| Level | Sounds (phonemes) | Listen to the sounds | Letters that represent the sounds (graphemes) | Example of the sounds in words | listen to the sounds in words | |
| 1 | 1A | s | s, ss, c, sc, st | sun, miss, cell, scent, listen | ||
| 2 | a | a | ant | |||
| 3 | t | t, tt, -ed, th, bt | tap, butter, jumped, Thomas, doubt | |||
| 4 | p | p, pp | pen, happy | |||
| 5 | 1B | i | i, y, o, u, e | if, gym, women, busy, pretty | ||
| 6 | n | n, nn, gn, kn | net, funny, gnat, knock | |||
| 7 | m | m, mm, mb, mn | map, hammer, lamb, autumn | |||
| 8 | d | d, dd, -ed | dog, muddy, pulled | |||
| 9 | 2A | g | g, gg, gu, gh, gue | go, bigger, guitar, Ghana, catalogue | ||
| 10 | o | o, a (after ‘w’), a | on, was, quad | |||
| c (see k) | ||||||
| 11 | k | c, k, ck, ch, qu | cat, kit, duck, school, mosquito, quueue | |||
| 2B | ck (see k) | |||||
| 12 | e | e, ea, ie, eo, a | egg, head, friend, leopard, any | |||
| 13 | u | u, o, ou, oe, oo | up, son, young, does, blood | |||
| 14 | r | r, rr, wr, rh | rat, carrot, write, rhyme | |||
| 15 | 3A | h | h, wh | hen, who | ||
| 16 | b | b, bb | bat, rabbit | |||
| 17 | f | f, ff, ph, gh | fan, puff, photo, rough | |||
| 18 | l | l, ll, le | leg, bell, bottle | |||
| 3B | ff (see f) | |||||
| ll (see l) | ||||||
| ss (see s) | ||||||
| 19 | 4A | j | j, gi, gy, ge-, -ge, dge, gg | jet, giant, gym, gem, garage, badge, suggest | ||
| 20 | v | v, f, ve | van, of, have | |||
| 21 | w | w, u, wh | wig, penguin, what | |||
| 22 | x (ks) | x | fox | |||
| 23 | 4B | y | y, i | yes, onion | ||
| 24 | z | z, zz, s, se, ze, ss, x | zip, buzz, is, please, breeze, scissors, xylophone | |||
| zz (see z) | ||||||
| 25 | qu (kw) | qu | queen, question | |||
| 26 | 5A | ch | ch, tch, t | chip, match, future | ||
| 27 | sh | sh, s, ssi, ti, ci, ch, ce | shop, sure, mission, mention, special, chef, ocean | |||
| 28 | th (unvoiced) | th | thin | |||
| th (voiced) | th, the | then, breathe | ||||
| 29 | ng | ng, n (before k) | ring, pink | |||
| 30 | 5B | ai | a, ai, ay, a_e, ey, ei, eigh, aigh | apron, rain, day, make, they, veil, weigh, straight | ||
| 31 | ee | ee, ea, e, ie, e-e, ei | feet, sea, he, chief, these, ceiling | |||
| 32 | igh | igh, ie, y, i-e, i, eigh, eye, I, ye, y-e | night, tie, my, like, find, height, eye, I, goodbye, type | |||
| 33 | oa | oa, ow, oe, o, o-e, ough, ol | boat, grow, toe, go, home, though, folk | |||
| 34 | 6A | oo (long) | oo, ew, ue, o, ou, ough, ui | boot, grew, blue, to, soup, through, fruit | ||
| 35 | oo (short) | oo, u, oul | look, put, could | |||
| 36 | ar | ar, a, al, are, au, ear | farm, father, calm, are, aunt, heart | |||
| 37 | or | or, aw, au, ore, al, augh, ough, our, oor, oa, ure, ar, a | for, saw, Paul, more, talk, caught, throught, four, door, broad, sure, wardrobe, water | |||
| 38 | 6B | ur | ur, er, ir, or (after ‘w’) ear, our, ere | hurt, her, girl, work, learn, journey, were | ||
| 39 | ow | ow, ou, ough | cow, out, throught | |||
| 40 | oi | oi, oy | Coin, boy | |||
| 41 | ear | ear, eer, ere, ier | dear, deer, here, pier | |||
| 42 | 6C | air | air, are, ear, ere | fair, care, bear, there | ||
| 43 | y (ure) | ure | pure | |||
| 44 | schwa | er The ‘schwa’ – a sound which is closest to u and represented by many different letters. | corner, pillar, motor, famous, favour, murmur, about, cotton, happen, centre, thorough |
