[ ʌ ] Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.

[a:] When the dew is on the grass, Rain will never come to pass. A sunshiny shower Won’t last half an hour.

[i] Little Jack Sprat Once had a pig. It was not very little, Nor yet very big.

[i:] If all the seas were one sea, What a great sea that would be! If all the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be!

[ ɔ ] Go to bed, Tom, Go to bed, Tom, Tired or not, Tom, Go to bed, Tom.

[ ɔ :] Your daughter is fond of walking on warm autumn mornings.

[u] Chook-Chook-Chook, Good morning, Mrs. Hen, How many chickens have you got? Madam, I’ve got ten.

[u:] If a dog chews shoes What shoe would he choose to chew? Too few for sure. You’re a choosy shoe-chewer.

[e] When the wind blows Then the mill goes. When the wind drops, Then the mill stops.

[ ӕ ] My cat is black, My cat is fat. My cat likes rats. Rats are bad and fat.

[ ǝ ] I have got a father, I have got a mother, I have got a sister, I have got a brother.

[ ǝ :] Percy was the first to learn That the early bird catches the worm.

[ei] Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day, Little Johnny wants to play.

[ai] Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy, why, Willy, Why, Willy, why?

[ ɔ i] Where was a boy, Who had a toy. The boy was named Joy, And he liked his toy.

[i ǝ ] A Happy New Year for me, A Happy New Year for you, A Happy New Year for everyone That’s what I wish – I do!

[ ɛǝ ] Where? Oh, where Is my Teddy-bear? Where are you, my little Ted? Here you are, under my bed!

[u ǝ ] Blind man, poor man, Sure, sure you can’t see? Turn round three times And try to catch me.

[au] Little Tom Tittlemouse Lived in a bell-house; The bell-house broke, And Tom Tittlemouse woke.

[ou] Go to bed late – Stay very small. Go to bed early – Grow very tall.

[ju:] I see pink, you see brown, I stand up and you sit down, I see red, you see blue, I see you, and you, and you.

[b] Good, better, best; Never rest Till “good” be “better”, And “better” – “best”.

[p] One potato, two potatoes, Three potatoes, four, Five potatoes, six potatoes, Seven potatoes more. You are out.

[v] I have a pig, Not very little, not very big, Not very pink, not very green, Not very dirty, not very clean.

[f] See the pretty snowflakes Falling from the sky; On the walls and house-tops Soft and thick they lie.

[g] Gregory Griggs, Gregory Griggs, Had twenty-seven different wigs. He wore them up, he wore them down, To please the people of the town.

[k] Ickle-pickle, huckle-buckle, Snuckle in my shoe. Mickle-muckle, nickle-nuckle, Out go you!

[d] Good morning, good morning, Good morning to you. Good morning, dear children, I’m glad to see you.

[t] Come, butter, come, Come, butter, come; Peter stands at the gate Waiting for a butter cake. Come, butter, come.

[ ʒ ] Ghu-ghu-ghu-ghu. We are six, we are big, We are red, we are fat, We are six, big, red, fat bugs. Ghu-ghu-ghu-ghu.

[ ʃ ] Wash, hands, wash, Daddy’s gone to plough. Splash, hands, splash, They’re all washed now.

[z] Zoom, zoom, zoom, Sing the busy bees! In the garden bright and sunny, Buzzing, sipping, making honey. Zoom, zoom, zoom.

[s] Swan swam over the sea, Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again, Well swum, swan!

[ ʤ ] Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

[ ʧ ] I like flowers which are bright, I like flowers which are white, I like flowers which are smell, I like flowers very well.

[ð] Higher than this house, Higher than that tree. Oh, whatever can that be?

[θ] If a three-month truce Is a truce in truth, Is the truth of a truce in truth A three-month truth?

[j] One, one, one, If you’re very young Let’s sing together And see the yellow sun.

[h] I have a doll, I have a book, I have a big white ball, I have a ring, I have a toy, I have a place for them all.

[l] Polly, put the kettle on, Polly, put the kettle on, Polly, put the kettle on, We’ll all have tea.

[m] My dame has a lame tame crane, My dame has a crane that is lame, Let my dame’s tame crane Feed and come home again.

[n] Rain on the green grass, And rain on the tree, Rain on the house-top, But not on me.

[ŋ] Eyes for seeing, legs for walking, Tongue for tasting and for talking.

[r] Round and round the rugged rock The ragged rascal ran. How many Rs are there in that? Now tell me if you can.

[w] Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot.