Vowels Rule

Question 1

What are vowels letters

Answer 1

a,e,i,o,u and sometime y and sometime w.

Question 2

What two type of sound can a,e,i,o,u make?

Answer 2

can make a short sound or along sound.The short sound of “a” is the sound you hear in “at”
The long sound of “a” is the sound you hear in ate.

Question 3

What is magic “e”?

Answer 3

an “e” at the end of a word will usually make the first vowel long.
(make it say its name.)

Question 4

Double “oo” has two sounds what are they?

Answer 4

One is the sound you hear in “moo”.

The other is the sound you hear in “book”.

Question 5

Double trouble combination sound like?.

Answer 5

"oi" and "oy"     
"au" and "aw"
"ou" and "ow"
"oo" and "cw"
Say these words:
 "oil" and "boy"
 "Paul" and "law" 
"out" and "now" 
 "moon" and "new"

Question 6

“I” before “e”

Answer 6

except after “c” or when sounded like “a” as in neighbor or weigh.

Question 7

What is syllable?

Answer 7

Is a piece of a Word which you can say without a break.

re-mem-ber

Question 8

To spell double Trouble sound usually use

Answer 8

“oy” “aw” and “ow” at the end of the word. Use “oi” “au” & “ou” in the middle of a word.
Examples: oil, haul, out

Question 9

The r is so strong that it change the sound of?

Answer 9

the vowel which comes in front of it.

Question 10

What letter “r” will not change?

Answer 10

long “i” long “o” & long “u”

Examples: Fire, more, pure

Question 11

Because of the “r” the sound of “or” and “ore” are the same

Answer 11

-even though you expect one “o” to be short and the other to be long.
Examples: for, store

Question 12

“Ph” ALWAYS copies “f”

Answer 12

Examples: phone, photo

Question 13

“Ch” sometime copies “K” as in

Answer 13

chrome (“krome”) often there is an “r” after or near the “ch”

Question 14

When “s” is surrounded by vowels the “s” copy

Answer 14

“z” sound

Question 15

At the end of a word when “y” is the only vowel in the word “y” copy what?

Answer 15

long “I”

Question 16

When two vowels are close together what is the rule?

Answer 16

USUALLY the first vowel is long (say it name)
The first vowel dose the talking and the second one dose the walking.
example: “noise” “pie” “main”

Question 17

The “untouchable” are pairs of consonants witch you CANNOT take apart or sound out one letter at a time the main ones are?

Answer 17

“ch” “sh” “wh” and “th” now say the sound of each “untouchable”.

Question 18

“A” at the end of a word sound like?

Answer 18

short “u” example:

Question 19

The long “u” make two slightly different sound what are they?

Answer 19

One sound like the name of the letter “u” as in cute.
The other sound like the “u” in tube.
Both sounds follow the rule for long “u”

Question 20

When does the letter “c” copies “k” or “s”?

Answer 20

It copies “s” when the letter after it is “e” “I” or “y”

Examples: cent, city, cycle

Question 21

At the end of a word “s” copies “z” EXCEPT

Answer 21

after “f” “k” “p” or “t”

Question 22

When does “y” copies long “e” at the end of a word?

Answer 22

When it’s not the only vowel in the word.

Examples: baby, lacy

Question 23

The letter “g” usually copies “j” when?

Answer 23

The letter after it is “e” “ i “ or “y”

Question 24

What are the untouchables

Answer 24

“Th” “wh” “sh” “ch”

They can not be taken apart.