v	80

Pronunciation Guide For Reading Mastery

Symbol

Pronounced

As in

Voiced or Unvoiced

Introduced in Lesson

Pronunciation Guide For
Reading Mastery

Voiced or
Unvoiced

Introduced
in Lesson