The English Alphabetic Code simple code phonemes
complex code
graphemes key words key pictures
/s/ s snake
-ss -ce -se ce ci cy sc glass
palace
house
cents city bicycle scissors
/a/ a teddy
/i/ i insect
castle
ps
apple
/t/ t
-stpseudonym
-tt -ed letter
skipped
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/p/ p pan
/n/ n net
/k/ c
-pp puppet
-nn kn gn -ine bonnet
k cat
/e/ e
knot
gnome
engine
-ck ch qu que kit
duck
chameleon
bouquet
plaque
ea ai
egg
head
said
/h/ h hat
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/r/ r
-rr wr rh rat
/m/ m map
/d/ d dig
/g/ g girl
/o/ o orange
arrow
write
rhinoceros
mm -mb -mn -me hammer
thumb
columns welcome
-dd -ed puddle
rained
-gg gu gh gue juggle
guitar
ghost
catalogue
wa qua alt watch
qualify
salt
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/u/ u umbrella
/l/ l
o
-ou -ough
son
touch
thoroughfare
-ll
ladder
/ul/
shell
-le -il kettle
/f/ f
pencil
-al -el hospital
camel
-ff ph -gh
feathers
/b/ b bat
cliff
photo
laugh
-bb bu rabbit
buildings
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/j/ j jug
-ge ge gi gy dge cabbage
gerbil giraffe gymnast
fridge
/y/ y yawn
/ai/ ai aid
/w/ w web
ay a tray
table
sundae
cakes
prey
eight
break
wh wheel
/oa/ oa ow o oak
ae a-e -ey eigh -ea
bow
piano
oe o-e -o oboe
rope
dough
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plateau
eau
/igh/ -igh -ie tie
i
night
-y
behind
/ee/ ee ea e eel
eat
emu
fly
-y
/aw/
fork
/z/ z zebra
dawn
-zz -s jazz
fries
/ng/ -ng -n gong
sauce
bike
e-e
eider key
chief
*sunny concrete *monkey *movie
/or/ or aw au al or
i-e ei
chalk
sardines
oar oor ore our oars
door
-se -ze cheese
-ine
snore
four
/or/ war
breeze
or
/aw/
wardrobe
augh ough quar
jungle
caught
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thought
quarter
/ngk/ -nk ink
/v/ v
-ve
violin
dove
/oo/ oo oul book
/oo/
should
oo -ue u-e -ew -ui -ou -o moon
/ks/ -x fox
blue
flute
crew
fruit
soup
-ks -kes -cks books
cakes
ducks
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move
ough through
/gz/ -x exam
/chu/ ture
/ch/ ch -tch chairs
picture
patch
/sh/ sh ch -ti -ci -ssi sheep
chef
station magician
admission
/th/ th thistle
/th/ th there
/kw/ qu queen
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/ou/ ou ow -o ouch
/oi/ oi ointment
/yoo/
owl
plough
oy toy
-ue u statue
/er/ er
u-e ew eu
unicorn
ir
new
pneumatic
ur ear wor
mermaid birthday
/ar/ ar a artist
tube
father
nurse
earth
world
mixer
alm alf alv palm
half
calves
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-our -re humour theatre
/air/ air are ear ere hair
hare
bear
where
/eer/ eer ear ere ier deer
ears
adhere cashier
/zh/ -si -s
-z
television treasure
azure
-g courgette
-ge collage
*-y, *-ey, *-ie as word endings are often pronounced between /i/ and /ee/. On this chart examples appear in the /ee/ row.
The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code include: 1. one sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters: e.g. k, sh, ng, igh, eigh 2. one sound can be represented by different spellings (graphemes): e.g. /oa/ is represented by: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough 3. one spelling can represent multiple sounds: e.g. ‘ough’: /oa/ though, /or/ thought, /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, /u/ thorough Key to the 12 units of Debbie Hepplewhite’s Phonics International online synthetic phonics programme: units1-5 Mainly simple code with options to extend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6-12 /air/, /eer/, /zh/, split digraphs, complex code 6th 7th 8th 9th
5th 10th
11th
12th
Debbie’s programme introduces a simple code of at least one letter/s-sound correspondence for each of the 44+ sounds of speech of the English language. The programme then expands to teach further spelling and pronunciation variations of the complex Alphabetic Code.
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