This is a practical guide to English phonetics that will help you learn the many rules for reading English. The reading rules in English are very complex, with many exceptions. No wonder they say about the English language: "Manchester is written, and Liverpool is said." The book is structured as follows: Section I gives sounds and basic rules for reading English; section II - a guide to the rules for reading vowels and consonants, which are presented in alphabetical order; section III gives exercises for fixing the rules of reading "from sound to letter" and "from letter to sound." I hope the book will help you easily master the complex rules of reading English, acquire the skill in reading English words.