Sounds of I
Vowel Teams
Name that Sound
Name that Sounds
Prefixes
100
What sounds is I making in these words?


lion   radio 

/eye/  & /ee/

100

oi , oy 

/oi/ 

100

ia , ian , ion 

/ee-uh/ , /ee-un/, /ee-un 

100

nia nian

/nee-uh/ /nee-un/
100

Bi, Tri, Multi

2, 3, more than one

200

What sound is I making in these words? 


tactician      anemia

/sh/ - ti, si, and ci make the /sh/ sound 

/ee/ full sound /ee-uh/ 

200

au, aw, augh 

/aw/ 

200

tia , sia , cian 

/sh-uh/ /sh-uh/ & /shun/ 

200

iate (2 sounds) , ciate, tiate

/ee-it/ /ee-ate/ 

/she-ate/ /she-ate/ 

200

Semi, anti, co, auto 

partly, stop/against, with, self

300

What sound is I making in these words?


previous expedient 

/ee-us/ 

/ee-ent

300

ie igh ey eu 

/ee/ /eye/ /ee/

long u sound & /oo/ feud sleuth

300

ious, cious, tious , gious 

/ee-us/ /sh-us/ /sh-us/ & /jus/ 

300

ial (2 sounds) 

/ee-ul/ /eye-ul/ 

300

self, micro, macro, 

self, small, big

400
What sounds is I making in these words? 


lighthouse highlighter

igh says /eye/ 
400

ei (2 sounds), eigh, ea (3 sounds), 

/ee/ & /ai/ , /ai/ , /ee/ /eh/ /ai/

400

ient , ience , tient, cient , tience 

/ee-ent/ , /ee-ence, /sh-ent/ , /sh-ent/ /shence/ 

400

cial, tial , sial 

/sh-ul/ all 3 

400

bio, geo, counter, 

life, earth, against 

500

What is I saying in these words?


prior medium 

/eye/ & /ee/ 

500

oo, ow, ou

/oo/ /uuh/ (punched in the gut sounds) good food

/ō/ /ow/  bow (2 ways) snow, plow

/ow/ /oo/ mouse, group 

500

io, ion, lion (million) , gion, geon 

/ee-o/ /ee-un/ /yun/, /jun/ & /jun/ 

500
What is the sound of the TU in actual ? 

/chew

500

What is your tutors name? 

Ms. Lauren