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1. How English vowel sounds can be spelled
2. How English vowel spellings can be pronounced

1. How English vowel sounds can be spelled

a	can meringue have plait guarantee salmon harangue matt
e	bed any bury palate fence guess peril said head foreign friend phlegm debt Wednesday cheque leopard repp
i	big pretty women stomach busy message breeches give sieve city language build rhythm victuals bicycle carriage ill
o	dog was gone forest knowledge laurel cough honour John yacht because boss
u	fun mother come uncle blood young tough thorough ugh tongue tortoise conscious station butt
A	baby mate ballet fete bouquet sail break veil they bouquet eight dahlia reign straight raise gaol play melee
E	me scene police piano sea receipt chief key debris league people please cheese receive bee piece paediatric amoeba lieutenant
I	bite find eye aisle either sky guide height sign island light dye diamond buy choir aye
O	go home show brooch chauffeur shoulder though folk ghost depot rogue mauve beau boat
U	music use ewe view you suit Hugh impugn fugue juice beauty lieu deuce feud
ar	fast car mirage sergeant aunt heart guard laugh khaki half bourgeois bazaar
er	her fur girl work were circle nurse sugar early journey myrrh colonel answer amateur o
air	scare there air bear their parent mayor aeroplane
or/aw	for horse ball awe warm poor autumn four bought taught talk sword cause George board broad course
ow	round cow bough hour mouse sauerkraut
oy	boy boil quoit buoy noise gargoyle
oo	as in moon do truth shoe blue soup through fruit rheumatism two bruise route choose manoeuvre pleurisy
oo	as in look put wolf worsted could

2. How English vowel spellings can be pronounced