Lesson 18
Simple Reading

Pay attention to the following before you start reading.

In phonetics where you see:

Capital letters is where the word is accented.
 ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
 e as the e in the word bet.
 a as the a in the word father.
 o as the o in the word only.
 ou as the ou in the word Lou.
 x as the x in the word fox.
 th or th like the th in think.
 th or th like the th in this. (underline)
  Where you see a " y " or a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that word, that " g " is pronounced like the y in yes, or like the w in wad