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Phonics is an instructional approach used to teach children how to read by connecting sounds with letters or letter combinations. It aids in the development of phonemic awareness, which is […]
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Although there are only five vowels in the English alphabet, namely a, e, i, o and u, their pronunciation in words is very complicated. This first manifests itself in the […]
In most cases, the sound of a vowel combination depends on the sound of one of the vowels that make up the combination. For example, the letter combination ai formed […]
The first sound of the consonant g is the consonant /g/, which is how it is pronounced in most words, such as in the words gas, get, gift, good, gun, […]
The four pronunciations of the vowel e are discussed below, namely the long vowel /ē/ of the vowel e, the short vowel /ě/ of the vowel i, the short vowel […]
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The consonant s/ss has four main pronunciations in words, namely /s/, /z/, /sh/ and /zh/, sometimes it is not pronounced, as shown in Table 5-8. Table 5-8 Pronunciation rules for […]
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The combination of the vowel letter e and other letters can form four letter combinations, namely ea, ee, ei and ey, and the r syllable letter combination ear, eer, eir, […]
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There are five r-syllable letter combinations composed of vowel o, namely or, oor, oar, our, and ow·er. These five letter combinations mainly have five pronunciations, namely /ör/, /ər/, / oor/, […]
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The pronunciation rules for consonants are much simpler than those for vowels. Of the 26 letters of the English alphabet, 21 are consonants. Among the 21 consonant letters, some pronunciation […]
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There are 15 consonant letters with Pronunciation rules for consonants with simple pronunciation. They are b, d, f, h, j, k, 1, m, p, q, r, v, w, x and […]
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When s is in a non-final syllable (especially when it is in the initial syllable of a word), as in the words stu pid, sup port, and ques tion; secondly, […]
Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words ea ／ē／ eat /ēt/ ／ě／ bread /brěd/ ／ā／ great /grāt/ ／ǐ／ ear /ǐr/ ／ə／ no·tice·a·ble /’nō-ti-sə-ba/ ／¢／beau·ty/’bū-tē/ […]
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In the words ōld and mōst, this is an irregular pronunciation phenomenon. The vowel o has its short vowel sound /ǒ/, mainly when it is in a stressed closed syllable, […]
Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words ei/ey /ē/ re·ceive /rǐ-‘sēv/ mon key /’mǔng-kē/ /ě/ lei·sure /’lě-zhər/ their /thěr/ /ā/ eight /āt/ they /thā/ […]
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The combination of the vowel letter o and other letters can form seven letter combinations, namely oa, oi, oy, oo, ou, ow and r syllable letter combinations or, oor, oar, […]
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R syllable letter combination Pronunciation Example word Example word pronunciation My own example word ear /ǐr/ hear /hǐr/ /ěr/ bear /běr/ /ər/ learn /lərn/ /är/ heart /härt/ eer /ǐr/ deer […]
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Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words oa /ō/ boat /bōt/ /ö/ a broad /ə-bröd/ black·board /’blǎk-börd/ The first pronunciation of the vowel combination […]
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Below we analyze the five pronunciations of the vowel i separately. In the first type, the vowel letter i is pronounced with its long vowel /ī/. The vowel i makes […]
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Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words oi /oi/ voice /vois/ oy /oi/ boy /boi/ oy·ster /’oi-stər/ The following sentence includes the pronunciation /oi/ […]
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Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words ie /ē/ field /fēld/ /ě/ friend /frěnd/ /ǐ/ fierce /fǐrs/ /ə/ an cient /’ān-shənt/ pa-tient /’pā-shənt/ ia […]
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Combination of vowels Pronunciation Example words Example word pronunciation My own example words oo ／ōō／ moon /mōōn/ ／ǒo／ book /bǒok/ /ǔ/ blood /blǔd/ The three pronunciations of the vowel combination […]
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Vowels Pronunciation Example Words Example Word Pronunciation Own Example Words o ／ō／ a go /ə- ‘gō/ home /hōm/ hip·po /’hǐ-pō/ old /ōld/ ／ǒ／ box /bǒks/ /ö/ horse /hors/ ／ǔ／ moth·er […]
The eight pronunciations of the vowel combination ou and the three pronunciations of ow can be divided into six groups for discussion: /oo/ is the first group; /ō/ and /ǒ/ […]
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