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Vowel Sounds

Practice

One-Syllable Words

  1
written vowel		 1
written vowel + r =
/ər/		 2
written vowels
The first vowel is pronounced like the letter of the alphabet
a cap = /æ/ car >> war >> cape = /ey/
e set = /ɛ/ her clerk berth verb see = /iy/
i big = /ɪ/ fir sir birth myrrh dine = /ay/
o cop = /ɑ/ born >>
wo = word world		 road rode = /ow/
u cup = /ʌ/ burn fur nurse urn blue = /uw/