7. Reading of Consonants

Letter	Meaning(s)		Examples
Bb	[b]		Boy, baby
Cc	[s] – before e, i, y [k] [∫] – before unstressed vowels		City, cycle Come , cat Social, musician, delicious, special
Dd	[d] – after vowels & voiced consonants in endings [t] – after voiceless consonants in endings		Played, rained Stopped, watched
Ff	[f] [v]		Fine, film of
Gg	[dʒ] – before e, i, y [g] [ʒ] – in words of French origin		Gym, gentle, angel Game !!!girl,get,give Garage, rouge, beige
Hh	[h]		Hello, hamster
Jj	[dʒ]		Jane, joy
Kk	[k]		Kettle, kitchen
Ll	[l]		Lemon, little
Mm	[m]		Money, mirror
Nn	[n]		Nose, novel
Pp	[p]		Pepper, pick
Qq	[k] – at the end of words [kw]		Unique, technique Quarrel, quality
Rr	[r]		Right, reality
Ss	[s] – at the beginning of words, after voiceless consonants in endings [z] – after vowels & voiced consonants at the end of a word; between two vowels [∫] [ʒ]		Son, stops, caps Mends, loses, advertise, present impression, sugar Measure, pleasure,
Tt	[t] [t∫]– in words ending in -ure [∫]–when followed by a letter i in many suffixed words		Take, water Nature, future, Nation, education, initial, ambition
Vv	[v]		Van, cover
Ww	[w]		Wood, wet
Xx	[ks] [k∫]\[gz] [gʒ] – before a stressed vowel		Box, fox, mixture Luxury\ luxurious Luxury
Zz	[z]		Zero, zebra