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l |
"l" fall
the tongue is on the roof of
mouth when you say this sound |
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j |
"j" jam |
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gh |
"g" ghost |
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ph |
"f the two-letter f" phantom |
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k |
"k" ink |
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igh |
"i the three letter i" sigh |
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n |
"n" in |
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dge |
"j the tree-letter j" ledge |
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m |
"m" am |
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p |
"p" map |
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ie |
"e, i" piece of pie |
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a |
"a, a, ah" at, navy, want |
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t |
"t" bat |
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qu |
"kw" quit |
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s |
"s,z" us, as |
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r |
"r" rat
say r, not er |
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w |
"w" wit
don't say "wuh" |
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v |
"v" vivid |
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z |
"z" zest |
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y |
"y, i, i, e" yet, gym, my
baby
Y has one consonant and three
vowel sounds |
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x |
"ks" box |
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wr |
"r the two-letter r" wrap |
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u |
"u, u, oo, u" up, music, super, put |
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e |
"e, e" end, me |
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i |
"i, i, e" in, silent, indian |
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o |
"o, o, oo, u" odd, open, do, love |
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ow |
"ow, o" how, low |
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ai |
" a never used at the end of a word" paint |
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ir |
"this is the 'er' that's in first" |
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ou |
"ow, o, oo, u" round, four, you, country |
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er |
"this is the 'er' that's in her" |
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gn |
"n" used at the beginning or end of a base word
gnat, reign |
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ur |
"this is the 'er' that's in nurse" |
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wh |
"wh" when
you should feel air on your palm while saying this sound into your hand |
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ay |
"a may be used at the end of a word, later shortened to 'a may' " day |
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ei |
"e, a, i" never used at the end of a word
conceit, veil, forfeit |
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ey |
"e, a" may be used at the end of a word
key they |
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oa |
"o" boat |
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kn |
"n" used only at the beginning of a base word
knot |
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sh |
"sh" dish |
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wor |
" 'wer' as in works" |
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ear |
"this is the 'er' that's in early |
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th |
"th, th" thin (unvoiced)
this (voiced) |
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eigh |
"a the four letter a" weigh |
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ee |
" e the double e" see |
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h |
"h" him |
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oi |
"oy never used at the end of a word" point |
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ough |
"o, oo, uf -- of, aw, ow"
though, through, rough, cough, thought, bough |
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si |
"sh, zh" session, vision |
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oy |
"oy may be used at the end of a word" boy |
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or |
"or" |
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au |
"aw never used at the end of a word" |
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aw |
"aw may be used at the end of a word" law |
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g
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"g,j" bag, gem |
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ed |
"ed, d, t" the past tense
ending graded, loved, wrecked |
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oe |
"o" toe |
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ew |
"oo, u" grew, few |
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ui |
"oo" fruit, juice |
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ch |
"ch, k, sh" much, school, chivalry |
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ti |
"sh" nation |
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ci |
"sh" special |
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oo |
"oo, oo, o " my boot is on my foot on the floor |
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ck |
"k" neck |
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f |
"f" if |
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ar |
"ar" far |
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d |
"d" lid |
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ng |
"ng" rang |
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c |
"k,s" can, cent |
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ea |
"e, e, a" eat, head, break |
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b |
"b" bib |
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