farm
/ar/ as in barn 
northwest
north - /or/ as in fork
west - /e/ as in edge 
corduroy
cor - /or/ as in fork
ur - /er/ as in bird 
oy - /oi/ as in oink 
department
de part ment
sportsmanship
sports man ship
form
/or/ as in fork
inform
in - /i/ as in itch 
form - /or/ as in fork
newspaper
news - /oo/ as in ooze 
pa - long /a/ says its name
pa=open syllable and long vowel sound
per - /er/ as in bird 
regardless
re gard less
hamburger
ham bur ger
burn
/er/ as in bird 
target
tar - /ar/ as in barn 
get - /e/ as in edge 
Schwa??
however
how - /ou/ as in ouch
ev - /e/ as in edge 
er - /er/ as in bird 
ornament
or na ment
misheard
mis heard
march
/ar/ as in barn 
cartwheel
car - /ar/ as in barn 
wheel - long /e/ says its name
ee vowel team
impressive
im - /i/ as in itch 
pres - /e/ as in edge 
sive - "ive" spells schwa /iv/
VCE or vowel, consonant, e pattern
embargo
em bar go
perfectly
per fect ly
store
/or/ as in fork
forgave
for - /or/ as in fork
gave - long /a/ says its name
ave = vowel, consonant, e
complicate
com - /o/ as in 
plic - /i/ as in itch 
ate is the v c e pattern long /a/ says its name
vowel, consonant, e pattern
distracted
dis tract ed
understand
un der stand