Phonics Rules
If a word contains three or more syllables the stress is usually placed on the ...... or ..... syllable
1 or 2nd
If a word has an le syllable it can usually be split ..... the letter which precedes the le syllable.
Before
Words that end with suffixes ious, it, ical,. ian, etc. have the stress usually placed on the syllable ....... the suffix
Before
If a word is compound composed of 2 nouns, it can usually be split ... the 2 words
Between
Shot Vowel
Brief Duration
When two what vowels blend to make a diphthong the vowels make one new sound.
Consecutive vowels
In order to find the number of syllables in a word
Count the numbers of vowels Eliminate silent vowels For each diphthong subtract one from the number of vowels The remaining number equals the number of syllables.
Long Vowel
Is glided or pronounced longer that other vowels
G followed by e, i, or y usually have the soft sound of
J
When a syllable ends in a silent e the silent e indicates that the vowel that precedes is
Long
When a syllable ends in a vowel and it is the only vowel in the syllable, the vowel is usually
Long
If a word has one middle consonants, it can usually be split before the consonant; in this case, the first syllable will have a what vowel and the second syllable will have what vowel.
Long and short vowel.
When a syllable has tow consecutive vowels, the 1st one is usually what and the 2nd one is usually what<
Long and silent.
R controlled vowels are neither what nor what
Long nor short
If a word has a double consonant of the same letter, the syllable that ..... the double syllable is usually stressed
Precedes
When a vowel is followed by an r in a syllable, that vowel is
R controlled.
If a word has a prefix or suffix the stress is usually placed on the ..... of the word
Root
C followed by e, i, or why usually have the soft sound of
S
When a syllable ends in a consonant and has one vowel, the vowel is
Short
R controlled vowels often sound?
Similar
Vowels
Sounds created by the more or less free passage of breath through the larynx and mouth.
Consonants
Sounds in which the breath is at least partly obstructed.
Each syllable in a word must have a?
Vowel
Each syllable must contain at least one?
Vowel
Words which end with the syllables a/tion. i/tion, o/tion ect have the stressed placed usually on the ....... before the tion
Vowel.
Consonant Digraph
When 2 consonants are written together to make one new sound. That is, that that are one sound and are not separated.
If a word has a prefix of a suffix, it can sully be split ...... the prefix and .... the suffix.
after and before
In many words the stressed is placed on the .... syllable
first
If a word has 2 .... consonants it can usually be split into 2 syllables that have short vowels
middle
If the last syllable of a word contains two vowels and one of these vowels is ...... it usually the stressed syllable
silent