Spelling list: ph words - set 1

The /f/ sound in English is often represented by the letters ph, particularly in words borrowed from Ancient Greek. Words like photograph, telephone, and microphone showcase this spelling pattern. You’ll also encounter it in various scientific and academic terms. As you explore this list, pay close attention to the pronunciation of these ph words—it’s all about that /f/ sound!

photograph	My camera takes a good photograph.
paragraph	He wrote a detailed analysis of the paragraph. *
autograph	She got the film star's autograph.
biography	Have you read the rock star's biography?
geography	At school, Geography was one of my favourite subjects. *
telephone	Have you got the store's telephone number?
microphone	She talked into the microphone.
saxophone	She plays the saxophone in a jazz band.
spherical	Spherical means round in shape.
atmosphere	The writer varies her sentence lengths to create a tense atmosphere.
stratosphere	The stratosphere starts 10 kilometers above the earth's surface.