Step1
Alphabet H:
‘h’, with few exceptions, is pronounced at the beginning of a word. ‘h’ has the same sound as in Habit, Halt, Hammock, Hand, Has, Hat, Hear, Hide, High, Honey.
(However there are exceptions)
Step2
Alphabet H (continued)
If ‘h’ is behind ‘c’ at the end of a word, ‘ch’ has ‘ch’ sound as in Butterscotch, Dispatch, Punch, Stopwatch, Torch.
Step3
Summary
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘c’, ‘ch’ has:
(a) Mostly, ‘ch’ sound as in Apache, Archer, Bench, Chain, Church, Each, Touching.
(b) ‘k’ sound in some words as in Achy, Architect, Bronchial, Chord, Epoch, School, Chaos, Choir, Chemistry, Christmas, Monarch, Orchid, Technical.
(c) ‘sh’ sound in some words as in Chef, Chauffeur, Champagne, Parachute.
(There are some such words in the dictionary)
(d) ‘ch’ is silent in Yacht.
(See Image)
Step4
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘aug’ or ‘oug’ at the end of a word, ‘gh’ has ‘ff’ sound as in Chough, Cough, Enough, Laugh, Rough, Sough, Tough, Trough.
(Only these words and their derivatives were found in the dictionary)
Step5
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘p’, ‘ph’ sounds ‘ff’ as in Biography, Dolphin, Murphy, Nymph, Triumph.
Step6
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘t’, ‘th’ has mostly soft ‘th’ sound as in Catholic, Cloth, Earthen, Health, Thin, Lethargic, Methanol, Naphthalene, Overthrow, Priesthood, Sympathy, Thaw, Theft, Thick, Thigh, Thread, Three, Wealthy.
Step7
Summary
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘t’, ‘th’ has sometimes ‘dh’ or hard ‘th’ sound as in Breather, Clothing, That, The, Then, Thence, There, Thereby, This, Thyself. (See Image)
Step8
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is between ‘g’ and ‘t’, ‘ght’ has ‘t’ sound (i.e. ‘gh’ is silent) in most of the words as in Bright, Eight, Height, Lighten, Naughty, Laughter.
Step9
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is between ‘aug’ and ‘t’ , ‘aught’ has ‘ot’ sound (i.e. ‘gh’ is silent) as in Distraught, Fraught, Naught, Onslaught, Taught, Untaught.
(Exceptions are Aught, Draught)
(Only these words were found in the dictionary)
Step10
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is between ‘oug’ and ‘t’, ‘ought’ has ‘ot’ sound (i.e. ‘gh’ is silent) as in Aforethought, Afterthought, Besought, Bethought, Bought, Brought, Dreadnought, Drought, Forethought, Fought, Ought, Rethought, Sought, Thought, Unsought, Wrought.
(Only these words were found in the Dictionary)
Step11
Alphabet H (continued)
If ‘h’ is behind ‘w’, ‘wh’ has ‘ho’ or ‘hu’ sound in some words as in Who, Whole, Wholly, Whom, Whoop, Whose, Whosoever.
Step12
Summary
Alphabet H (continued):
‘h’ is silent when it sounds like a vowel at the beginning of a word as in Heir , Honest, Honesty, Honor, Hour, Herb. (Article ‘an’ is used before such words)(See Image)
Step13
Alphabet H (continued)
If ‘h’ is behind a vowel at the end of a word, it is mostly silent as in Ah, Amah, Cheetah, Huh, Hurrah, Maharajah, Messiah, Noah, Sarah, Oh, Uh.
Step14
Alphabet H (continued):
‘h’ is mostly silent in the words beginning with ‘gh’ as in Ghee, Gherkin, Ghetto, Ghost, Ghoul.
Step15
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘vowel + g’, ‘gh’ is mostly silent as in Bough, Bought, Caught, Daughter, Dough, Eight, Fought, High, Ought, Plough, Sigh, Sought, Taught, Thorough, Ugh, Waugh.
Step16
Alphabet H (continued):
‘h’ is silent in the words beginning with ‘rh’ as in Rhea, Rheostat, Rhino, Rhyme, Rhythm.
Step17
Summary
Alphabet H (continued)
‘h’ is silent in the words ending with ‘h’ and preceded by ‘r’ as in Myrrh, Catarrh.
(Only these words were found in dictionary) (See Image)
Step18
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘t’, it is sometimes silent as in Thames, Thomas.
Step19
Alphabet H (continued):
‘h’ is silent in the words beginning with ‘wh’ as in Whale, Wham, Whammy, What, Whelm, When, Whip, Whiz, Where, Whether, Why. (But some people whisper ‘h’ before ‘w’)
Step20
Alphabet H (continued):
‘h’ is silent when it is at the beginning of a weak-vowel syllable, as in Annihilate, Vehicle.
Step21
Summary
Alphabet H (continued):
If ‘h’ is behind ‘ex’, it is silent in most of the words as in Exhaust, Exhort, Exhibit, Exhume, Exhibitor. (See Image)
Step22
Summary:
(Step -- Combo -- Sound -- Word)
(1 -- h -- same -- Habit)
(2 -- c + h -- ch -- Punch)
(3a -- c + h -- ch -- Apache)
(3b -- c + h -- k -- Achy)
(3c -- c + h -- sh -- Chef)
(3d -- c + h -- silent ch -- Yacht)
Step23
Summary (continued):
(4a -- aug + h -- gh = ff -- Laugh)
(4b -- oug + h -- gh = ff -- Cough)
(5 -- p + h -- ff -- Dolphin)
(6 -- t + h -- soft th -- Cloth)
(7 -- t + h -- dh or hard th -- That)
Step24
Summary (continued):
(8 -- g + h + t -- silent gh -- Bright)
(9 -- aug + h + t -- aought = ot -- Naught)
(10 -- oug + h + t -- ought = ot -- Fought)
(11 -- w + h -- wh = ho or hu -- Who)
(12 -- vowel sound -- silent h -- Hour)
Step25
Summary (continued):
(13 -- vowel + h (end) -- silent h -- Ah)
(14 -- g + h (begin) -- silent h -- Ghost)
(15 -- vowel + g + h -- silent gh -- High)
(16 -- r + h -- silent h -- Rhino)
(17 -- r + h (end) -- silent h -- Myrrh)
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Summary (continued):
(18 -- t + h -- silent h -- Thames)
(19 -- w + h -- silent h -- What)
(20 -- weak vowel syl -- silent h -- Vehicle)
(21 -- ex + h -- silent h -- Exhaust)
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