All about English
How many letters are in the English alphabet?
26
how many sounds are in the word shed?
3
Give an example of a word with a short a sound.
Cat, bat, hat
What does a "CVC" word mean?
Give an example
consonant-vowel-consonant
bed, ten, pat
What are the four major kinds of vowels that we use on our spelling packets?
Long, short, other (or "R-controlled), silent
How many vowel letters are in English?
5 or 6
a, e, I, o , u and sometimes y
Count the sounds in either
3
Say the short vowel sound for each English vowel
a, e, I , o, u
What does a "CVCe" word mean?
Give an example
consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e
cape
Words with CVC words/syllables
How many consonant letters are there in English?
21
Count the sounds in "eight"
2
Say the long vowel sound for each English vowel and give one spelling pattern that makes a vowel long.
For example, how would you make the "e" long in the word:
rel
a, e, I, o, u
Reel, real, rele
Vowels will be ______ in a one syllable word that ends in -dge.
Give an example
short
dodge
List three words with r-controlled vowels
car, herd, firm
How many sounds in total are there in English?
44 sounds total
Make sure to separate out each sound that is not a digraph. Blends count as separate sounds for this
7
What is a digraph? Give two examples
Two letters make one sound:
sh, th, ph, ng
Usually, a silent "e" at the end of a word makes vowels long.
What is an exception to this rule?
When there are two consonants in between the vowel and the silent e
Example: prance
(Think of Ms. JoJo's car crash rule)
List three examples of words with vowel diphthongs
oil, boy, book
How many vowel sounds are there in English?
How many consonant sounds?
24 vowel sounds
20 consonant sounds
Count the sounds in "spontaneously"
12
Vowels will be ____ in a CVC word.
short
What are three sounds that the vowel digraph "ea" can make? Give an example for each.
long e - seat
short e - head
long a - steak
What are all the sounds that y can make?
Long e, long I, short I, yuh