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This word has a long o sound with the dipthong 'ow'.
Other words:
bow (like a bow and arrow); low, know (silent e); tow (like towing a car); stow, grow, row (like rowing a boat or sitting in a row).
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blue
Other words that have the same sound:
blew, new, knew (silent k)
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rain
The double vowel 'ai" sounds like long a.
Other words:
train, strain, main
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key
The double vowel 'ey' sounds like long e.
monkey, donkey,
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coin
Other words:
coil, spoil, oil, point
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boat
The 'oa' double vowel digraph sounds like long o.
Other words:
oat, coat, moat, road
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broom
Other words:
bloom, room, boot, doom
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hay
The double vowel "ay" sounds like long a.
Other words: may, stray, stay, ray, bay
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beet
The double vowel 'ee" sounds like long e.
Other words:
sweet, meet, greet, sheep, sleep, keep, deep, feet
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count
Other words:
mount (like a horse or a picture in a frame); pound, mound, round, found, couch, pouch, ouch
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note
This is a vowel-silent e syllable type. The e at the end of the sentence is silent, so the o has a long o sound.
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flew
Other words:
blew, few, stew crew, chew
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take
This is a vowel-e syllable. The e at the end of the word is silent and the 'a' is a long a sound.
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piece
The double vowel 'ie' sounds like long e.
Other words:
niece
Exception: tie and die words have the long i sound.
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start
Other words: heart, tart, arm, harm
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no
This open syllable with a vowel at the end of the word has a long o sound.
Other words: go
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hoop
Other words:
stoop, goop, choose
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obey
The double vowel 'ey' is a long a sound.
Other words: hey, they
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she
This is an open syllable so the vowel has a long e sound.
Other words:
he, me, we,
table
Other words: fable, stable
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stow
This diphthong 'ow' has a long o sound.
Other words:
grow, blow, low
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pool
Other words:
cruel, pool
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state
This is a vowel-silent e syllable type. The 'e' at the end of the word is silent and the a has a long vowel sound.
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peace
The double vowel 'ea" sounds like long e.
Other words:
meat, seat, beat, defeat, treat, ream,reach, each, preach, teach, dream, read
Exception: sweat
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bird
This is an r-controlled syllable:
Other words: shirt, dirt
Exception: wire, mire (vowel-e syllable type)