Exception 1
English words never end in these letters.
What is a /v/ and a /j/? the will end in a silent E
cave, save, carve
spelled with a G and silent E to form a bridge J
ledge, bridge, badge
When adjacent vowels blend into a murmured diphthong, which is stronger an r-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong) or phonetic skill 5
Phonetic Skill 5 "hear, stair, deer"
Name all five r-controlled vowels
What are -ar -or -er -ir -ur
When the vowel a follows W in a word, what sound does it make?
A short /o/ as in want and wander.
Sometimes, ar and er sound like this in a word
What is /air/ (parent and berry)
These two letter combinations following an r-controlled vowel will still form a Bridge.
What is "ce" and "ge"?
force, scarce
merge, large
What is a phonetic skill 5 word meaning 365 days
What is year.
Give me a word that shows how Phonetic Skill 5 is stronger than a r-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong).
Any PS 5 word ending in the letter R
fear, steer, tear, cheer, seer
When -ar follows w in a word, the r-controlled vowel sounds like this.
What is /or/? warm and dwarf
In a few words er can sound like this
What is /ear/ (zero and hero)
When this letter follows directly after an r-controlled vowel, it rules!
What is a silent e? fir/fire her/here
This phonetic skill 5 word is what you sit on at a table.
What is chair
What happens to a word when a consonant is placed after "ear"?
The r changes the r-controlled vowel to an /er/ sound. learn, heard
When -or follows W in a word, the r-controlled vowel sounds like this.
What is /er/? Worm and world.
Most words that end in the sound /air-y/ are spelled with
What is -ary (library)
This r-controlled word means something bigger than a small or medium.
What is large?
A phonetic skill 4 word that people often do when they sleep.
What is snore
The marking for when the adjacent vowels combination ea comes before r and another consonant.
In words like earn, search
What is mark the a silent and put an arc under ear.
Because qu makes the /kw/ sound it follows exception W. This vowel sound is made if the word starts with QUA or a SQUA
qu /kw/ or squ /skw/.
What is a short /o/. Quad and squat
Sometimes words that end in -ery are pronounced this way
What is /er-y/ as in gallery or /air-y/ gallery
What rule says that the vowel sound will follow phonetic skills and not change to a R-controlled vowel if there is if there is a only one R between the working vowel and the silent E.
Phonetic Skill 4 is stronger than a R-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong)?
How does Phonetic Skill 4 affect an r-controlled vowel?
If a silent E follows an r-controlled vowel, phonetic skill 4 will rule because it is stronger.
This exception to an r-controlled vowel word is used in the Standard Works and is worth a great price.
What is 'pearl'
This r-controlled word is a 25 cent coin in American money.
What is a quarter?
If the end of words ending -ary or -ery sound like /air-y/ this is how you mark them
What is mark the r-controlled vowel and the y, put a little air above the r-controlled vowel and put a long e above the y.