how do you determine how many sounds a word has? I know how to tell how many syllables it has, but not the sounds.

Answer 1

The only way to determine number of sounds is to say the word out loud.

For instance "cough" only has 3 sounds.
(k aw f)

"brought" has 4 sounds (b r aw t)

"book" has 3 sounds (b oo k)

You can look into some dictionaries and they will give you the sounds.