The silent e changes a into ai c followed by the letter e is pronounced as s, thus the e has a double function.

It changes a into ai and c into s; k is unchanged, ace, race, face become [ais, rais, fais ] and make, bake, take become [maik, baik, taik ].

face

lace

place

space

trace

ace

race

brace

mace

pace

rake

take

make

flake

brake

snake

cake

bake

lake

wake

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Letter

a Read - Say - Write Sound ais aik

Letters ace ake

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When the vowel a is followed by the letters ss or st or sk then a is pronounced as ah, as in grass, mast, ask [grahs, mahst, ahsk ].

Why

class pass blast past vast past

grass glass grass class cast mast

last fast past cast mask mast

grass glass vast past flask mask

ask mask past fast grass brass

pass

past

fast

vast

mast

cast

last

mask

ask

class

blast

grass

brass

glass

flask

master

faster

plaster

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Read - Say - Circle Sound ahs

Letters ast ass ask

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tall

ball

hall

wall

stall

tall

small

fall

call

all

fall

hall

ball

all

stall

stalk

talk

walk

call

mall

wall

mall

ball

tall

stalk

talk

walk

call

tall

fall

tall

mall

small

all

ball

wall

wallet

wall

wallaby

wallet

wall

wallaby

walk

stalk

talk

all

ball

call

fall

hall

mall

tall

wall

small

stall

talk

walk

stalk

wallet

wallaby

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If the letter a is followed by the letters ll or lk , then it is pronounced as ó, sounding like o in dog or log.

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ól ók

Letters all alk

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r i d e h i d e

s h i p i c k v

f i v e v e i i

i l e e e m c n

s l i d e i k e

h i k e b c i p

s k i p i e t i

p e t i n p e g

ride ice vine kick

hide like pig skip

five hike pick kit

hive pie hill pet

dive kite fish tin

mice slide ship peg

Word Search Sound

i ui

Letters i

i—e

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To say an i sound put your lips in a big smile (from ear to ear) position, teeth are very close together, the tongue is behind the bottom teeth.

i , as in nine or bike, is called a long vowel i. It is a diphthong. It glides from u to i, say ui, therefore bike [buik ].

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s c h o o k t r f

p o o l x s o o n

o o o o n c o o l

o k p o l h k f h

n o o k o o h o o

s n b r o o k o o

k o o b t l o l d

pool cook chook

took hoop book

look noon cool

brook school tool

spoon hoof nook

tooth boot soon

roof fool hood

Double vowels oo, such as spool, pool, spoon, are pronounced as pull, push. To say ů form your lips into a funnel shape and push your tongue right back into your throat.

The words are positioned horizontally, vertically (and diagonally.

Word Search Sound ů

Letters oo

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The letters sh represent the sound of sh as in shook. To say sh . Pout your lips into a funnel like shape, push your tongue back, make a sound sh sh sh...

shake

shawl

share

sheep

shoe

shark

ship

shake

shell

shark

shell

shirt

short

shop

ship

shake

ship

shop

shoe

show

shirt

shadow

ship

shop

ship

shoe

shoot

show

shirt

shelf

shop

ship

show

sheep

shrub

shell

shark

shapes

shake

shirt

shoe

shine

shine

ship

shop

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shadow

shake

share

shark

shapes

shawl

shell

shelf

sheep

ship

shirt

shiver

shine

shop

shoe

shorts

show

shook

shoot

shrub

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Letters sh

sh

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

The ...er is pronounced as ɚ .

under cover whiter paper master over builder brighter sober faster river silver deeper tiger poster lower killer fever rooster sister anger rover cover booster brother

ɚ

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thicket written sitter socket lunches cricket mitten better rocket classes picket smitten letter jacket pieces ticket bitten matter pocket races secret rotten hotter docket faces

ɚ e in words ending with ...et , ...en , ...er and ...es is pronounced as ɚ .

The e in words ending with el or le is silent and the l is stressed.

lapel label marble table navel nickel saddle stable marvel shrivel riddle cable angle kennel giggle fable easel funnel pickle marble

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To form ɚ the mouth and lips are in the position for an o sound, the tongue is not as far back as for an o .

ɚ is not a real vowel in English even though it often replaces a vowel.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

dad daisy dam dare dark dart dash date day deep deer den dent desk dice did dig dip dish disk dog doll dob dot dock

d

bread bad sad hide slide ride bed sled mad pad bud rod pod cod prod nod odd led hood wood lid bird lad food mood

d

body daddy muddy buddy ready candy radar ladder garden paddock paddle saddle rodent sudden riding spider rider London window adding weeding hidden pudding sodden winding

d

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d is a voiced version of t . To say d, press the tip of your tongue to your gums behind the upper front teeth as for t and blow out the air with added voiced sound. dah, dah, dah, doo, doo...

For best results divide the words into syllables; da-ddy, mu-ddy, la-dder.

For best results hold onto the vowel to give yourself time to pronounce the b ; bá..d, có..d etc.