Silent letters

Consonantsounds

Vowel sounds

Special partners

Lazy vowels

Indicateswhispered sound

Indicatesvoiced sound

Group 2: Nasals - made through the nose

Group 1: Plosives - like a little stop or explosion Group 4: Affricates - stop + vibrations Group 5: Lateral

- air flows past the side of the tongue

Group 6: Glides – goes smoothly into or from another sound

Group 7: Combination of Sounds

pen

“puh”

bag

“buh”

top

“tuh”

kite

“cuh”

Group 3: Fricatives - vibrations

sun

“sss”

zebra

“zzz”

shell

“shhh”

mea sure

“zh”

lemons

“lll”

doll

“duh”

gun

“guh”

hat

“huh”

exam

“gz”

chain

“ch”

jumper

“juh”

nest

“nnn”

rabbit

“rrr”

web

“wuh”

yo-yo

“yuh”

six

“ks”

Group 1:

Short “-”Vowel Sounds

Group 3:

Group 2:

Long “—”Vowel Sounds

moon

“ew”

bird

“er”

book

“oo”

car

“ar”

horse

“or”

boy

“oy”

beer

“ear”

chair

“air”

flower

“uh”

cow

“ow”

east

“e—”

ice-cream

“i—”

open

“o—”

uniform

“u—”

apple elephant

“e-”

insect

“i-”

orange

“o-”

umbrella

“u-”“a-”Tricky ‘y ’ is a consonantthat pretends it is thevowel in some words

Look at these words

apricot

“a—”

mug

“mmm”

swin

“ ŋ ”

fox

“fff”

van

“vvv”

thongs

thhh

that

“th”

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