Term
alphabet
consonant
vowels |
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| The alphabet has 26 letters. 21 of these letters are consonant, the other five are vowels. |
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| The letter c has two sounds: a hard c sound as in country and a soft c sound as in city. |
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| The letter g has two sounds; a hard g sound as in girl and a soft g sound as in giant. |
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| Sometimes two consonants (c and h) that are next to each other make a new sound. |
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Example: chip
When you say chip, you don't hear the c and h sounds separately. You hear the new ch sound. |
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| Sometimes two consonant (s and h) that are next to each other make a new sound. |
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Example: shovel
When you say shovel, you don't hear the s and h sound separately. You hear the new sh sound. |
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| Sometimes two consonant (t and h) that are next to each other make a new sound. |
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Example: theater
When you say theater, you don't hear the t and h sound separately. You hear the new th sound. |
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| The letter a is a vowel. It can have two sounds. |
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A short a sound as in cat, fan, bat, can, and hat,
or a long a sound like as in cane, rake, cake, plane, snake, and carrot. |
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| The letter e is a vowel. It can have two sounds. |
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A short e sound as in bed, red, bell, pen, and ten,
or a long e sound like as in bee, tree, sneakers, green, and deer. |
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| The letter i is a vowel. It can have two sounds. |
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A short i sound as in fish, milk, mitten, pin, Jill and pin,
or a long i sound like as in bike, kite, five, nine, Mike, and ice cream. |
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| The letter o is a vowel. It can have two sounds. |
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A short o sound as in socks, pot, dog, and fox,
or a long o sound like as in coat, snow, goat, boat, and yo-yo. |
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| The letter u is a vowel. It can have two sounds. |
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A short u sound as in rug, sun, cup, drum, and skunk,
or a long u sound like as in blue, unicorn, utensil,
cube, moon, and sure. |
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| The letter y can have two sounds. |
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A long i sound as in spy,
or a long e sound like as in lady. |
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| Five letters of the alphabet are vowels; a, e, i, o, and u. |
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The English alphabet has 26 letters; A-a, B-b, C-c, D-d, E-e, F-f, G-g, H-h, I-i, J-j, K-k, L-l, M-m,
N-n, O-o, P-p, Q-q, R-r, S-s, T-t,U-u, V-v, W-w, Y-y, and Z-z |
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