<a> | /æ/ | TRAP, cat, fat, apple, black, back, tap, mass, dash, have | in closed stressed syllables |
| /æ/ (RP /ɑː/) | BATH, path, class, glass, half, behalf, graph, after | |
| /æ/ = [ɛə] (RP /æ/) | can, fan, lamb, stand, dam, plan, bank, thank | /æ/ raising, before Non-prevocalic /m, n/, or /ŋ/ |
| /ə/ | commA, ago, about, above, aboard, attempt, agree, sofa | in unstressed syllable |
| /eɪ/ | FACE, take, place, ate | in closed stressed syllables that end with a silent ‘E’, <Ce>, <ple>, <ble>, <dle>, <tle> |
| | amen, chaos | in open stressed syllables |
| | lady | <-a-y> |
| /ɑ/ | swan, want, watt, wander | <wa> |
| | (PALM) father, bra, bravo, Chicago, nuance | |
| /ɪ/ | image, private | |
| /ɔ/ | water, wash, watch | |
| /ɛ/ | any, many | |
| /ʌ/ | was, what | |
<ai> | /eɪ/ (FACE) | main, pain | almost always |
| /ɛ/ | said, again | very exceptional |
| /aɪ/ | chai, aisle | very exceptional |
| /æ/ | plaid | very exceptional |
<au> | /ɔ/ | cause, auto, haul, vault, pause, haunt, fault, audit, audio, sauce, author, autism, autumn, launch | mostly |
| /æ/ | aunt | very exceptional |
| /eɪ/ | gauge | very exceptional |
| /oʊ/ | chauffeur, mauve | very exceptional, from French |
<aw> | /ɔ/ | law, straw, draw, saw, awe | |
<ay> | /eɪ/(FACE) | day, may, say | |
<al> | /ɔl/ | also, always, already, false, salt | |
<alm> | /ɑ/ | PALM, calm, almond, psalm, balm, alms | |
<alk> | /ɔ/ | talk, walk, balk, stalk, chalk | |
<all> | /ɔl/ | all, fall, hall, tall, call, small | |
<augh> | /ɔ/ | taught, caught, naught, daughter, faugh, naughty, haughty, fraught | |
| /æf/ | (BATH) laugh, laughter, draught | |
<ague> | /eɪɡ/ | vague, plague | |