自然拼读（一）元音字母所构成的重读音节包括开音节、闭音节两种。
在开音节中，单个元音字母读作字母本来的发音。
绝对：以发音的元音字母结尾he she ski spy no table bicycle union开音节相对：元+辅+e age ice use lake like note cute relate politea在重读开音节中age page cage stage case base lake make take wake snake ate date late hate gate skate plate state gave brave slave ace face lace pace space brace lame same name shamepale tale shave shape trade grade jade shake lane waveable table April radio baby station nation patient lazy amazing lady paper later famous favor 例外：have watere在重读开音节中be he she we me eve even evening meter feveri在重读开音节中hi ice rice price nice rise size prize hide side time lime five dive drive fine line mine wine shine mile smile pile file tilebite bike like kite ride wipe wife wise twice white write twice Friday China vinyl bicycle license decide polite arrive surprise例外：live give ski police kiloy在重读开音节中my by why shy try dry cry sky spy fly style apply recycleo在重读开音节中home Rome globe hope slope rope nose rose pose close note vote poke joke woke coke spoke broke alone smokego no so ago yoyo solo logo open over focus motor polar moment notice motion local suppose notebook motivate stroke例外：to do who move movie some come love glove motheru在重读开音节中use fuse muse tube cube cute tune June huge mulemusic human humor super duty dutiful computer studentusually unit unite union university pupil excuse refuse cubic练习If you bake a cake, may I take a taste?I like ice cream. Mike tried five times to get the prize. Oh, so cold! Go over to the gate and close it, please.自然拼读（二）元音字母所构成的重读音节包括开音节、闭音节两种。
在闭音节中（音节结尾是单个元音字母+辅音字母r除外），单个元音字母读各自的重读短元音：a [æ] e [ e ] i [ i ] o [ɔ] u [ ʌ]例如at bat egg bet it bit on hot us but lack clock pretty undera在重读闭音节中am at and act ash hat fat van mad can plan glad that thank crash match slam apple wrap alphabet contact attract(1)wa [wɔ], qua [kwɔ]what want watch wash swap quality quarrel(2)ss, st, sp, sk, th, ff, ft, n之前的a读作[a:]class grass past last grasp ask task mask math bath path staff after graft plant dance answer比较at can fat van mad pal plan ash fact ate cane fate vane made pale plane ache facee在重读闭音节中egg set pest best next wet met sell smell shell neck accept invest mention invent detective section dentist technical never比较we me be he Peter scenewet met bet hen pets sectioni在重读闭音节中in ink is hit pick ship click wit sniff stick strict chick kitchen mitten slip tic script milk drink thin rip script difficult clinic比较bit sit pin slip thin script lick unit description bite site pine slide shine stripe like unite describeo在重读闭音节中on won nod pot dog soft loft job jog hop sob song long odd rock lock clock shop boss loss lost office option robot soccer adopt sloppy hobby bottom dolphin比较not hop sob sloppy spot log rob option note hope so slope spoke logo rope openu在重读闭音节中us up cut fun punch lunch much drum truck struck luck duck suck crush umbrella interrupt frustrate introduction public比较us cub cut must dust stunuse cube cute music duty tune自然拼读（三）元音字母所构成的重读音节包括开音节、闭音节两种。
在开音节中，单个元音字母读作字母本来的发音。
在闭音节中，单个元音字母读各自的重读短元音。
但是也有不少例外情况。
字母a的特殊发音(1) wa [wɔ], qua [kwɔ]what want watch wash wander swap quality quarrel比较water wave whale wake(2)ss, st, sp, sk, th, ff, ft, n之前的a读作[a:](美音中读作[æ])class grass past last grasp ask task mask basketbath path rather staff after graft plant dance answer France(3)–ange, -aste, -athe中，a读作相对开音节的[ei]orange strange arrange change paste waste taste haste bathe ache(4)a读作[eə] vary scary various librarian特殊例外have [hæv]any ['eni] many ['meni] value ['vælju:]字母e的特殊发音：e [iə] zero hero serious字母i的特殊发音：(1)在-ind, -ild中，i读作开音节的[ai]find mind kind behind wild mild child(2)i读作[i:], 特别是尾音节为相对开音节时police machine ski kilo字母o的特殊发音(1)O读作[u:] to do who move movie shoe(2)O后接m,m,v,th时，读作[ʌ]some come done love glove mother brother none son ton (3)-ost, -old中读作[əu]host most post ghost old gold cold bold字母u的特殊发音(1) j, r, l后的u读作[u:]June junior flute rule ruler rude fluke truth（2）两个清辅音之间的u, 读作[u]put push pusher pushed bush full bull对比cut hug brush dull seagull 特殊例外busy [bizi]自然拼读（四）a, e, i, o, u在非重读音节中，都能发[ə]音，但每个元音字母又有其它发音。
a [ə]China banana above breakfast ago along awakea [i]palace village collage manage passage luggage baggagea [ei]celebrate separate roommate classmate consideratee [ə]open sentence cafeteria student apartment elevene [i]eleven excuse eraser exam return rewrite remove retell beside darkness illness wanted rested helpless oldesti [ə]ability activity holiday reality possibilityi [i]indeed important office morning doing dictate familyi [j]opinion million junior immediate conveniento [ə]obey object second proceed tomato computer conversationo [əu]also kilo photo potato piano radiou [ə]until unless autumn column support suppose suggest difficultu [ju] or [ju:]occupy popular unite united attitude instituteu [u]careful useful helpful hopeful cupful spoonful mouthful自然拼读（五）重读-r音节，非重读-r音节ar, or, ir, er, ur字母组合，称作-r音节。