The consonants with H are: SH, CH, TH, WH, GH and PH. QU also has a unique pronunciation.

SH, CH and TH have distinct sounds. PH sounds like F. WH sounds like W (the H is silent). GH has 2 possibilites: an F sound as in "laugh," or silence, as in "light." The silent GH is the most common. QU sounds like "KW" as a first letter and "K" as a final letter (spelled "que"). We typically do not spell with "q" only, though we use words from other languages that do this, i.e. "Iraq."

Use the lists below to be sure you are not confusing single letters with H-combination letters. Notice that CH is like a J sound (which can be spelled with G or DGE), but with CH you push the air out. In other words, J is a soft sound, and CH is a bigger sound.