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A Fun, Colorful Pronunciation and Spelling Guide for

ESL StudentsSKIP INTRO &

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Mouth

opens

Mouth

closes

OPENSay AHH!

Vowel sounds are made in different parts of your mouth.

FRONT, near your teeth

BACK, near your throat

/ /

/ iy /

/ I /

/ ey /

/ E /

/ ae /

/ a /

MIDDLE

/ uw /

/ U /

/ ow /

/ o /

beat

pit

bait

pet

batpot

boat

put

boot

but

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BEIGE

RED

GREEN

PINK

BLACK

BLUE

SOOT

BONE

COPPER

WHITE

BROWN

TURQUOISE

PURPLE

WHAT??

Front Vowels

Back Vowels

Mixed Vowel Sounds

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COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

WORDS to LEARN and PRACTICE

a + “silent e” lake, rate, capea + “y” pay, day, relay “ai” bait, train, raid“eigh” weight, sleigh, neighbor

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COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

WORDS to LEARN and PRACTICE

a stack, flat, scrap, sat

band, ham, plan, Japan

a + “n” / a + “m

“an” “am”

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ee street, feet, deep ea clean, eat, beak

ie thief, relief, believe

ei * conceive, receive, deceive * Spelling rule: “i ” before “e ” except after “c ”

COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

WORDS to LEARN and PRACTICE

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e bed, bled, test, sell “ea” head, thread, breath

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i + “silent e” kite, spike, diceie pie, tied, identifiedigh high, light, might

COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

WORDS to LEARN and PRACTICE

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ur fur, turn, burpir first, stir, birder teacher, eraserear earth, pearl, heardor doctor, operator, odor

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i bit, spit, crisp, twist

“ink” “ing” stink, string, bring

WORDS to LEARN and PRACTICE

COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

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o stop, spot, forgot“aw” claw, awful, raw“au” author, audio, auditorium

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ue due, true, sueew grew, screw, threwoo boot, scooter, troopsu + “silent e” mute, parachute

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ou round, about, surroundow how, frown, downtown

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oo hoof, stood, tookould would, could, should

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oy boy, toy, enjoyoi boil, oink, hoist

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o + “silent e” tone, phone, role “oa” boat, roam, moan “old” gold, sold, told “ow” tow, grow, yellow

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u but, cup, stuck“ough” tough, rough, enougho + “silent e” love, come, moneyo + “th” nothing, brother, mother

Well done! You have learned colors, vowel sounds, and English spelling patterns.

Please come back and practice again soon!

Pronunciation and Spelling Practice for ESL Students

Designed by: Li-Lee Tunceren,

ESL Instructor, St. Petersburg College

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