Sight Words

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Sight Words

Many words do not follow the normal rules, and are called sight words. These words must be memorized. Examples include the, are, and you. They are also sometimes called 'irregular words' or 'outlaw words'.

Here are some more examples:

the, to, do, and who
/ðə or ði:/, /tu:/, /du;/, and /hu:/
— These should have long vowel (/eɪ/, /i:/, /aɪ/, /oʊ/, and /ju/) sounds because they are open syllables, like me and go.

what, was, and whom
/ˈwɑ:t/, /ˈwəz/, and /ˈhu:m/
— These should have short vowel (/æ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ɑ:/, and /ʌ/) sounds because they are closed syllables, like sat and cot.

again, against, says and said
/əˈgɛn/, /əˈgɛnst/, /ˈsɛz/, and /ˈsɛd/
— These should have long a (/eɪ/) sounds instead of the short e (/ɛ/) because of the "ai" vowel combination, like say and pain.

been
/ˈbɪn/
— This should have a long e (/i:/) sounds instead of the short i (/ɪ/), like seen.

of, from, son, month, front, some, love, other, money, and among
/ˈʌv/, /ˈsʌn/, /ˈmʌnθ/, /ˈfrʌnt/, /ˈsʌm/, /ˈlʌv/, /ˈʌðɚ/, /ˈmʌni/, and /əˈmʌŋ/
— These should have short o (/ɑ:/) or long o (/oʊ/) sound instead of the short u (/ʌ/), because of the "o" vowel, like pot and total.

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