English Phonics Practice

Example word bank

Hear and practice 300 example words grouped by spelling pattern.

Multisyllable practice

Tap a word to hear it. Read each syllable, then stress the highlighted syllable.

• abouta-boutstress: bout · about
• bananaba-na-nastress: na · banana
• computercom-pu-terstress: pu · computer
• rememberre-mem-berstress: mem · remember
• importantim-por-tantstress: por · important
• informationin-for-ma-tionstress: ma · information
• educationed-u-ca-tionstress: ca · education
• communitycom-mu-ni-tystress: mu · community
• developmentde-vel-op-mentstress: vel · development
• environmenten-vi-ron-mentstress: vi · environment
• opportunityop-por-tu-ni-tystress: tu · opportunity
• responsibilityre-spon-si-bil-i-tystress: bil · responsibility
• universityu-ni-ver-si-tystress: ver · university
• photographypho-tog-ra-phystress: tog · photography
• economicec-o-nom-icstress: nom · economic
• politicalpo-lit-i-calstress: lit · political
• particularlypar-tic-u-lar-lystress: tic · particularly
• availablea-vail-a-blestress: vail · available
• comfortablecom-fort-a-blestress: fort · comfortable
• necessarynec-es-sar-ystress: nec · necessary
• alternativeal-ter-na-tivestress: ter · alternative
• effectiveef-fec-tivestress: fec · effective
• significantsig-nif-i-cantstress: sig · significant
• consequencecon-se-quencestress: con · consequence
• conversationcon-ver-sa-tionstress: sa · conversation
• pronunciationpro-nun-ci-a-tionstress: a · pronunciation
• vocabularyvo-cab-u-lar-ystress: cab · vocabulary
• pronounceablepro-nounce-a-blestress: nounce · pronounceable
• uncomfortableun-com-fort-a-blestress: fort · uncomfortable
• misunderstandmis-un-der-standstress: stand · misunderstand

High-frequency irregular words

These common words do not always follow regular phonics rules. Learn their pronunciation by sight.

• the/ðə/sight word
• a/ə/sight word
• one/wʌn/sight word
• two/tuː/sight word
• said/sɛd/sight word
• says/sɛz/sight word
• does/dʌz/sight word
• was/wʌz/sight word
• were/wɝ/sight word
• are/ɑr/sight word
• have/hæv/sight word
• give/ɡɪv/sight word
• love/lʌv/sight word
• come/kʌm/sight word
• some/sʌm/sight word
• could/kʊd/sight word
• would/wʊd/sight word
• should/ʃʊd/sight word
• people/ˈpiːpəl/sight word
• friend/frɛnd/sight word
• busy/ˈbɪzi/sight word
• pretty/ˈprɪti/sight word
• because/bɪˈkəz/sight word
• again/əˈɡɛn/sight word
• enough/ɪˈnʌf/sight word
• laugh/læf/sight word
• eight/eɪt/sight word
• great/ɡreɪt/sight word
• water/ˈwɔtər/sight word
• where/wɛr/sight word