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Phonogram Words

Published on: August 05, 2009

Phonograms

Phonograms are exceptions to the pure phonetic words.
Here are word lists that contain phonogram words.
(4 and 5 year old child can handle double consonants, such as ck, ss, ff, and so on. Also, ing words can be introduced. You can justify introducing these words if the words are a part of your child's environment.)

-ing- words

king
ring
fling
bring
sing
wing
fling
spring
sling
bring
swing

-ll-

hall
wall
mall
bell
dell
fell
well
tell
sell
drill
ill
will
bill
sill
till
fill
hill
mill
still
grill
pill
doll
dull
lull
gull
smell
swell
spell
dwell

Challenge Words

skull

-ff-

off
huff
ruff
puff
muff
gruff
fluff
stuff
muffin
scruff
cliff
stiff

Extra Challenge Words

button
cotton
turret
happen
mutton
fossil
rotten
squirrel
ribbon
fizz
carrot
bottom
tennis
kennel
kitten
traffic
blossom
summer
address
buzz
bonnet
attic
mitten
rabbit
banana
bands

-silent e and long a-

Challenge Words

lemonade

-ai- (long a)

Challenge Words

railing
contain
obtain
quaint
maiden
maintain
Spain

-ay-(long a)

jay
ray
bay
hay
may
day
say
lay
pay
way
away
tray
play
stay
spray
clap
bray
fray
pray
gray
sway
clay

Challenge Words

crayon
payment
display
delay
relay
array
essay
midday
decay
dismay
astray
playing
repay
Sunday

-ea-(long e)

Challenge Words

teapot
peacock
season
scream
squeak
squeal
sea
weak

-ee-(long e)

Challenge Words

see
toffee
queen
week
creed
coffee
sixteen
seventeen
nineteen
fifteen

-ie-(long e)

field
yield
fiend
priest
brief
grief

-ey-(long e)

key
abbey
alley
valley
jockey
hockey
donkey

-y-(long e)

Challenge words

Betty
Bobby
Tommy
Molly
Polly
daddy
merrily
puppy

-i-(short i)

-i-(short i)
mind
kind
find
pint
mild
wild
rind
blind
grind
wind

Challenge words

unkind

-i-e (silent e, long i)

tie
lie
vie
die
pie
tied
lied
pile

Challenge words

flies
cries
cried
tried
magpie
fries
fried
dries
spied
relief

-igh-

nigh
sigh
high
fight
sight
night
light
flight
slight
fright
blight
might
right
tight
bright

Challenge Words

alight
plight
lighten
frighten
brighten
lighting
midnight
delight

-y (long i)

by
my
dry
cry
fry
sty
fly
try
spy
pry
sky
ply

Challenge Words

reply
typist
apply
trying
defy
cypress
ally
supply
deny
satisfy
multiply
occupy
qualify

-o-e (long o and silent e)

owe
hole
pole
mole
hope
dope
bone
cone
tone
robe
joke
poke
vote
dote
note
home
come
cove
wove
rove
code
mode
rode
lode
dome
Rome
tome
mope

Challenge Words

stone
stove
clove
globe
smoke
slope
spoke
stole
trove
strove
grove
elope

-oa-(long o)

oak
loan
Joan
roan
coat
boat
goat
soap
coal
foal
toad
loaf
road
load
moat
roast
coast
boast
soak
goal
oats
roan
goad
roam
loam
foam
coax

Challenge Words

stoat
cloak
groan
croak
gloat
soapsuds

-o-(long o)

old
fold
roll
so
cold
hold
stroll
oval
go
bold
sold
post
no
sold
ago
host
gold
scold
told
bolt
colt
folk
both

Challenge Words

Mexico
golden
swollen

-ow-(long o)

-u...e-

rule
cube
tune
mule
duke
flute
tube
rude
dupe
lute
dune
brute
use
mute
yule
rune
jute
ruse
fume
muse
fuse

Challenge Words

volume
dispute
excuse
Luke
June
amuse
confuse
costume
astute

-ew-

new
few
pew
dew
stew
crew
strew
screw
drew
grew
blew
brew
flew

Challenge Words

Andrew
jewel
mews
news

-ue-

hue
glue
blue
true
due
flue
clue
value
duel

Challenge Words

issue
subdue
rescue
continue

-ck-(you can introduce these as phonetic words with "a different spelling")

duck
sock
rock
tack
sack
lock
stick
rock
deck
sick
tuck
back
lick
neck
kick
peck
rack
pack
mock
wick
suck
Rick
luck
lack
muck
ticket
packet
wicket

Challenge Words

track
cricket
block
racket
clock
brick
trick
smack
prick
crack
stack
stuck
locket
stock
smock
speck
truck

-sh-

-qu-

quit
quest
request
quell
quilt
liquid
equip
quill
banquet
conquest

-th-

them
then
that
thin
throb
think
thud
thump
broth
moth
smith
thank
cloth
thrill
thing
width
depth
froth
sixth
tenth
method
thrust
theft
fifth
seventh

-ea-

lead
head
deaf
read
deaf
bread
heaven
tread
spread
dread
sweat
dealt
meant
instead
dreadful
bedstead
peasant
realm
pleasant

-le-

-o-

love
sponge
above
come
glove
son
won
ton
London
Monday
dove
another
monk
front
other
month
onion
monkey
wonder
mother

-er-

-ir-

girl
dirt
bird
fir
sir
skirt
first
stir
firm
flirt
smirk
swirl
squirm
affirm
twirl
squirt
confirm

-ur-

fur
cur
burn
curl
turn
hurt
furl
surf
purr
burst
burr
spur
turf
occur
curt
slur
scurf
suburb
recur
disturb
murmur
burden
furlong
turnip
absurd

-or-

corn
born
cord
cork
ford
fork
fort
for
horn
lord
lorn
forlorn
mourn
mourning
port
pork
sort
torn
inform
factor
tractor
import
distort
import
important

-ch-

-ch-

echo
ache
anchor
chorus
architect
monarch
chemical
choir

-ow-

bow
now
row
cow
sow
brown
owl
crown
towel
clown
town
gown
fowl
trowel
vowel
crowd
down
howl
drown
growl
frown
scowl
prowl
allow

-ou-

out
loud
pout
lout
bout
noun
bound
mount
aloud
pound
hound
mound
cloud
spout
trout
count
round
found
countless
accounts
sound
proud
about
around
amount
ground
snout
stout
sprout

-al-

salt
talk
walk
halt
malt
stalk
bald
walnut
caldron
almost

-all-

ball
wall
fall
pall
tall
call
all
hall
small
stall
squall

-oi-

oil
soil
boil
foil
toil
coil
join
broil
avoid
poison
spoil
point
joint
coin
moist
hoist
joist
ointment
appoint
disappoint

-oy-

joy
boy
toy
coy
alloy
employ
annoy
royal
loyal
ahoy
destroy

-soft c-

cell
civil
princess
pencil
acid
cancel
fence
pence
prince
office
since
scent
mince
quince
dunce
hence
absence
sentence
justice
accept
except
excellent
success
accident
innocent

-soft g-

gem
fringe
bridge
judge
hedge
sledge
porridge
dodge
edge
plunge
fidget
college
fudge
grudge
smudge
lodge
cringe
wedge
tinge
regiment
pledge
hinge
lunge
smudge
dredge
nudge
magic

-tion-

addition
multiplication
subtraction
action
fraction
ration
attention
mention
affection
suction
condition
expedition
construction
question
section
function
fiction
faction
diction
friction
distinction
option
infection
intention

-sion-

division
vision
tension
mansion
mission
pension
session
extension
passion
discussion
admission
compassion
provision
invasion

-oo-

book
good
cook
look
foot
nook
rook
hook
took
wood
stood
hood
brook
crook
wool
footman

-a-

ask
raft
mast
fast
cask
task
glass
staff
last
plant
past
brass
craft
class
mask
cast
grass
half
slant
pass
fasten
basket
vast
command
delta
demand
extra
umbrella
Africa
Canada

-ar-

-silent b-

park
lamb
limb
bomb
numb
dumb
crumb
debt
jamb
debt
plumbing

-silent d-

ledge
judge
hedge
wedge
grudge
badge
trudge
bridge
midge
porridge

-silent g-

sign
gnu
gnome
gnaw
gnarl
gnash
honest
feign
reign
sigh
deign

-silent h-

which
while
when
what
whip
whiz
whim
whisk
whist
whiff
wheel
whack
whitsun
white
whale
whine
wheat
whisper
wheeze
honor or honour
hour
heir
whit
whistle

-silent k-

knee
knew
knob
knot
knit
knelt
knoll
knack
knock
knife
knowledge
kneel
know
knead
knave
knapsack
knotty
knuckle
knight

-silent t-

often
fasten
listen
castle
gristle
thistle
jostle
wrestle
rustle
bustle

-silent w-

wren
wrap
wreck
wrist
wrong
writ
wrung
wrath
wreak
wreath
wrench
write
wretch
wrote
sword
answer
wrapper

-ar-

war
wart
warn
warp
warn
wardrobe
toward
warbled
quart
awkward
warder
swarm
reward

-au-

haul
Paul
fault
haunted
fraud
gaunt
vault
taunt
daunt
daub
exhaust

-aw-

saw
paw
law
jaw
caw
awl
raw
straw
fawn
pawn
lawn
claw
hawk
draw
yawn
drawn
brawl
crawl
awful
awning
brawn
dawn
drawl
prawn

-oo-

zoo
food
boot
roof
moon
pool
loop
hoop
spoon
stool
loom
broom
balloon
tool
cool
stoop
noon
mood
roost
soon
fool
proof
hoof
boon

-ture-

picture
lecture
fracture
adventure
culture
fixture
disfigure
posture
scripture
structure
texture
signature

-are-

hare
bare
mare
ware
fare
rare
care
dare
compare
Clare
prepare
stare
flare
spare
blare
farewell
welfare
square

-air-

air
pair
lair
fair
hair
despair
stair
affair
unfair

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