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Read this 2 syllable word: picnic
pic/nic
Read this 2 syllable word: shellfish
shell/fish
Read this 2 syllable word: compose
com/pose
Read this 2 syllable word: furnace
fur/nace
What sound do both "ai" and "ay" make?
Long a!
(rain, day)
Read this 2 syllable word: hidden
Read this 2 syllable word: shamrock
sham/rock
Read this 2 syllable word: hostile
hos/tile
Read this 2 syllable word: therefore
there/fore
What sound do both "ee" and "ea" make?
Long e!
(free, tea)
Read this 2 syllable word: velvet
vel/vet
Read this 2 syallable word: fragment
frag/ment
Read this 2 syllable word: dispute
dis/pute
There are five vowel -r syllables (ar, er, ir, or, ur). Which three make the same sound?
er, ir, and ur all say /er/.
What sound do the letters "ou" make?
/ow/
(loud, proud)
Read this 2 syllable word: hamlet
ham/let
Read this 2 syllable word: brisket
bris/ket
Read this 3 syllable word: confiscate
con/fis/cate
What sound do the letters "ur" make?
/er/
Read this 3 syllable word: encounter
en/coun/ter
Read this 3 closed syllable word: magnetic
mag/net/ic
Read this 3 syllable complex-closed word: athletic
ath/let/ic
If a word/syllable has a silent -e at the end, what happens to the other vowel?
It says it's name (long sound!)
Read this 3 syllable word: undermine
un/der/mine
What TWO sounds can the letters "ow" make? (I need both answers!)
/o/ and /ow/
(low, down)