Alphabetical Word Building 04


PHONETICS- IV
General Rules of Pronunciation

PRONUNCIATION  OF  “C”
(1)
When 'C' is followed by A,O,U,K & T, it is  pronounced as ‘K’ and
When ‘C’ is preceded by a vowel it is pronounced as ‘K’
Example:
A -
Cat, Can, Camera, Cater, Cattle, Cake       

O -
Cock, Cot, Collect, Coke, Colon, Coach, Could, Count, Coat, Concern

U -
Cut, Custom, Cure, Culture, Custody, Customer

K -
Cock, Back, Sack, Rack, Crockery  

T -
Act ,Action, Fact, Pact, Practice, Duct
(2)
When word begins with ‘C’ and is followed by ‘E’, ‘I’, ‘Y’, it is pronounced as ‘S’
Example:
E -
Rice, Mice, Piece, Peace, Dice, Practice, Grocer, Celebrate

I -
Circle, Cinema, Citizen, Fascinate, Circus, Criticism,

Y -
Cycle, Cyclist, Cyclone, Cyst, Cyanide
(3)
When ‘C’ is followed by ‘IA’ or ‘EA’, it is pronounced as   ‘SH’
Example:
IA -
Social, Special, Specialty, Crucial, Financial

EA -
Ocean, Panacea,

PRONUNCIATION  OF  “G”
(1)
When  a word ends with ‘GE’ or ‘GE’ is a part of a word, it   is pronounced  as ‘J’  and others ‘G’
Example:
GE -
Cage, Coinage, Cottage, Page, Wage, Merger, Mortgage, Religion, Lodge, Ginger, Germ,  Pigeon etc. (pronounced as 'J')

GE -
Finger, Give, God, Ground, Singer etc. (pronounced as 'G')



Note: There are many exceptions to this rule.

PRONUNCIATION  OF  “S”
(1)
When the  word  ends  with g, ge, gg,oe, ie ,ee and y, ‘s’  is  pronounced  as  ‘z’
Example:
Songs, Eggs , Rupees, Boys,  Rays,  Toys  Heroes, Worries, Sees

(2)
When a word  ends with e, f, p,  pe, te, it  is pronounced as ‘s’
Example:
Craps, Roofs, Proofs, Traps, Helps, Crops, Hopes, Pipes, Slopes, Kites, Shops, Jokes etc.

(3)
When a word with ‘s’ and ‘ss’ is followed by IA, ION, it is pronounced as ‘SH’
Example:
Asian, Persian, Pension, Profession, Session, Mansion, Mission, Passion

PRONUNCIATION  OF  “I”
(1)
When ‘T’ is followed by ia, ie, io, it is pronounced as ‘sh’
Example:
Patient, Nation, Motion, Ration, Creation, Mention

(2)
When ‘S’ is followed by ‘TION’, ‘TIAN’ or ‘TURE’, it is pronounced as ‘CH’
Example:
Christian, Question, Vulture, Culture, Future

(3)
When ‘T’ is  followed  by ‘H’ then it is pronounced as “TH” / “DH”
Example:
TH -
Thirteen, Throw, Thrive , Three

DH -
This

TH -
That, Then ,There, Than
WHEN CONSONANTS ARE SILENT

In following words Consonants remains Silent
Example:
B -
Doubt


L -
Chalk, Talk, Walk, Palm, Calm


K -
Know, Knowledge, Knife, Knight


GH -
Right, Light, Plight, Flight


N -
Column, Autumn, Solemn


P -
Psychology, Pneumonia, Pneumatic

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