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Chapter        5      The Vowel Rules

                        the consonant sounds: beginning sounds & ending sounds

                        the vowel sounds: long sounds & short sounds

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Vowel Rule # 1:

When a word has only one vowel between two consonants, the vowel usually has a short sound.

Examples:

     trap             hen                 split                        clog                        pup

Exceptions:

     wild             cold                        sign                 both               find

     /ai/              /o/                           /ai/                 /o/                  /ai/

Vowel Rule # 2:

When a word has two vowels together, we usually say the long sound of the first vowel.

Examples:

     pair             dear               lie            soap               fruit

Exceptions:

     bread          heart              great              belief              loud

Vowel Rule # 3:

When a word has only one vowel and the vowel is at the end of the word, we usually say its long sound.

Examples:

     she              be           go           hi             no

Exceptions:

     do                two         to

Vowel Rule # 4:

When “e” is added to a word with a short vowel sound, it changes the sound into its long sound (similar to vowel rule # 2, it is also called tge silent “e” )

Examples:

     cape=cap+e              here=her+e          fine=fin+e

     hope=hop+e            cute=cut+e           plane=plan+e

Exceptions:

     give             come              have               live

Practice 1：short or long vowel sound?

bed                                         (short)

globe                                      (long)

gate                                        (long)

hand                                      (short)

tree                                         (long)

drop                                       (short)

fire                                          (long)

nuts                                        (short)

tent                                         (short)

bone                                      (long)

fist                                          (short)

clock                                      (short)

five                                         (long)

mule                                       (long)

truck                                      (short)

Practice 2：the silent E

hat                  hate

fin                   fine

not                  note

us                    use

can                 cane

dim                 dime

rob                 robe

tub                  tube

plan                plane

car                  care

pin                  pine

hop                 hope

cub                 cube

rip                   ripe

quit                 quite

cod                 code

dud                 dude

cap                 cape

ton                  tone

win                 wine

Practice 3:

CHALLENGE         forming the words with long vowel sounds

pad                                 paid

ten                                  teen

got                                  goat

bat                                  bait

red                                  reed/read

ran                                  rain

van                                 vain

net                                  neat

her                                  hear

am                                  aim

met                                 meet/meat

sop                                 soap

pal                                  pail

fed                                  feed

cot                                  coat

led                                  lead

par                                  pair

bed                                 bead

Practice 4:

READING

man                        men

cot                          cut

lad                          led

mat                         met

bat                          bet

bad                         bed

Practice 5:

READING

man                        men

cat

lad                          led

mat                         met

bat                          bet

Sal                           sell

pan                         pen

pat                          pet

Practice 6:

READING: read each group of words carefully.

man        main       men        mean

cat          cot          cut          coat

lead        lad          laid         led

meat      met         mat         mate

red          rod         rode       rude

but          bat          bait         bet

fur          for          far           fair

rid           read       red          ride

made     mad        mid         mud

bed         bad         bid          bead

seal         sell          sale         Sal

cap         cup         cape       cope

bar          bare       beer       bore

fine         fin           fan          fun

pan         pen         pain        pin