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NO RULES BUTSOME PATTERNS

1. BEWARE OF “U”

• Very few times as in Spanish: pull, put• Most commonly /Ʌ/: cult, sudden, shut• Stressed as /iu/: fuel, mute, cute• CAN RECALL SOUNDS:– /tʃ/ --tu-- future , culture, torture– /dʒ/ --du-- procedure– /ʃ/ --su-- sugar, pressure, sure– /ʒ/ --su-- usual, measure, treasure

2. BEWARE OF “i”

• CAN RECALL THE SOUND /ʃ/:– ssi passion, permission, discussion– ci special, social, vicious– ti nation, creation, action

• OR DE SOUND /ʒ/:– si vision, invasion, explosion

• OR EVEN /dʒ/:– di soldier

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3. WHEN TWO VOWELS, 1ST AS IN THE ALPHABET

• COMMON EXAMPLES:– Road, coat, load - Tea, see, meal– Rain, pain, main - Fuel, pursuit, barbacue

• COMMON EXCEPTIONS:– /e/ head, lead, dead– /ei/ break, great, steak– /u:/ could, would, should– /ɔ:/ bought, thought, caught, taught

4. DOUBLE CONSONANTS SHOW SHORT VOWELS

• COMMON EXAMPLES:– kitten, puzzle, sudden– Difficult, bitter, traffic

• INTERESTING BITS:– VERBS: fatten , stopped, written– ADJECTIVES:bigger, saddest, better

5. STRESS ON VOWELS

• IF STRESSED, AS IN THE ALPHABET:– Famous, cucumber, Peter– Coke, music, future

• IF NOT STRESSED, MOST FRECUENTLY /ə/ :– Ca’nal, as’leep, ‘seldom

• SILENT FINAL “E” CHANGES PREVIOUS VOWEL– Archive, dynamite, earthquake

6. BEWARE OF “r”

• SOUNDS IF FOLLOWED BY A VOWEL SOUND:– Rich, red, rock, rapid - caring, hearing

• IF SILENT, IT CHANGES THE VOWEL LENGTH:– Port, cart, marmalade– World, pearl, girl, search

• SOUNDS AS /ə/ A THE END OF THE WORD:– Hour, tour, poor, hair, here, driver, mayor

7. SILENT LETTERS

1. mb bomb, lamb, thumb2. bt debt, doubt, subtle3. sc muscle, descend, scene4. gn design, campaign, align5. mn autumn, damn, hymn6. st castle, fasten, listen7. dg bridge, edge, fridge

7. SILENT LETTERS

1. mb bomb, lamb, thumb2. bt debt, doubt, subtle3. sc muscle, descend, scene4. gn design, campaign, align5. mn autumn, damn, hymn6. st castle, fasten, listen7. dg bridge, edge, fridge

8. TRICKY BITS

1. /e/ many, any, bury2. /e/ friend, says, said3. /Ʌ/ ton, son, some4. /Ʌ/ dove, glove, love5. /Ʌ/ mother, does, blood, flood6. /u:/ shoe, soup, rule7. /u:/ blues, two, do

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