The following are rules for consonants. You don’t need to know voiced and voiceless sounds for these rules.

ph = f

  • phone, elephant

i + gh = long i, silent gh

  • night, might

k + n = n

  • knife, knot, know

g + o/u/a/consonant = g

  • forgot, gum, going, garden, glass

g + e/i/y = sometimes g, sometimes j

  • get, gem
  • gift, giant

Listen to hear the difference.


Exercise

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