/m/ humming or /mmmm...mmmm/good sound from Campbell's soup /p/ quiet motor boat, popcorn popping, motor scooter sound /b/ babbling brook, blowing bubbles, bouncing ball /w/ ceiling fan, "wee, wee, wee" (all the way home) /wh/ blowing sound, like blowing out a candle /h/ "ha, ha, ha" laughing, a big sigh, or huff (and puff) /t/ ticking clock or metronome /d/ pecking woodpecker or tractor sound /n/ neighing horse, or mosquito /ng/ ringing bell sound (like gong....) /k/ cough or cawing crow /g/ emptying water jug or gurgling baby sound /y/ "yippee" cowboy; yipping coyote sound; or yippee expression like y with standing figure and arms up and spread making a Y shape /f/ mad cat or "fee-fie-fo-fum" /v/ big black fly sound, or car starting "vvvvroom" /sh/ be quiet! /zh/ electric razor, hair clipper, vacuum cleaner /l/ "la-la-la" or humming telephone wire sound /th/ "tickles my tongue sound" like in (them) /th/ spitting mad goose sound (like in thumb) /r/ crowing rooster, fire engine, roaring t-REX, motorcycle /s/ hissing snake, or leaking tire sound /z/ buzzing bee sound /ch/ chugging choo choo train sound /j/ large diesel train or Jack and Jill sound /ee/ squeaky 'ee' (mouse), or squeaky 'ea' (blackboard scrape) /s/ /t/ (st) stop sign shape with st in center of sign /b/ /r/ (br) shivering letters; cold snowy letters aw or au - Doctor letters (a Doctor says, "Say ah!") Dr. aw, Dr. au silent e - bully 'e' - makes the vowel says its own name when it comes at the end. Then it is silent.
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