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