元音字a在英语中的读音规则总结如下。

一、元音字母 a 在重读音节中的读音

a 在开音节中 [ei] name plane Jane baby cake

在闭音节中 [?] bag dad hat map black back

二、元音字母在非重读音节中的读音

元音字母 a [? ] China another woman breakfast

[i] orange comrade village cabbage

三、元音字母在重读音节中的特殊读音

a在[w]音后面 [?] want what watch wash quality

a在f， n， sk， ph， sp， ss， st， th，前 [ɑ:] after plant graph ask grasp glass fast father

四、-r音节元音字组在重读音节中的读音

ar [ɑ:] car farm dark sharpener

在[w]音后面[?:] warm quarter towards

五、-re音节元音字组在重读音节中的读音

are [ε? ] care dare hare

六、元音字组在重读音节中的读音

ai/ay [ei] afraid rain wait day play

air [ε? ] air hair chair pair repair

al [?:] small ball talk wall all

[?:l] always also salt almost

al在f m前 [ɑ: ] half calm

au/aw [?:] autumn daughter draw

ea [i:] teach easy cheap please

[e] heavy bread sweater weather

[ei] break great

ear [i?] hear dear near clear year

[ε?] bear pear wear swear

[? :] earth learn early