1.在开音节中 (绝对开音节为单个元音字母后面没有辅音字母的音节;相对开音节则是元音字母、辅音字母和不发音的“e”字母构成的音节) 各元音字母都发字母本音:
Aa [ei] face grade cake lake make take
Ee [i:] be he she me we these Chinese
Ii [ai] ice nice rice ride bike like
Oo [əu] go no so phone those close
Uu [ju:] use dude cute excuse
2.在闭音节中 (闭音节是以元音字母加一个或几个辅音字母(r除外)结尾的音节) 各元音字母有自己的发音规律:
Aa [æ] apple dad sad bag can man
Ee [e] bed red leg spell hen pen
Ii [i] sick is big pig him in
Oo [ɔ] stop clock dog hot not shop
Uu [ʌ] cut run sun cup but bus