Phonetics Song

Allah makes apples, a, a,

a...

Nine nightingales, n, n,
n

Begin with Bismillah, b,

b, b...

Omar eating olives, o, o,

o

Cats on camel, c, c, c

Pandas painting, p, p, p

Dates are delicious, d, d,

d

Quails on quilt, q, q, q

Empty eggshells, e, e,
e
Family is fasting, f, f, f

Ready for Ramadhan, r, r,

r
Stand for Solat, s, s, s
Ten tiny toes, t, t, t

Grinning gorillas, g, g,
g

Up and under, u, u, u...

Hugging hippos, h, h, h...

Vultures on vacation, v,
v, v...

Insects itching, i, i, i...

Jiggly jellyfish, j, j, j

Wiggly wiggly worms, w,

w, w...

Kind to kittens, k, k, k

Ox in a box, x, x, x...

Lambs are leaping, l, l, l

Yummy yellow yoghurt,

y, y, y...

Mighty Muslim, m, m,
m

Zety off to zoo, z, z, z...

CONSONANTS
Grapheme
s
ss
c

Phoneme

Possible actions
1. Form a cobra head
with
/s/
your hand.
(voiceless
2. Trace the letter s in
)
the air
and, say s
Tap two fingers on the
/t/
desk and say t
(voiceless
)
Place four fingers in front
/p/
of your mouth and say
(voiceless p
)

/n/
(voiced)

/m/
(voiced)

/d/
(voiced)

/g/
(voiced)

Touch the tip of your nose

and say n

Lick an ice-cream and say

m

Drumming action and say

d

1. You are cold, clutch

your
hands and shiver
2. Say ggg

c
k
ck

/k/
(voiceless
)

Action of flying a kite and

say k

Be a lion and say rrr

r

f
ff

l
ll

/r/
(voiced)
1. Place your palm in
front of your mouth
/h/
(voiceless 2. Laugh haha
)

/b/
(voiced)

/f/
(voiceless
)

/l/
(voiced)

Action of balloon bursting

and say b

Action of bird flying and

say f

Raise both arms upright

and say ll..

Jump and say j.

g
j

/d/
(voiced)

/v/
(voiced)

/w/
(voiced)

/ks/
(voiceless
)

Show the peace sign and

say v.

Join two peace signs and

say w.

Cross your hands and say

ks..

Slash x and say gz..

x
/gz/
(voiceless
)

Nod and say yeh

y

/j/
(voiced)

SHORT VOWELS
Grapheme

Phoneme

//

Possible actions
Imagine
a
spider
crawling up your arm
and say eh

//

1. Cross your arms on

your chest and lift your
shoulders.
2. Say er

Show your teeth and

say e.
i

/ /

//

/e/

Draw a small circle (anti

clockwise) in the air
and say o

Walk like an elephant

and say eh

Look up and say uh

u

//

LONG VOWELS
Grapheme

Phoneme

/a:/

a
o

/:/

/i:/

Possible actions
Open
your
mouth
wide
and say aaa

Draw
a
big
circle
(anti
clockwise)
in
the air and say
or
Show
your
teeth and say
ee..

Word List for Year 1 and 2 (according to phonemes

learnt)

Graphem
e
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f, ff
l, ll
ss
j
v
w
x
y
z, zz

Phonem
e
/s/
//
//
/a:/
/:/
/t/
/p/
/ /
/n/
/m/
/d/
/g/
/d/
/ /
/:/
/k/
/s/
/k/
/k/
/e/
//
/r/
/h/
/b/
/f/
/l/
/s/
/d/
/v/
/w/
/ks/
/gz/
/j/
/z/

Suggested words
sun, snake, six, sit, sister
bag, rat, man, bat, apple, ant, cat
banana, elephant
arm, card, march, father
ball, tall, call, fall, law, paw
ten, tent, toy, tomato, tip, pet, table, tin
pencil, pen, pail, top, cup, pot
pin, bin, sit, it
nose, nine, fan, can, canteen
mouse, mouth, moon, drum
dog, doll, body, red, bed
go, girl, goat, bag, big
gym, giraffe
cot, hot, box, socks
four, roar
cat, car, cup, cap, cake, cut, carrot, cow
cent, ceiling, trace, face
kid, keep, book, hey, kite, king
duck, black, ticket, tick, kick
pen, tell, bell, sell, elephant, egg
bun, hut, bug, hug, fun, umbrella
rose, room, row, right, fry, rabbit
house, hill, hat, horse, high, hot
bird, bush, basket, bath
fish, fin, feel, field, puff, huff
letter, lunch, jelly, tell, bell, leaf, leg, lion
glass, hiss, pass, miss
jet, jam, jar, jeep, jungle, jump
van, vase, five, violin
watch, wall, window, wind, we, wet
fox, box, six
exam, exit
yellow, yes, you
zoo, zip, zebra, buzz

/kw/

ch

/t/

sh

//
//
//
//
/e/
/i:/
/a/
//
/u:/
//
/a:/
/:/
/:/
/a/
//
/a:/
//
/e/
//
/:/
/e/
/a/
/a/
/i:/
//
/:/
/u:/
/:/
/w/
/f/
/ju:/
//
/:/
/e/
/i:/
/a/
//

th
ng
ai
ee
igh
oa
oo
ar
or
ur
ow
ear
air
ure
er
ay
ou
ie
ea
oy
ir
ue
aw
wh
ph
ew
oe
au
a-e
e-e
i-e
o-e

quiet, queen, quick, quack

chalk, chip, cheek, chicken, chair,
chocolate
ship, shoe, she, dish, shop
thin, thumb, thick
there, they, those, the, this
ring, wing, long, sing
rain, train, tail, wait
sheep, bee, tree, peel, teeth
night, light, right
boat, float, coat, goat, soap
food, boots
good, book, foot
farm, far, bark, dark, card, car
fork, short, corn, house
turn, purse, burn, hurt, thursday
cow, how, now, town, owl, flower
slow, shower
heart
hear, dear, fear
hair, pair, chair, fair
sure, picture
her, printer, player
day, play, say, pay
out, sound, round, mouth
tie, pie, lie
sea, eat, meat, read, clean, repeat
boy, toy, joy
girl, bird, shirt, skirt, sir, birthday
blue, glue, true
saw, draw, prawn, paw, jaw
whistle, wheel, why, what, white
elephant, dolphin, photo
new, few
toe, tomatoes, heroes, potatoes
august, astronaut, daughter
snake, race, cake, take, late, date, table
these, piece
like, ride, hide, five, side, prize
bone, home, poke, rope, stone

u-e

/u:/

flute, rude, rule, use, cube