Description Jolly Phonics covers 42 letter sounds by sound groups: Group 1:s a t i p n Group 2: c k e h r m d Group 3: g o u l f b Group 4: ai j oa ie ee or Group 5: z w ng v oo oo Group 6: y x ch sh th th Group 7: qu ou oi ue er ar. With a mixture of General Fiction and Nonfiction readers, these books feature words that are spelled regularly and can be sounded out with the 42 letter sounds first taught in Jolly Phonics. There are also 61 Tricky Words and 18 Alternative Spellings included in each book. All of the Jolly Phonics alternative vowel spellings that are used to make words like day , seat , night , snow , few , girl , straw , boy and scowl are also introduced.